Best mid range phones?!

[TeaLeaf]

This phone is amazing.

Glad you're pleased with it, it did a brilliant job for me and I could not really fault it.

My only issue is I'm very paranoid at the moment about how fragile it is.

This is something that you will get over as you gradually find out how robust these phones are.    The only major 'threat' is dropping it from a height and managing to smash the 'glass' back or screen, but if that happens then most cases/covers will offer only limited protection anyway.

I sent a gel case over with the phone, which was what I started out using.   However the gel cover does mean that the phone gets hotter, makes the phone a lot bulkier and in particular makes the buttons more awkward to use, so I moved to the official Google bumper and never looked back.   I found the bumper was brilliant for protecting the phone as it meant the back/front/sides never touched anything and the screen protector on front & back kept it nice & shiny - I just put the phone in my pocket when on the move and you can see from the condition of the phone that it did a pretty darn good job of keeping the phone in A1 condition during my period of ownership.   Smilo's screen cover recommendation is excellent, nobody should be paying £15 for a screen cover!

So my recommendation is to use the bumper, but everyone's mileage will be different.    If you're looking for a 'full cover' case then I have no experience with cases that you need to open first to get to the phone.

Perhaps use the gel case to start with, then as you get used to the phone and your worries dispate, move to the bumper!