Sweet, I was thinking about that color too. Just spread the good word about signal loss and I'm ordering
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Authentic Draco 5 Aluminum bumper for iPhone 5 preorder
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Sweet, I was thinking about that color too. Just spread the good word about signal loss and I'm ordering
.gotta love USPS
Even in Hurricane Sandy my Draco V arrived 3 minutes ago. Gotta love the USPS!!!!!!!!!!!!
here's a few pics (taken with the ipad, apologies in advance)
the picture alot of you have been waiting for: YES a LOSS in bars!!!!!!!!
to sum up
the case is like the Draco IV, beautifully scuplted, unlike the IV the anodization trumps the paintjob on the IV. They've really attempted to step up their protection inserts, in the IV it was a small thin white strip, this is more like Elementcase with larger black strips pre-inserted.
I'm currently getting 3 bars indoors, on 4G, I will go outside and see how many bars I get on LTE but Sandy is shaking my tree in front of my house so I'll take some shots Wednesday.
As always the Glas from Spigen works wonderfully; with it installed the lip is gone but I could care less about that, might be a deal breaker to some of you.
The custom work done for the headphone jacks is amazing. My only gripe is with my own ear monitors, they need to be sent back for a slightly longer jack to insert. With the Monster Audio headphones I had no problems, they plugged in properly.
Hope this helped someone thinking about Draco/Deff Japan.
you should get yours today, if i got mine, best of luck
Even in Hurricane Sandy my Draco V arrived 3 minutes ago. Gotta love the USPS!!!!!!!!!!!!
here's a few pics (taken with the ipad, apologies in advance)
the picture alot of you have been waiting for: YES a LOSS in bars!!!!!!!!
to sum up
the case is like the Draco IV, beautifully scuplted, unlike the IV the anodization trumps the paintjob on the IV. They've really attempted to step up their protection inserts, in the IV it was a small thin white strip, this is more like Elementcase with larger black strips pre-inserted.
I'm currently getting 3 bars indoors, on 4G, I will go outside and see how many bars I get on LTE but Sandy is shaking my tree in front of my house so I'll take some shots Wednesday.
As always the Glas from Spigen works wonderfully; with it installed the lip is gone but I could care less about that, might be a deal breaker to some of you.
The custom work done for the headphone jacks is amazing. My only gripe is with my own ear monitors, they need to be sent back for a slightly longer jack to insert. With the Monster Audio headphones I had no problems, they plugged in properly.
Hope this helped someone thinking about Draco/Deff Japan.
you should get yours today, if i got mine, best of luck
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Looks nice, you don't actually mention how much signal you're losing. Take the bumper off, then go into field test mode. Then put the bumper on and go back into field test and let us know what the numbers are. In field test, you will get the actual number for your signal strength. To go into field test mode, dial *3001#12345#* on your phone and press call.
If you're actually losing signal, looks like this case will be getting returned. I have my Sector 5 on now, and don't lose any signal with it.
If you're actually losing signal, looks like this case will be getting returned. I have my Sector 5 on now, and don't lose any signal with it.
very disappointing, I thought that was going to be my case. I guess I'll have to go naked
This sucks. I just ordered mine last night. How long did it take to get from the time you order to get to your house? I thought these werent shipping until Nov 2nd.
Just sent em an email to cancel my order. Not sure why it's killing the battery. The aluminum must be touching the metal on the iPhone. But for a case at this price it shouldn't happen. Without signal, the phone is worthless. Even if the case does look great, I'm not going to sacrifice signal for the looks.
My Sector 5 case doesn't have any issues. The polycarbonate links in the corners must help or something.
My Sector 5 case doesn't have any issues. The polycarbonate links in the corners must help or something.
Well this sucks. If anyone else gets theirs, please post results. However I doubt this is an isolated issue.
Just sent an e-mail to cancel also. Considering I would also have to add a screen protector, it looks like $150 + for a bumper/screen protector. Ill wait on the Lifeproof or order a Sector 5 case.
Thanks for posting your findings. I think I see the slot cut out on top of the case. Tough to tell in the pics. Can you confirm the slot is there?
Thanks
They have been sending a ton of emails out recently. You should get it soon. They also announced the two colors for the Sector 5 after the FE gun metal is sold out. I really like the look of the silver version, but the FE gun metal is nice also. I ended up using an invite code from someone else who got the invite and posted the link here on macrumors. I got in the initial batch and received mine last week. It's an amazing case.
I also just got an email back from Draco and they cancelled my order. They said that they made sure that the case doesn't drop signal but I said I would wait for some more people to report on the issue and will reorder if there ends up not being an issue.
Case looks nice, but again, the signal issue. The search continues....
How about the e13ctron case? It's not released yet, but it has a rubber bumper around the entire edge of the case, then an aluminum bumper on top of that. I wonder if that would solve the signal issue?>
How about the e13ctron case? It's not released yet, but it has a rubber bumper around the entire edge of the case, then an aluminum bumper on top of that. I wonder if that would solve the signal issue?>
Case looks nice, but again, the signal issue. The search continues....
How about the e13ctron case? It's not released yet, but it has a rubber bumper around the entire edge of the case, then an aluminum bumper on top of that. I wonder if that would solve the signal issue?>
Not if the aluminum is continuous around it. The problem with surrounding the antennas with metal is that it makes a Faraday cage, where signals can't get in or out. Putting breaks in the continuous metal, like Element has done, makes it so that this effect doesn't occur.
