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After reading through this thread, I picked one up and am pretty disappointed. This is easily the worst case I've ever bought for any of my gadgets.

For one, there must be something fundamentally wrong if it's easier to grip an iphone 4 naked than with this case on. Sure you can get used to it, but I nearly dropped it twice the first day I had this on.

Another thing is that the ports are even worse than the bumper. my headphones that can easily fit in a bumper has to do some major twisting to get it to fit in right.

The both pin connector is also not too friendly with 3rd party stuff.

The installation is stupidly hard for a case. You definitely feel the plastic band at it's limits every time you try to put it on. Yet oddly enough, the sides of the case feel really flimsy. o_O

The pros: it looks good with my leather back (got the champaign gold one) and the buttons feel good unlike most cases.

overall. A huge letdown. Would return this if SGP didn't demand all this crap without paying (rough estimate $10+ to return it to them) to ship back.

This might grow on me, but initial impressions is meh =/
 
After reading through this thread, I picked one up and am pretty disappointed. This is easily the worst case I've ever bought for any of my gadgets.

For one, there must be something fundamentally wrong if it's easier to grip an iphone 4 naked than with this case on. Sure you can get used to it, but I nearly dropped it twice the first day I had this on.

Another thing is that the ports are even worse than the bumper. my headphones that can easily fit in a bumper has to do some major twisting to get it to fit in right.

The both pin connector is also not too friendly with 3rd party stuff.

The installation is stupidly hard for a case. You definitely feel the plastic band at it's limits every time you try to put it on. Yet oddly enough, the sides of the case feel really flimsy. o_O

The pros: it looks good with my leather back (got the champaign gold one) and the buttons feel good unlike most cases.

overall. A huge letdown. Would return this if SGP didn't demand all this crap without paying (rough estimate $10+ to return it to them) to ship back.

This might grow on me, but initial impressions is meh =/

i agree with you on the headphone jack part. my sony ear phones fit perfectly, but my phillips MP3 to CASSETTE is kind of loose
 
Had this case for about 3 wks now after a long search for the perfect case. Today I pulled it out of my jeans pocket and the silicone underneath the dock connector has torn. I anticipated the outside frame would have broken first or the silicon to sag. I even bought extra frames in white and pink. UGH I bought it through cretouch so I hope they will replace especially since it hasn't even been a month yet! Hmm guess the search continues...
 
Had this case for about 3 wks now after a long search for the perfect case. Today I pulled it out of my jeans pocket and the silicone underneath the dock connector has torn. I anticipated the outside frame would have broken first or the silicon to sag. I even bought extra frames in white and pink. UGH I bought it through cretouch so I hope they will replace especially since it hasn't even been a month yet! Hmm guess the search continues...

Agreed, I love this case but it doesn't look like it holds up after time, very disappointing. My silicone looks like its about to tear at the bottom as well, let me know how cretouch responds.
 
I ordered mine from ebay yesterday - from a reseller of SGP products from south korea. Came in a lil bit cheaper (although I had to pay some charges because I have a euro creditcard and had to pay in australian dollars) and at least I don't have to wait until the 12th for it to be shipped :)

Decision was between Champagne Gold or Gun Metal. Ordered the first, will see how it looks. Since my dad is getting my mom a iphone 4 for xmas I'm just gonna make her buy the gun metal one and then trade in case i like it better :p
 
I ordered mine from ebay yesterday - from a reseller of SGP products from south korea. Came in a lil bit cheaper (although I had to pay some charges because I have a euro creditcard and had to pay in australian dollars) and at least I don't have to wait until the 12th for it to be shipped :)

Decision was between Champagne Gold or Gun Metal. Ordered the first, will see how it looks. Since my dad is getting my mom a iphone 4 for xmas I'm just gonna make her buy the gun metal one and then trade in case i like it better :p

I didn't know ebay had them! I ordered from the SGP store it self on 24th of November and they told me they will ship on 13th of December and from the looks of it if i'm lucky i'll get it in february since I live in UK lol...

I just checked out ebay for resellers and found one in London, made a ticket to cancel my sgp store order to buy from the reseller :p
 
I didn't know ebay had them! I ordered from the SGP store it self on 24th of November and they told me they will ship on 13th of December and from the looks of it if i'm lucky i'll get it in february since I live in UK lol...

I just checked out ebay for resellers and found one in London, made a ticket to cancel my sgp store order to buy from the reseller :p

Well I live in Austria (=! Australia) and ordered from South Korea... Just hope it'll be here before xmas. Am scared to use my phone :D
 
Well I live in Austria (=! Australia) and ordered from South Korea... Just hope it'll be here before xmas. Am scared to use my phone :D

I'm sure you'll get it before christmas, it usually takes about a week to be delivered from Asia(China, Korea) to UK
 
For one, there must be something fundamentally wrong if it's easier to grip an iphone 4 naked than with this case on. Sure you can get used to it, but I nearly dropped it twice the first day I had this on.


True its not as grippy as an apple bumper, but its still grippier than a naked iphone

Another thing is that the ports are even worse than the bumper. my headphones that can easily fit in a bumper has to do some major twisting to get it to fit in right.

The headphone port is maybe, 1mm smaller. Both cases work with the Apple headphones so why are you complaining, 3rd party accessories never claimed to say that they would work with other 3rd party accessories

The both pin connector is also not too friendly with 3rd party stuff.

Same thing, why do you keep complaining that a 3rd party item doesn't work with other 3rd party item, it works well with my apple AV cables and the apple usb cord

The installation is stupidly hard for a case. You definitely feel the plastic band at it's limits every time you try to put it on. Yet oddly enough, the sides of the case feel really flimsy. o_O

Did you follow the instructions ? The install is a piece of cake, only slightly harder than installing an apple bumper. The case is significantly more rigid than the apple bumper

overall you are being nitpicky, the design is superior to the apple bumper (well except for missing the metal buttons)
 
So I contacted cretouch and they responded right away. They said they are going to send out a replacement silicone. But I don't know how to prevent this from happening again. Seemed like the perfect case!
 
Just got my EX and have a couple of problems with it.
Firstly the volume buttons seem slightly misaligned, the actual buttons fit perfectly but for some reason touching between them gets recognised as the buttons being pressed.
Also the headphone jack is too small for my Bose Mie2i headphones :(
 
So I contacted cretouch and they responded right away. They said they are going to send out a replacement silicone. But I don't know how to prevent this from happening again. Seemed like the perfect case!

Nice. I'll shoot them an email.
 
after about a month of having this case, i am quiet impressed. i took it off and there was little to no lint. very nice!
 
i think that this case needs a aluminum band around it. i think it would be great not to have to unscrew my case to get it off but still have a nice aluminum and rubber feel. could be a great idea for anyone with a cnc machine. if done right it could be a great product.
 
I've been using this case for about a week now. My only complaint is the slippery feeling as others have mentioned, however it gets more grippy as you use it, probably from the oils in your skin. I plan on using this case for a long time.
 
how much slimmer is the neo hybrid ex case then the apple bumper? I ask because my apple bumper adds a bit too much bulk for the iphone 4 to plug into my ihome dock.
 
how much slimmer is the neo hybrid ex case then the apple bumper? I ask because my apple bumper adds a bit too much bulk for the iphone 4 to plug into my ihome dock.

Personally I think its a lot better then the apple bumper, not to mention, it comes with front and back screen protectors as well as a cloth and squeegee for the same price as a apple bumper. This case was my favorite case for a while, and is still one of my favorites.
 
how much slimmer is the neo hybrid ex case then the apple bumper? I ask because my apple bumper adds a bit too much bulk for the iphone 4 to plug into my ihome dock.

exact same dimensions, except the rubber has a bevel, vs the apple bumper that is rounded. But it will fit in anything the apple bumper will fit

The bottom opening is larger so it will accommodate more 30 pin connectors.
 
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