Thanks dude, I ordered one from bh photo with the foam stuff. Decided to bite the bullet and pay for FedEx shipping to avoid the possibility of dropping this bad boy over the weekend
Yes its better to leave it in a hard case. i fell down and dropped my unit on the tarmac road 2 months ago and the glass cracked. I had to send it back to get it replaced which took about close to a month (to send,repair and get it back) but the good thing was that my chinese firmware could also be updated to the international one and my playstore problems were resolved.