Best Pixel 9 cases: Extra protection, leather finishes, and more

Smartphones are far more durable than they used to be. Nearly every phone maker has settled on building their flagship devices out of some mixture of aluminum and glass, and whether you purchase a case is more of a question of whether you’re okay with scratches rather than whether you want your phone to survive a catastrophic fall. With a phone as unique as the Pixel 9, that question becomes even more complicated. Why cover the unique parts of Google’s new phone?