But not everyone has a 3d printer. It would be cool if there where public 3D Printers though, where you could just feed it a blueprint and pay a fee.
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Where I live there are multiple places where you can do exactly that. One university, one makerspace and one private company which provide that exact service in a city of just below 100k people. If you live in a moderately modern country this is likely the case for you as well but you’re just not aware of it.
Even with that in mind though, a 3D-printed phone case would likely be either of bad quality or very thick so that’s a sub-par solution.
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I would probably wait for the rugged Librem5.
I have the bad tendency to drop my phone, and all these glass and aluminum phones are prone to ding or shatter. I already broke my XiaoMi screen 3 times. 
Luckilly, replacement parts are quite cheap, and I can fix them by myself. But I would prefer to avoid that.
So I would definitely buy a rugged, IP68/IP69/MIL-STD810G or whatever spec’d phone !
Why would a phone be safe from malwares and hackers, and not safe against natural incidents or mishaps ?
I’m looking for a phone that is safe, reliable and durable. Won’t us all ?
T.
hmm, personally I don’t usually use a case, but I am considering printing one up in TPU for the Librem 5. I can’t imagine that to be any worse than the slim cases I have seen retail. Once the form factor is locked in if there isn’t already a case on Thingiverse, I’ll upload one. I wouldn’t expect it to protect the screen from breaking should the device fall, but it should keep the phone scuff free and add a bit of grip.
The only proper or better to say sufficient smartphone protection cases, here already mentioned precisely by Tatatirci with some good reason, are made by usage of D3O® technology. Those cases came from Strax brand GEAR4, from EFM® (Aspen, Cayman, Monaco, Verona) and since 2013 from Tech21 (but only if they did not change something in their production). To be clear and as my subjective approach, the rest of the already mentioned cases here have only cosmetic purpose related to so called money/music issue.
Yes, I would be very thankful if Purism contact here mentioned ones using D3O® Protection and hopefully we have same PROTECTIVE Cases for Librem 5 available in the future, hopefully soon … Please! And even if it would be by individual requests production price (by way of pre-order or something similar, directly or indirectly), why not to try to make those somehow available to some of us?
Furthermore, as NXP i.MX 8M is quite big and powerful engine let us leave Purism people to make requirements for design and production of certified protective case, purposely tailored … meaning here for me is important Librem 5 edges protection, as slim as it is necessary, from eventual (few) upcoming drop(s) and not whole body clothing (called armour) that may cause additional and/or certainly unnecessary heating issues. Thanks!
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I posted months ago about the idea of trying to get Spigen to make a phone case…the type that allows you to carry debit cards and drivers license on the backside of the case.
Do you have any news about them? The picture you showed on your post looks quite interesting, but the door looks like it’s going to break if my phone falls from my hands to the ground (that would be about 1m60-70).
BTW does anyone know if we’ll be able have a tempered glass screen protector?
Me! I’m going to do it at my local library 
If you haven’t in years, check out the library in your city and see if they offer 3D printing too.
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Maybe for a few dollars more (inclusive 6m Military Standard Drop tested) protection case from EFM team called Aspen Card with D3O® may work for you and me (instead of cheap plastic pollution), I hope so. Another option, rather just possibility, is Monaco Leather Wallet with D3O®.
I need a case and screen protector, otherwise my pretty Librem 5 will get its body scratched and screen cracked very quickly! What do you recommend?
You can make a DIY silicone case. I’ve not actually done it, but the tutorials about it are aimed at kids, and it doesn’t look too difficult.
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Thanks.
For the Purism team:
I’m a busy normie. I need to be able to buy with one click on Amazon and pick it up the next day from my letterbox. Or, have the option to buy one as an add-on when purchasing the Librem 5. Please consider.
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I recall that too. Hopefully they release the file before shipping so our community can get the protected cases made for us. This is the most I’ve spent on a phone and I don’t want to break it.
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How about making a poll who would like to have a case and maybe also with an option what you need?
I would e.g. rather prefer a book case.
In case it’s up to us, I know it would be cool to just upload an open source case (we could even do that together) but we should consider buy it together to get it cheaper due to ordering more units.
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I personally haven’t run a phone case in a while, the screen protectors used to be nice to protect from surface scratches but modern phones are made with such hard glass that you need absurdly hard things to scratch them (this is also unfortunately why they shatter more often than scratch, so hard they can’t flex). In my experience none of these things help enough to prevent screen shatter. I would rather manufacturers took a step back and realized most people don’t keep their razor blades with their phones and made phones that could handle a drop but might not be impervious to scratches… Just my, likely unpopular, opinion.
For those who want a case I suspect it will come from the maker community within the Purism community, at least initially.
Spoiler alert:
Nobody will make a case for a niche product like that.
Get a friend with a 3D printer to make you a case or just be very gentle.
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IMO cases ruin phones design you go from something elegant to a chunky brick that is awkward to hold. they are going with an all metal design so it should be pretty solid. You could as others suggest 3d print your case if you would like.
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I don’t know of a phone yet that can withstand being dropped on asphalt or concrete face down–without some sort of protective case.
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Well a phone case might be chunky but I’m pretty sure that if I drop my phone (and I’m very careful, accidents happens) the all metal design won’t be of much help since it will go face first on the screen into the ground pretty much like a buttered toast, the phone case would balance the weight so it would fall more often on the edges and the back.
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