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Heateris

macrumors member
Original poster
Jul 27, 2011
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SEPA
Wirelessly posted (Mozilla/5.0 (iPhone; CPU iPhone OS 5_0_1 like Mac OS X) AppleWebKit/534.46 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/5.1 Mobile/9A405 Safari/7534.48.3)

Anyone have any info/experience with any?
 

JayJayJay

macrumors member
Nov 19, 2011
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Um, really? There is no such thing as an impact resistant skin. Even if a company is marketing one as such, it's simply not realistic, as the amount of impact resistance would be negligible (and I'm being generous here).
 

takeshi74

macrumors 601
Feb 9, 2011
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No such thing, as stated above. If impact protection is a priority then get a suitable case.
 

Presonance

macrumors regular
Aug 31, 2010
166
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This is impossible unless your skin is really thick. Unlike most cases, skins don't have any built-in structure to distribute the shock of the impact. If the phone hits a corner, even with a skin on, the shock will be localized on that area alone, putting an enormous amount of pressure on a tiny area. This is what causes metal to deform or glass to shatter.

Of course, if the skin was very thick, it would act as a cushion to slowly decelerate the phone, but then it would look ridiculous. Like a sumo suit for your phone. You need a case for shock protection.
 

thatoneguy82

macrumors 68000
Jul 23, 2008
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Beach Cities, CA
Nope, but it would be nice though. It'd be like asking for tear resistant paper, or something. Maybe in the future someone really smart can develop a super thin and super strong polymer to put on the outside. Maybe.
 
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