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geekhack Community => Off Topic => Topic started by: whiskerBox on Wed, 25 January 2012, 12:30:39
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Hey guys about a month ago I got a iPhone 4s for christmas and decided to start looking for a cool case. I originally saw the element vapor case and thought that it was just amazing, but it was like $150 so it was out of the question. So after a little research I stumbled across this thread (http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=1244826) on macrumors about knock off vapor cases. So after reading up on that I went to searching for a case on aliexpress.com. Now everyone on that forum had vary different experiences with different sellers some good some bad so for me it was like russian roulette. After much consideration I settled with the seller "Ada Li" and bought a case from them for $8.67 shipped and heres the result.
Here is the picture the seller listed of the case online
[ATTACH=CONFIG]38513[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]38514[/ATTACH]
An here is the case that I got in the mail
[ATTACH=CONFIG]38515[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]38516[/ATTACH]
Anyways shipping took almost a month from china but the case is amazing and fits perfectly so good luck and I would definitely recommend purchasing from "Ada Li" as they are great to deal with.
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I've seen these knock offs before, and everyone's had great success with em. One thing about the Vapor case in general though, do you notice a drop is signal strength at all?
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I've seen these knock offs before, and everyone's had great success with em. One thing about the Vapor case in general though, do you notice a drop is signal strength at all?
I haven't noticed any real signal drop at all, also I am on att so it can't get much worse lol
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For $8.67 that's pretty nice, what's the material is the case made of?
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For $8.67 that's pretty nice, what's the material is the case made of?
Machined aluminum and then it is anodized! pretty awesome for such a nominal cost
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That's nuts, well the Chinese are making a killing off of all these phone cases
You should see this Asian mall in Toronto, there's at least 20 stores that ONLY sell phone cases and they make a lot
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The Chinese CLONE stuff!
Noppoo.
I mean no ****.
LOL
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The Chinese CLONE stuff!
Noppoo.
I mean no ****.
Hahaha
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I've had one of these for nearly 2 years - still in perfect condition, looks great.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/SGP-iPhone-4-Case-Neo-Hybrid-Matte-Gun-Metal-/280621087861?pt=UK_MobilePhones_MobilePhonesCasesPouches&hash=item415651fc75#ht_4075wt_1180
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i can't find your referral guy =/
http://www.aliexpress.com/wholesale?SearchText=element%2Bcase%2Biphone&CatId=509&SortType=price_asc&page=3
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i can't find your referral guy =/
http://www.aliexpress.com/wholesale?SearchText=element%2Bcase%2Biphone&CatId=509&SortType=price_asc&page=3
Here it is (http://www.aliexpress.com/snapshot/104361525.html)
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That's a badass case, I'd get one of those too if I had an iPhone. I wonder if they make anything like that for the Galaxy S2, right now I just have a soft silicone one that I've been quite happy with except that i got sent the wrong colour and for $4 I couldn't be bothered shipping it back for an exchange.
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no longer available =/
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no longer available =/
There are a lot of sellers on their selling the same thing. I think I will try out the sword case next looks a little slimmer
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I'm still impartial to Otterbox cases. For $20 (well, $19.89) I have no complaints about its durability, construction, or ability to protect from my stupidity.