After considering cheaper alternatives, I decided I wanted a cover with built-in screen protection like this one. The fact that it’s more rugged than most others wasn’t bad either; I’m not particularly abusive towards my phone, but I do want it to survive the inevitable bumps, falls etc. that keeping a phone with me outdoors entails. And even indoors the Defender lets me utilize my phone more casually, as I don’t have to worry about dropping it even when ”holding it wrong”.

The outer shell does put some bulk on the phone, and it may not be the prettiest looking thing around, so if that’s what you’re looking for, you’ll want something else. For me the only minor usability issue so far is that the inside edge of the shell makes swiping notifications down from the top of the screen just a bit harder than with an uncovered phone. Hitting something tiny at any of the screen edges is similarly slightly hindered. But it’s easy to get used to and probably something that won’t be a big problem unless you like to play games that require high touch precision on the screen’s edges.