Topic: Mobility

Incipio iPhone 5 case roundup: 6 models offer function, style, and protection

Summary: Incipio makes some of my favorite cases and I've spent the last couple of weeks checking out six new models for the Apple iPhone 5. Check out the photos of them all.

By Matthew Miller for Smartphones and Cell Phones | February 16, 2013 -- 13:47 GMT (05:47 PST)

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DualPro SHINE in the hand

One of my favorite cases of these six is the DualPro SHINE. It offers a silicone core with an outer rigid shell. The rigid shell is made with their Plextonium™ material and has a brushed aluminum finish. The shell runs along the entire right side and most of the left with openings for the silicone inner core to access buttons and ports. The dimpled top of the back adds some style to the case.

I checked out the titanium silver/charcoal gray one. You can also find this case in Titanium Silver/Obsidian Black, Light Silver/Optical White, Obsidian Black/Obsidian Black, and Optical White/Hot Pink. The DualPro SHINE is available now for $34.99.

Topics: Mobility, Apple, iPhone, Smartphones

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Or You Could Just Get An Android Phone

What are these cases made of? Polycarbonate plastic--the same material that most Android phones are covered with. Yet those phones are regularly criticized in reviews for looking and feeling "cheap". So what does that mean if you put your expensive Iphone into one of these cases? It means that it, too, is going to end up looking and feeling "cheap", right? Isn't that defeating the point of all the money you spent on it? To spend even more to make it look like an Android phone?

ldo17
17 February, 2013 10:46

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- Yes, Ido17...
  
  I am a moderator...in reference to the other discussion, you will now notice the
  spam post is gone. I made a reply, then reported the spam.
  Wizard57M
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  wizard57m-cnet
  17 February, 2013 14:07
  
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- Now in regards to phone cases,
  
  I've always wondered why people do this? I see them all the time, for all makes
  and models of "smartphones". People go and buy a sleek new gadget, that a
  manufacturer has gone to great lengths to design to be very attractive, turn to
  another counter and buy some bulky, gawdy looking protective cover to hide
  all the sleek design features??? Sort of begs to question phone manufacturers...
  Why not design your phones with all the extra protection already there?
  At least a few of these protective cases aren't excessively bulky, but those are
  in the minority. I've seen Android and iPhone cases that almost doubled the
  size of the phone. Consumers...sheesh, go figure.
  Wizard57M
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  wizard57m-cnet
  17 February, 2013 14:53
  
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- The Android phones ARE cheaply made
  
  Sorry to burst your bubble but every single iPhone I've ever used has felt more solid tan any Android device I've ever used.
  
  And the case is not to make it "look like an Android phone" as you say - that theory is sloppy thinking at best and sheer ignorance at worst - it's for protection of the device from scratches and falls. And before you bleat about how tough Android phones are comparitively, no they are not. And BTW when I used Android devices I also put them in Otterbox Defender cases.
  
  I decided one day to put the Otterbox to the test - I had at the time an Iphone 4 and an HTC Thunderbolt. I threw both of them at the same time against a door and went over to pick them up. The iPhone kept right on going the HTC I had to take it out of the case and do a battery pull to get it working again.
  
  Oh and BTW here's a news flash for you - the polycarbonate they use for these cases is at least 2x as thick as the ploycarbonate they use on the Android devices.
  
  athynz
  18 February, 2013 22:59
  
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  - Re: The Android phones ARE cheaply made
    
    Go and read Gizmodo's report on what an Iphone 5 looks like after just two months without a case.
    
    By contrast, both my Android phones, even the oldest one at 2 years, are free of scratches and dents, without cases.
    
    ldo17
    19 February, 2013 08:51
    
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