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Armor your iPhone - Griffin Survivor

Summary: If you've been reading my blogging buddy Jason Perlow's 'Tech Broiler' blog here on ZDNet (and you should, he's a smart guy, and reading his blog will make you smarter - or your money back!) then you'll know that he has a bit of a thing for G-Form shock absorbing cases for the iPad (which he showed surviving a hit from a bowling ball and then a drop from 500 feet) and the MacBook Pro (which easily survived a 20 foot drop).

Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

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If you've been reading my blogging buddy Jason Perlow's 'Tech Broiler' blog here on ZDNet (and you should, he's a smart guy, and reading his blog will make you smarter - or your money back!) then you'll know that he has a bit of a thing for G-Form shock absorbing cases for the iPad (which he showed surviving a hit from a bowling ball and then a drop from 500 feet) and the MacBook Pro (which easily survived a 20 foot drop). Pretty good stuff.

Petty cool stuff. But many of you have been asking me about ways to protect your fragile iPhone 4 from damage. After all, this puppy has two glass faces to smash as opposed to the one face which is all that most smartphone owners have to worry about.

Well, I suppose you could shove it into a G-Form iPad case. Hardly aesthetic or practical, but it would undoubtedly work ... until you took the handset out.

So, what's a better way to protect your iPhone 4? Well, as far as I'm concerned the toughest, most robust iPhone 4 case on the market is the Griffin Survivor.

How rugged is this case? Check this out:

 

The iPhone does break in the end, but I encourage you to watch and find out just how it is broken. Sure, it's massive, and adds a hell of a lot of bulk to the iPhone, but if you need a high degree of protection (and you don't give a rat's ass what your phone looks like!), hen this is the case for you!

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  • The phone looks brutal, which is not bad at all

    And, there is no other way to have Retina display and Retina-class phone applications, among many things that exclusive to iPhone platform -- so even the looks does not matter or unlikable, this platform still the best for average users.
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    I have to commend you guys on going the extra mile to prove the durability of this case :). Pretty Amazing! I just hope you all have a dry-waller on staff. :)
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  • My iPhone 4 Survived

    Even after a Toyota Highlander parked on it. I was using a very similar case (hard plastic covered by a silicone sleeve).

    Amazing...
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  • RE: Armor your iPhone - Griffin Survivor

    My WP7 phone has no case, is thinner than the iPhone (as well as a much better UI) and it slips into my pocket beautifully. Even droppped it a few times but the benefit of not having a fully glass brick is that it survives without a problem.

    Why not just buy a modern phone (even Android) that doesn't need a case or a rubber band?
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