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I'm looking at getting a Lifeproof case and there are some cheap deals on Amazon. They seem too cheap though so I'm concerned they are fake. Anyone bought one, alternatively anyone got a retailer they can recommend elsewhere?
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TS
i bought one direct from lifeproof. turned up the next day. wasnt fake.
Is that lifeproof.com?
TS
I 'bought' my from lifeproof at the end of November, it didn't turn up after a month, they send another, it didn't turn up after a month. After constant emails to them I finally for a refund after around 3 months of the original order.
I wouldn't order directly from lifeproof. Reviews aren't great of the product anyway.
Got mine from outdoorgb.com - turned up in a couple of days.
It's been great.
The OP's price does seem a tad cheap - do Amazon police their sales?
Is that lifeproof.com?
yes.
Reviews aren't great of the product anyway.
mines great.
It may well be but in general the reviews I've read haven't been what I would expect for a very expensive iphone case.
Otterbox gets very good reviews.
It may well be but in general the reviews I've read haven't been what I would expect for a very expensive iphone case.
i read a lot of reviews before I bought mine. all the bad ones seemed to be based on people buying the cheap knock offs from ebay/amazon.
anyway, otterbox isn't IP67 which is why I bought the lifeproof.
Bought it from Lifeproof directly, at least I know it's genuine. Got a few £ off with discount code CA10TK133 if anyone is interested.
Cheers
TS
I got one of ebay, looked pretty genuine, sealed in original looking packaging and wasn't that cheap but when I tested it before putting the phone in it leaked.
That Amazon price seems too cheap to me and the seller is just trading from a residential address so it wouldn't give me much confidence.
If I get another one I'd only buy direct or from a well known retailer as there seems to be loads of fakes out there that aren't actually waterproof.
have a look here:
I asked about cases and got the same advice re lifeproof. I've since contacted some of the ebay providers that looked more genuine and to thier credit they've all stated " its a copy of" and " is almost as good".
I couldn't be bothered paying £50 so my iphones going in the free zipvit wallet that come with their £10 sample pack.
Heads up on the cheapo ones - At work we bought an £18 iPhone 5 one from a guy locally. We wanted to test it and compare with a 'real' lifeproof case as we are working on something similar Just put it our IP test tank at work and it leaks a lot.
Just put it our IP test tank at work
does that differ greatly from a bucket of water?
It's actually a water butt!
But it leaked, and not very deep either. The official lifeproof ones we have dunked didn't...