Reviews written by browse

I wanted a minimalist case, that added little bulk or weight to the iPhone while still providing some protection against dropping the phone. The inCase "Protective Cover" seems like a good choice so far.

This rubberized skin covers the entire backside of the phone, the sides and provides just a bit of a lip on the front surface. Cutouts are provided for the dock port on the bottom, the headphone jack and the camera. My Monster cable audio cable fit in just fine through the case, the camera performed just fine and the standard dock cable fits well. The skin does get in the way of setting the phone into the dock stand, but I suspect that's true of all skins.

There are also raised buttons that "push through" for the ringer controls on the side and the off switch on the top. They seem to work as expected.

I wish the lip on the front surface was just a bit thicker/taller, so that if the phone is dropped face down, the impact is more likely to be caught by the skin lip, not the screen. But that's a pretty small worry. I slapped a Power Support "Crystal Film" on the display of the phone and hopefully that will help.

I bought this skin at an Apple Store for $30, which seemed in the ballpark for a majority of the cases I saw.

I was really skeptical that I would be able to apply this film without trapping air bubbles under it. However, this wasn't much of a problem at all. The film is more rigid than you might guess. All I had to do was start at the bottom edge and very gradually lay it down from the bottom edge working my way to the top. If an air bubble appeared, , all I did was lift it slightly, let the bubble vanish, then resume easing it down. Took all of 1 minute.

My only complaint is that $15 for two of these films feels a little pricey.