Blade Aluminium Bumper (Looks Nice)

[RenoG]

Since I have no interest in adding verbage to the other alum cases being debated here I'll just stick to the topic at hand.

This is a nice case I like the detailed work on it, as its not just a blunt peice of alum surround with simple cutouts. I'm absolutely sure though this thing is going to kill a function or two.

 

[TheBigKing]

waiting to arrives mines they shipet on 11/29

 

[Kid Red]

I felt pretty stupid after seeing all these bad reviews after spending $100 and waiting 10 weeks to get a case that KILLED my signal. I normally have 3-5 bars and it went to searching almost ALL the time.
I just ordred a Kinetic Case. I wish I found this forum before waiting 10 weeks for an element.
http://www.kineticcase.com/index.html

As far as this Blade case thing goes... I'm not super excited about getting any more stuff for Asia. I'll try a US company first. Kinetic says they are made in Northern California.

Why does every aluminum case have to be so thick? The blade seems to have two layers, 2 at the top and 2 at the bottom and just the 1 layer on the sides and around buttons. Why not just go with the 1 layer?!!? That keeps it thin and cheaper. I just want something to take the dent instead of my phone, but I don't want something too big. The Blade doesn't need those extra slabs of thickness at the top and bottom. Just the thin layer all around for a smooth, non stepped thickness that is consistent throughout. And it needs to be felted inside the entire thing.

Then I'll bite.

 

[glen e]

just remember thin or thick - putting aluminum over the antenna band degrades kills the signal...period.

 

[Big Ben]

just remember thin or thick - putting aluminum over the antenna band degrades kills the signal...period.

I've exchange a few emails with the tech guy at Kinetic Case and he has a good explanation of why this statement is wrong. Send them an email if you would like an explanation.
I'll have mine soon and I will report about the signal as soon as I get mine.

 

[ufcfighter]

I've exchange a few emails with the tech guy at Kinetic Case and he has a good explanation of why this statement is wrong. Send them an email if you would like an explanation.
I'll have mine soon and I will report about the signal as soon as I get mine.

What's the point of emailing him? He is going to claim what every other aluminum case manufacture says...No signal problems, GPS works great, 3G is not affected blahblahblah!! Its not going to work and I will have to see way more than 1 review that says it does to prove me wrong. But I am 99.9 percent sure it won't.

 

[glen e]

I've exchange a few emails with the tech guy at Kinetic Case and he has a good explanation of why this statement is wrong. Send them an email if you would like an explanation.
I'll have mine soon and I will report about the signal as soon as I get mine.

yeah, I'd like to hear that explanation....

 

[Big Ben]

What's the point of emailing him? He is going to claim what every other aluminum case manufacture says...No signal problems, GPS works great, 3G is not affected blahblahblah!! Its not going to work and I will have to see way more than 1 review that says it does to prove me wrong. But I am 99.9 percent sure it won't.

Why are you so sure?

 

[ufcfighter]

Why are you so sure?

Because 5 have tried, 5 have failed! Plus its just physics, its nearly impossible for a signal to pass through aluminum. A very strong signal will, but GPS won't and 3G wont. Signal might depending on how strong the signal is.

 

[kaikai830]

Because 5 have tried, 5 have failed! Plus its just physics, its nearly impossible for a signal to pass through aluminum. A very strong signal will, but GPS won't and 3G wont. Signal might depending on how strong the signal is.

Well, you're not the only one that have had a few aluminum cases. All my cases is fine so far. I might lose probably 1-2 bars if I'm in a very bad signal area like my home basement. But if I'm outside I don't have any issues at all with all the cases except for the fusion raw closed back, which it kills my gps but signal is fine. With all the issues that you guys have ,I think it's either that you are always in a VERY low signal area all the time or you're OVER exaggerated!
About the blade case , mine was shipped 2 days ago. Can't wait for it to get here.

 

[reeco]

Well, you're not the only one that have had a few aluminum cases. All my cases is fine so far. I might lose probably 1-2 bars if I'm in a very bad signal area like my home basement. But if I'm outside I don't have any issues at all with all the cases except for the fusion raw closed back, which it kills my gps but signal is fine. With all the issues that you guys have ,I think it's either that you are always in a VERY low signal area all the time or you're OVER exaggerated!
About the blade case , mine was shipped 2 days ago. Can't wait for it to get here.

Totally agree with the above statement!!! UFC stop telling people cases don't work. It's different for everyone! Just because your ford broke down within 3 months of you buying the car, dosent mean someone else hasn't drove theirs for 30 years and had no problems. Stop spamming threads with your anti Aluminium case BS.

Now toddle off to your composite thread, there's a good boy.

 

[der-kaiser]

Totally agree with the above statement!!! UFC stop telling people cases don't work. It's different for everyone! Just because your ford broke down within 3 months of you buying the car, dosent mean someone else hasn't drove theirs for 30 years and had no problems. Stop spamming threads with your anti Aluminium case BS.

Now toddle off to your composite thread, there's a good boy.

Agreed. Really tired to see him spamming the same crap over and over again in multiple threads. Stop being such a know it all will ya? I bought a element case of you and i have none of the issues you listed. Nevertheless, I'm not expecting everyone else have the same experiences as I so why can't you do the same?

 

[jeremy566]

I good idea to any aluminum case designers don't leave a opening for the sim chip area. the reason is that if your phone is stolen they cant get to the sim chip so easy. If there is no port opening they have to wait to find the right tool for the job.

 

[ufcfighter]

Totally agree with the above statement!!! UFC stop telling people cases don't work. It's different for everyone! Just because your ford broke down within 3 months of you buying the car, dosent mean someone else hasn't drove theirs for 30 years and had no problems. Stop spamming threads with your anti Aluminium case BS.

Now toddle off to your composite thread, there's a good boy.

Give me a break man. I tell you facts and you guys still believe that a all aluminum case will work. Your signal might not be affected AS much but your GPS and 3G will everytime, no matter where your at or how good your signal is. And someone mentioned dropping maybe 2 bars! 2 bars is a huge drop, what if you get in an area that you only get 2 or 3 bars? You then have no signal and believe me it will happen and then you have a really expensive Ipod. But its been proven by a real testing facility that the vapor absolutely kills signal. Proven by people who have the correct equipment and do it for a living so I guess they must be lying also, or they must have faked the data to look like the Vapor did worse than it really did. Give me a break. I have nothing against aluminum cases. They just don't work, its been proven time and time again. It will hurt some function of the phone, either GPS or 3G or both but it will do something. Here's is a perfect example, are yes they are all the same.
http://www.geardiary.com/2010/10/07/iphone-4-aluminum/
http://www.geardiary.com/2010/08/26/iphone-accessory-review-the-element-case-vapor-for-iphone-4/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFiJ2WFxpyY
How much proof do you need? If I said the sky was blue would I be wrong about that too?

 

[chris975d]

That's ONE case you're showing an example of, not every one. And thr worst one at that. And as companies have brought out new designs, they've gotten better and better at not destroying signal. This case talked about in this thread hasn't even been put in anyone's hands yet to be tested. How can you judge something that no one has seen yet? Good grief. Tell you what, if we stencil "Atomic" on it, will it meet your standards then? Wow...

Give me a break man. I tell you facts and you guys still believe that a all aluminum case will work. Your signal might not be affected AS much but your GPS and 3G will everytime, no matter where your at or how good your signal is. And someone mentioned dropping maybe 2 bars! 2 bars is a huge drop, what if you get in an area that you only get 2 or 3 bars? You then have no signal and believe me it will happen and then you have a really expensive Ipod. But its been proven by a real testing facility that the vapor absolutely kills signal. Proven by people who have the correct equipment and do it for a living so I guess they must be lying also, or they must have faked the data to look like the Vapor did worse than it really did. Give me a break. I have nothing against aluminum cases. They just don't work, its been proven time and time again. It will hurt some function of the phone, either GPS or 3G or both but it will do something. Here's is a perfect example, are yes they are all the same.
http://www.geardiary.com/2010/10/07/iphone-4-aluminum/
http://www.geardiary.com/2010/08/26/iphone-accessory-review-the-element-case-vapor-for-iphone-4/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFiJ2WFxpyY
How much proof do you need? If I said the sky was blue would I be wrong about that too?

 

[peteisanidiot]

Give me a break man. I tell you facts and you guys still believe that a all aluminum case will work. Your signal might not be affected AS much but your GPS and 3G will everytime, no matter where your at or how good your signal is. And someone mentioned dropping maybe 2 bars! 2 bars is a huge drop, what if you get in an area that you only get 2 or 3 bars? You then have no signal and believe me it will happen and then you have a really expensive Ipod. But its been proven by a real testing facility that the vapor absolutely kills signal. Proven by people who have the correct equipment and do it for a living so I guess they must be lying also, or they must have faked the data to look like the Vapor did worse than it really did. Give me a break. I have nothing against aluminum cases. They just don't work, its been proven time and time again. It will hurt some function of the phone, either GPS or 3G or both but it will do something. Here's is a perfect example, are yes they are all the same.
http://www.geardiary.com/2010/10/07/iphone-4-aluminum/
http://www.geardiary.com/2010/08/26/iphone-accessory-review-the-element-case-vapor-for-iphone-4/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFiJ2WFxpyY
How much proof do you need? If I said the sky was blue would I be wrong about that too?

while i agree with you (and owe you thanks because your photos and review prompted me to buy the delrin case) sometimes you have to let people spend their money and learn their own lessons. high signal areas may be fine, but that assumes no travel or unexpected signal obstacles. i don't particularly like the atomic hybrid but it's the best thing going for my personal needs.

 

[ufcfighter]

while i agree with you (and owe you thanks because your photos and review prompted me to buy the delrin case) sometimes you have to let people spend their money and learn their own lessons. high signal areas may be fine, but that assumes no travel or unexpected signal obstacles. i don't particularly like the atomic hybrid but it's the best thing going for my personal needs.

Well your welcome, you try to help and people get made because their favorite case affects the phone negatively. I hope the blade works, honestly do. I think its the best looking aluminum case hands down. But I have my doubts, how can you not? Like I said, 5 companies have tried and 5 have failed. So why does anyone think this one will be any different. Bigabeed (could be spelled wrong) did a mini review last night on another aluminum case that swore it would not affect signal and guess what, it did. So I guess that would be 0 for 6 now.

 

[maverick86]

As far as the Atomic Hybrid is concerned, I'm probably the only person for whom it does not work optimally (since I haven't seen anyone else report problems). The GPS didn't work well when I first got the case and it still doesn't. In addition to that it turns areas, where normally my phone works with no case, into dead zones. And I've had instances where even when I have a decent signal, people don't get voice mails or texts I send until much later. Why does it seem like I'm the only one with these issues when using this case? I have no idea but in any event I'm ditching all these aluminum/part aluminum cases and just going with what works which is no case at all.

 

[SophiaLee]

I'm guessing this thread will be closed next too.

 

[ufcfighter]

I'm guessing this thread will be closed next too.

I hope not, this is not my intention at all. I want it to stay open. So I will stop posting and let people get the case and then give their impressions. But the last thing I am going to say it that I have a coworker who goes to china once a month for business and he says their cell service is light years ahead of ours. He has said his signal strength over their is unbelievable compared to ours. So maybe that is why the blade works so well over there is because its made in china and only been tested in china. But PERSONALLY, I won't own another aluminum case and secondly I will not support a non US company. We are having enough trouble keeping our heads above water without giving our business and money to other countries.

 

[ufcfighter]

This is the wrong thread for it, but have you even asked Phil about that? I know that he's taken returns back after the 5 day period. Heck, he's still working with me on my first clear anodized Raw that both he and I didn't like the finish of. Did you try, or just assume he wouldn't?

He told me flat out in a email that he would not.

 

[ufcfighter]

This is the wrong thread for it, but have you even asked Phil about that? I know that he's taken returns back after the 5 day period. Heck, he's still working with me on my first clear anodized Raw that both he and I didn't like the finish of. Did you try, or just assume he wouldn't?

Ok, I am done. Let the people get back the Blade case.

 

[chris975d]

He told me flat out in a email that he would not.

Just went back and looked at your words on your last Raw case. Maybe if you hadn't said things like

"But I am pretty happy with this one to be honest.", or

"Post up your pics, my camera sucks. I just can't do that case justice except for the outside picture. Its a pretty awesome looking case and color for sure.", or

"this one is performing pretty damn good,"

Then turn around and ask for a return...it'd be hard to do it if I were him too. You admit in written words that you like it, that it's working for you, then try to claim that it's defective. You probably should have done a better job in testing it out before putting your thoughts on the case into words.

Ok, I am done. Let the people get back the Blade case.

Yes, let's get back on topic. We should take any other posts about products other that the "Blade" case to their respective thread.

 

[ufcfighter]

Just went back and looked at your words on your last Raw case. Maybe if you hadn't said things like

"But I am pretty happy with this one to be honest.", or

"Post up your pics, my camera sucks. I just can't do that case justice except for the outside picture. Its a pretty awesome looking case and color for sure.", or

"this one is performing pretty damn good,"

Then turn around and ask for a return...it'd be hard to do it if I were him too. You admit in written words that you like it, that it's working for you, then try to claim that it's defective. You probably should have done a better job in testing it out before putting your thoughts on the case into words.



Yes, let's get back on topic. We should take any other posts about products other that the "Blade" case to their respective thread.

See you always try to switch things around. Most of my quotes were about the way the case looked outside(mainly color)because of the orange. And it did perform ok with signal, but failed everywhere else, what do you want me to say? Thats the truth. Do you want me to go quote all the negatives people have said about it? It would take hours, and it shouldn't matter about anything that was said on here, IF HE HAD FAITH IN HIS CASE, HIS RETURN POLICY WOULD BE LONGER THAN 5 DAYS!!!! CAN YOU NOT READ??? But thanks for pointing out that he reads the threads. Because I asked him about returning it before those posts were even made!!

 

[kaikai830]

Give me a break man. I tell you facts and you guys still believe that a all aluminum case will work. Your signal might not be affected AS much but your GPS and 3G will everytime, no matter where your at or how good your signal is. And someone mentioned dropping maybe 2 bars! 2 bars is a huge drop, what if you get in an area that you only get 2 or 3 bars? You then have no signal and believe me it will happen and then you have a really expensive Ipod. But its been proven by a real testing facility that the vapor absolutely kills signal. Proven by people who have the correct equipment and do it for a living so I guess they must be lying also, or they must have faked the data to look like the Vapor did worse than it really did. Give me a break. I have nothing against aluminum cases. They just don't work, its been proven time and time again. It will hurt some function of the phone, either GPS or 3G or both but it will do something. Here's is a perfect example, are yes they are all the same.
http://www.geardiary.com/2010/10/07/iphone-4-aluminum/
http://www.geardiary.com/2010/08/26/iphone-accessory-review-the-element-case-vapor-for-iphone-4/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFiJ2WFxpyY
How much proof do you need? If I said the sky was blue would I be wrong about that too?

I have to disagree with you and puzzled as to why you have all these issues. Yes some aluminum case might have some issues with signal and gps but nothing as dramatic as you make it seems. My vapor works fine, no issues at all, not even 1 bar drop and gps is excellent. So stop saying all aluminum cases don't work.I can tell if it work or not and I don't have to listen to anyone's testing to know.So save all your links to geardiary's test as I do real world testing everyday and I have no problem .So I'm pretty satisfied with all the aluminum cases that's why I just order this Blade case.