cases or not is a personal preference. I have had a white lumia 920 for over a year its glossy. I have had several different cases for it I like the amzer shellster, I have a silicon from amazon that was inexpensive, a speck hybrid, and three different horizontal cases 2 leather and one ecolife. The ecolife has held up well. With the 1520 I'm thinking about getting it The idea of a phablet id one I like. Im going to wait for build to see what's coming. The 930 I'm curious about, but if its the same size as the 920 that's kind of a bummer. I'd like at least a 5" scree. I'll look at the rumored HTC on windows phone if it is announced. I may play with the note 4 and get my first android (but it would very hard to leave WP)