List of your favorite iPhone 4 Accessories/Customizations

my Satin Nickel Vapor 4 case

every thing else is secondary

 

nice, im thinking bout buying a vapor. just worrying about the signal lost. hows your nickle? i heard it tarnishes?

 

I actually love the tarnishing.....it adds individuality to my case But Ive had the case since November and see very little tarnishing, its only in the areas where my fingers and thumbs hold the case most often. I use my Vapor almost all the time, the only time I remove the case is when I get a case for review.

BTW Ive heard that jewelery cleaner can remove the tarnish. Not that I care, lol.

I ran Signal from cydia at home. Results were:

Naked iPhone -82 dBm
Vapor 4 -93 to -99 dBm
Atomic Hybrid -81 dBm (yah the atomic hybrid was that good)

I have a very strong AT&T signal at home, so normally get 4 bars easy, the vapor makes it drop 1 or very rarely 2 bars.

I recommend the Vapor ONLY if you have a strong signal. Weak reception areas, are going to be more affected.

I'll post some better pics when i get some sunlight streaming in here (the color is just exquisite):







cheers

 

i usually get 3 to 4 bars, you think ill be safe with the vapor?

 

I think you will be fine. There are also some posts around here on macrumors about how to use 3M type double sided tape as an inner lining to enhance signal reception. I have been lurking here for a long time, and I wish I had subscribed to that post(s). I dont know if it really helped, but there were at least a few guys who claimed it worked. Touch wood, I havent needed to do that so far. cheers.

The e13ctron S4 uses plastic linings to keep the signal from being attenuated, and thats an all aluminum case, so I think, as long as you get the right material to line the inside of the case, even weak reception areas will work with the vapor.

I'll try and dig up those posts about the kind of lining they used on the vapor to help reception.

One more consideration is GPS and wifi signals. I have had no issues with these, but its a YMMV situation.

 

Found a few posts : look at the ones from zornet and glen e

http://webcache.googleusercontent.c...=en&ct=clnk&gl=us&source=encrypted.google.com

(cached link to Pg 85 of thread titled "Element Vapor Case")

They used 3M VHB Heavy Duty Mounting Tape and pinstriping tape from decalzone.com

 

how can you say the deff cleave is the way to go? you have never seen or touched it and unless it has a nice system on inside like the e13ctron case it will cut signal also,

imo the electron and the vapor and soon to be released diamond back look way better than the deff cleave and dont cols 110 dollars either, just my opinion.

 

Yech

Why do people put those things around their phones?

 

Contour Showcase
eBay protectors (front/back)
SW-Box Bumper (clear/black)
Magpul Case
Speck Candyshell

Currently waiting for clear back plate from SW-box to come in. Think it'll look awesome with my Contour Showcase.