I’ve got a Lifeproof one here. It is very tough and not as bulky as most others and supposidly waterproof, though i’d never test that. Having said that I did drop it the other day from about 6ft onto concrete, and although the phone is undamaged, the caseing itself seems to have developed a crack – so definately not waterproof now, but still useable. I guess these cases are designed to take the impact and damage rather than the phone.
A massive vote for Lifeproof cases.
All personal experiences
1. My work exposes my phone to fine dust constantly – no problem
2. Numerous drops knocks and otherwise iphone killing incidents over the life of the phone (3 years)
3. Phone left in my bag on a marina. A friend went to get something from said bag and accidentally tipped my phone into the sea. The phone was fine after diving down to get it a minute or so later.
ALSO – with special reference to the quoted above, my case did not survive a friends baby, who put a tooth through the earpiece membrane. Lifeproof were very impressive and sent out a replacement case (complete) that arrived a week or so later completely FOC. Phone out of warranty too.
It’s quite expensive, but in my opinion well worth every penny. It’s a fit and forget product for me. T
The only two irritations are:
1) that if you don’t have the screw in headphone adapter, you can’t use someone else’s stereo unless you take the phone out of the case. This can cause the case to weaken.
2) Docks and most non genuine apple dock connectors do not fit through the port in the Lifeproof case. Adapters are cheap as chips, but sods law says that you won’t have one to hand when you want one.
I had an otterbox defender in the past that was bulky and provided nothing like the protection, nor peace of mind.
