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I just bought online one of those Lumia 930[^] which appeared in the online store this Friday.
My current Lumia 920 has quite a few scratches and, more annoyingly, the pictures it takes are starting to become blurry. which I suspect is due to scratches on the len.
(Accessorily it has also a spider web of cracks on the screen! I guess me testing it was fall proof on tiles was a bad idea!   )
Anyway I rather NOT use a case or such like, so I wonder if I regularly put my phone in a pocket on its own (with nothing else, such as NO coins or pen) should it last fine for years without any problem?
Or should I really buy one of those leather case if I want to take good picture with it for years?
Also, sometimes, I wipe the phone / len on my TShirt to remove possible condensation, is that a bad idea? it just remind me that at the swimming pool they say to NOT swipe the swimming google or the antifog layer will disappear!
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Super Lloyd wrote: at the swimming pool they say to NOT swipe the swimming google or the antifog layer will disappear!
Phones do not have antifog layer now a days...Keep going...! 
"When you don't know what you're doing it's best to do it quickly"- SoMad
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A T shirt is probably not a good idea - but kitchen roll is worse, it's designed to be abrasive - particularly if you have been wearing it...
Phone lenses are tiny, so small scratches have a big effect. Get one of those cloths opticians give you with each pair of glasses and use that instead.
As to the case: depends on how careful you are as a person. I can get something new and keep it in good condition for years without any cases, while Herself can get something identical at the same time and wreck it in a couple of weeks.
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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Ho, the special cloth is a good idea! Thanks! 
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Or go to a photography shop and get Microfiber cloth and/or lens cleaning kit. I use Microfiber instead of T-shirt, most of the time I admit I do it some times and know the consequences but...
As I grow older I've found that pleasing everyone is impossible but pissing everyone off is a piece of cake.
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Microfiber! that's the word!
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You wear kitchen roll? 
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No!
It's bad for cleaning glass or plastic with though - it's designed to be abrasive and causes lots of fine scratches.
Think how sharp a piece of paper is - if you've ever got a paper cut you will know what I mean.
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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I'd go for the screen cover like what Dave says - I've had one on my iPhone from new & there's not a scratch (I change it about once every six months - importing from China they cost a few cents each)
As for the camera lens - I gave up. I don't know about your phone, but every other one I have seen has no way to protect the lens, and it's indented so it fills with dirt that is all but impossible to clean out.
I don't know why phones with 20Mpix and fancy-named lenses don't have a simple pop-off cover for the lens!
PooperPig - Coming Soon
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_Maxxx_ wrote: As for the camera lens - I gave up. I don't know about your phone, but every other one I have seen has no way to protect the lens, and it's indented so it fills with dirt that is all but impossible to clean out.
Damn this is the important bit that I want to cover!!
For the rest I am pretty sure cover is optional....
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I got my Lumia 920 right when they came out (November 2012). I never used a protector or case and it does not have a single visual scratch or chip on the screen. I put it in my pocket all the time, but I am careful about not having keys or change in the pocket with it. I also use my T-shirt to clean it with once in a while.
Soren Madsen
"When you don't know what you're doing it's best to do it quickly" - Jase #DuckDynasty
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ok.. what about pictures from the camera?
Are they still crisp?
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The pictures still look good. I hadn't even thought about checking if they had started to look blurry, but I just checked out a couple of pictures I took recently including some of a label with tiny letters that I couldn't even read with my reading glasses on. Zooming in on those letters shows pretty clean lines.
Soren Madsen
"When you don't know what you're doing it's best to do it quickly" - Jase #DuckDynasty
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Yeah, there was grease on my len, silly me! 
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I kind of want to believe that.. and it will make sense!...
but my case (for the 920) does show some sign of wear and tear... and camera is blurry...
I think just having a little micro fiber clothe to wrap it in my bag is all I will need!
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wipe your phone, especially the camera, a scratch does not make the entire picture burry.
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Hey, there might be dirt on my len indeed!
Seems better now, silly me! ^^
No case it is!
Will still not mix it with keys and coins in the same pocket!
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One thing I have found with those plastic sheets over the screen: They tend to degrade visibility while in sunlight. After I've put one of those over my Galaxy Note 2 I can hardly see anything if there's any sunlight around, previously there was no problem.
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Yeah, don't like them!
And why buy a Nokia and buy a case? Nokia is super tough, case is redundant! 
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Super Lloyd wrote: Nokia is super tough, case is redundant!
Making a joke? I thought you had the issue of your screen / cam getting scratched.
Anyhow, I've had all sorts before. None of them were any good when it came to robustness, not Nokia, Sony, Samsung, or Motorola. The only one which gave me proper longevity is a very old Siemens ME45 (not a smart phone, though it can do emails, java apps and web pages through its minuscule monochrome screen) - it survived multiple drops onto concrete floors from several storeys up and even lasted through water submersions (I was using it on construction sites). It's still my backup phone even after 13 years, battery life also still 7 days without recharge.
My previous Motorola Milestone lasted reasonably but got scratched like crazy, and even started getting dead spots on its screen in later life. With the Samsung I've opted for a book-sleeve instead (after trying out the plastic sheet) - thus far (1.5 years) it's not got any damage, keeping fingers crossed. I was looking for the newer Moto Razr's (water / dust / shock / scratch resistant - at least if you can believe the reviews), but in my country they're next to impossible to get hold of.
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my phone did fell many times on the ground, sometimes I even threw it on the ground as an experiment...
I guess when the screen fell face first on the ceramic tiles and started to crack, I had it long coming... so I won't begrudge the Nokia for that!
I was mostly annoyed by increasingly blurry pic! It turns out I had grease on my len! Once gone the pics are crisps again!
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