iPhone Protection- Otterbox Defender Review

Things, including your truly, were being tossed about the cabin of the boat in swells up to nine feet every 4 seconds.  It was then that I thought I maybe should put the new iPhone in a decent protective case for these situations.  The best? Otterbox Defender.


You buckle on the Defender, with layer upon layer of protection.  Soft, hard, soft, hard.  Liner, ABS shell, silicone, belt clip case.  It gives confidence, and a few mishaps have shown that confidence to be well founded.  If you spend a lot of time in jeans and sweatshirts, outdoors, in dirty or rough environments, or if you are simply a bit butter-fingered, this case is an investment.

I got mine at Amazon, and within one trip it saved my phone.  Check it out.

Flaws? Yea, its got em.  The ports aren't really protected well. It tends to pull away around the edge if you put it in a pocket.  It is big and ugly.  Swiping to the edge of the screen is out.  And its about fifty bucks.

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I find it to be the kind of overkill I like.  It makes the sleek, thin Beverly Hills model iPhone into a mammoth, rugged, thick comms device.  Protection all around, sticky silicone and hard ABS plastic.  It really protects, like a hi-tech football helmet.  GRRRRR!!!  It snaps into its belt holster authoritatively, like a magazine into a 1911.  Bam!  Red Team Go! Blue Team Go!  I like belt holsters a lot of the time.  

Today I took the phone out of the Defender to clean it all up after a rainy day at the beach.  Not to worry.  The phone sighed in relief, like a warrior unbuckling armor.  It again made me smile with how it feels in my hands.  

It must be an Amazon.