Anybody get one of these cases for your iPhone? How is it? I would like a clear case to show off the back and the Reveal is one that does this. Anybody have thoughts on this, how is it with reception?
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Today I purchased the Griffin Reveal for iPhone 4 (http://www.griffintechnology.com/products/reveal-iphone4) from Best Buy for $27.99. Tomorrow I will return it, walk across the street to Walmart and buy the Griffin Reveal for iPhone 4 case for $19.88. I bought and returned a Bumper because it restricted the Dock Connector port. The Griffen Reveal for iPhone 4 works well with my Griffin Autopilot charger and controller (http://www.griffintechnology.com/products/autopilot). I have everything docked on the Kensington Windshield/Vent Car Mount (http://us.kensington.com/html/17546.html). Wu Tang
We bought the Belkin Grip Vue cases at Best Buy. I liked these better than the iFrogz. My husband had the iFrogz case on his 3GS and it seems like a lot of dust got in the case where the two pieces meet, so I wanted to get a one piece case. I was between the Belkin and the Griffin and am glad we went with the Belkin. It just seems a little sturdier, like it would protect the phone better if it falls. I also have the Zagg invisishield on the front only. The salesman said that with a case, getting the full body Zagg is a waste of money because the cases are too tight. He said to only go with the full body Zagg if you were going with Apple's bumper. Made sense to me, plus it wasn't like he was trying to make a sell. Heck, he actually cost the store a few bucks because we probably would have purchased the front and back covers! LOL! I guess with a case that covers the back, we're good. This is one amazing phone, and it looks sweet in this case!
I tried both the Belkin and the Griffin, both clear (because I want to show off the back), but with both cases it causes problems when using the camera flash. I ended up keeping the generic smoke colored gel case I previously bought at a kiosk and also bought a bumper.
Case is really good. Thin. Also, the sides make gripping the iPhone easier. Definitely helps with reception problem (IMHO).
There's definitely reflection from flash that causes a flare in the shots, washing them out. There's an easy fix though. I took a sharpie and darkened the sides of the polycarbonate opening on the case around the camera and flash...no more reflection.
I put in a clean iPhone into a clean case, haven't seen any scratching.
There's definitely reflection from flash that causes a flare in the shots, washing them out. There's an easy fix though. I took a sharpie and darkened the sides of the polycarbonate opening on the case around the camera and flash...no more reflection.
I put in a clean iPhone into a clean case, haven't seen any scratching.
Techdaze wrote:
Case is really good. Thin. Also, the sides make gripping the iPhone easier. Definitely helps with reception problem (IMHO).
There's definitely reflection from flash that causes a flare in the shots, washing them out. There's an easy fix though. I took a sharpie and darkened the sides of the polycarbonate opening on the case around the camera and flash...no more reflection.
I put in a clean iPhone into a clean case, haven't seen any scratching.
Techdaze. Thanks for your post. I have a question for you. I've tried both a bumper and a case and I still get signal attenuation. Pretty significant. Have you tried the case you mentioned and used a speed test app to get readings? I'm curious if it mitigates the problem to an acceptable extent.
So far, my testing- even with a bumper or case, has proven disappointing.
Thanks, the sharpie idea is a great fix for the flash problem! I just tried it out and so far it works great. Thanks for the suggestion!
I bought one today from Best Buy. Love the concept. Got it home and seen it had some lint in it. So I took a microfiber cloth and wiped it out, then the finger prints off the back of my iPhone. Went to put it on and seen that the clear plastic was all scratched to ****. dozens of fine scratches all on the inside from my wiping it down. Went right back to BB and got my money back. That plastic is way too thin and brittle to be any type of real protection.
Griffin Reveal case for iPhone 4 - anybody get one of these?