i used to have the verizon case and privacy protector... returned both of them and going naked. love it.. until my friend decided to throw my phone to the ground
I normally am a naked throw in my front right pocket guy. But with the droid i noticed on the first couple days is two things. First one is after a prolonged period of time in my pocketd the slideout keyboard would partially come out. When it does that it leaves the possibility of you bending the hinges for the slide motion making it loose. Second thing i noticed is that if you dont totally clean your pockets with debri you have the potential of that crap getting stuck and accumulared on between the keyboard and the back of the droid.
So to eliminate those two potentially damaging factors i bought the case/holster combo and havent looked back since. Works and looks excellent to me. No screenprotector ., i hate them things