Dis you have the clear caze??
I have Clear, Silver, and Black. The first clear I received was so bad I had to return it. Caze sent me a replacement which was better but still a little "creaky".
Dis you have the clear caze??
Both arrived safe and sound in record time (Japan - Texas)! Haven't had time to install . . .
- Shipped on 01/15/13 at 6:54pm (Japan time)
- Delivered to my house on 01/17/13 at 9:33am (Texas time)
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Edit: After several days of usage with the PowerSupport, it traded places with the Caze. FTFY
You'll be back once it starts to discolor.
So if the caze didn't discolor, is the caze better than the PS?
... I have 3 of them sitting in my desk drawer.
You'll be back once it starts to discolor.
All plastic colored cases will eventually discolor over time due to wear & tear. its just a matter of time. what we should focus on is the durability of the Flat bumper
I received both a Caze ThinEdge and the PowerSupport Flat in the mail yesterday. While the PowerSupport is very very nice and more substantial. It didn't give me the "wow" factor that the ThinEdge did. The ThinEdge is sooo thin, it really feels just like holding the naked iPhone 5 with just a rubbery band around it. Now, that said, the ThinEdge with the recessed Power and Volume buttons is not nearly as easy to use as the PowerSupport.
Before I received these I had the Spigen Linear EX Thin Metalic. So to compare the PowerSupport to this one, I'd say the PowerSupport is similar to the Spigen LinearEX with much better quality and more "features." I compare them because the size (width/height) and slippery feel are slightly similar. The cutout and depth of the ringer/vibrate switch on the PowerSupport is similar to the Spigen as is the color of the black/grey plastic to match the iPhone 5. The PowerSupport is obviously much better in that it is a one piece and has the rubber edges which off-set the slippery of the plastic band and provide a decent amount of grip. The volume buttons on the PowerSupport are solid and do not have a rattle of the inserts like many cases have. The Spigen's volume insert does rattle. As has been covered in this thread, the power button on the Flat is pretty bad. Even when playing with the provided inserts and eventually going to just a thin strip of electrical tape directly on the power button, the "Click" feed-back is there, but you have to really be paying attention to actually feel it. It's pretty numb. The Spigen LinearEX provides a good solid click.
Word of warning! When taking the Flat bumper off the phone, do NOT try to pull the corner with your finger nail. The rubber lip is thin. I already have a nick out of the corner of the raised rubber lip which I caught with my fingernail. Just use the pad of your thumbs and push or pull it off.
All in all, I would say that this is a very great bumper case. It is the one I'll be continuing to use, for sure. The feeling of opening it was a "yeah, this is very nice" but not a WOW factor. The ThinEdge won the wow factor for me today. However, the PowerSupport then wins, hands down on the functionality factor. From the three I have here, I'd rank them as this:
1.2.Caze ThinEdge
- It's a great minimal alternative and provides noticable grip which the other 2 don't have. And while I used a Griffin Reveal Frame on my 4S which had open cut-outs for volume and power, this one just seems harder to connect through the open cut-outs, probably a factor of smaller button on the iPhone 5.
- Edit: After a few days of using the Power Support Flat, I've switched to the ThinEdge. The power button issue on the PowerSupport ended up being just too much to tolerate every day. After a few days of usage of this ThinEdge, the issue of getting my fingers into the cut-outs I don't even notice anymore. I guess after several days of bad feedback from the PowerSupport Bumper, this one now feels right.
Holding this one feels as close to holding the bare iPhone as possible. It retains the 5's thin, light form factor and retains the "wow" factor of holding something so small and light.
2.1.Power Support Flat Bumper
- Great color match which off-sets the slippery plastic with the rubber lip. The poor feedback on the power button is the only factor that makes this comparison even close. One downside of the "flat around" feeling I have found is that when fumbling for the phone in the middle of night looking for the feel of the power button on the top is gone and the numb feed-back on pushing the power button doesn't help the situation. Another annoyance.
- Edit: Upon further review... for the price of this, I would want a better power button design. I used the included stickers, electrical tape and never achieved a level of feedback on the power button which I was comfortable with. Holding this bumper in your hand feels great, but I simply got tired of screwing with the power button. I'll keep it around should I decide to give it another try, but upon further reflection, the power button is too much of a factor to recommend this at the price.
3. Spigen LinearEX Thin Metalic
- A decent bumper. But for around $20 it's pretty basic. It would be nice to see it have a little better quality on the volume buttons to remove the rattle and somehow to provide better grip with a rubber lip like the PowerSupport and still maintain the $20 price. Then it could jump to the top based on value alone. But as it is, it's just slippery, but nicely colored, piece of plastic.
- Edit after several days of usage of the PowerSupport, it's traded places with the Caze.
After a long time today i received the caze thinedge, for me, much better than the PS, and it fits perfect, it has no give, and fits very tight, i am very happy with it
Are you using it with a skin/protector on sides the phone? What's interior of the bumper, hard plastic?
I'm curious to know if anyone using the Caze for a while has gotten their edge scratched from it if it's hard plastic.
I had loose on the left side and on the bottom, very expensive for that quality, now I am using the thinedge and fits perfect, and this weekend i will have a black air jacket, hopefully is better quality than the PS bumper jeje
I had no such issues with 2 PS bumpers so it's probably a bit unfair to judge the entire product line. It would be like me saying I have 3 ThinEdges' (which I do) and 2 out of the three suffer from "creaks" (which they do), so therefor they are crappy quality.