I'm protecting it from MYSELF lol... Look up 'butterfingers' in the dictionary & you'll see my picture. I have probably dropped it no less than 10 times in the past month. The case does make it a bit bigger, which I actually like. One of my biggest gripes with the TP1 was the size, they keep making these damn things smaller & I hate that. Give me a tank over a phone I have to squint at any day