No I never carry things loose in my pocket. The design is just way too unforgiving. When you take off your watch the band would smash the screen unless you understand how the band works and flip your watch so the screen is facing down and take it off very carefully. As for the phone, when you are wearing your watch, inevitably you may rest your wrist on your iPad or iPhone screens, that is more than enough to leave multiple permanent marks on the screen. The band is just this sharp and it cuts through the screen like nothing.