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# 10 Unique Cases For Your iPhone

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_Published 2010-05-27. Want a case that keeps your iPhone safe from water? Or one with a dragon tattoo on the back? Or one that includes a stylus? Techland's gadget critic looks at 10 different cases to protect your most prized possession._


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## Transcript

The number has dropped the price of the current generation iPhone 3G S, down to just $ 97, with the 2- year contract. It's almost as if Apple is about to announce a new iPhone. Our friends at wirelessground. com, has sent over 10 very, very unique iPhone cases. These aren't your round- in- the- mill rubber covers, these are different. Your first fear to-- its new iPhone, you're gonna be petrified from scratching it, dropping it, so this auto box is 2, 500. You resist water- proof, crush- proof, and airtight, 22 bucks. Carrying your phone around in a bucket is gonna get old. So there's still this double- lid protective leather case and holster kind of belt that protects it from the front and the back, all sides, 25 bucks.

Or you could still protect the face with an inward face in holster, but actually be able to get the phone out in 110 rings, and it's only 10 bucks. The iPhone is slippery. It's like a bar of soap. This case has built- in rubber and others are on the back, and a built- in screen protector. So it's a good mixture of protection and in [ unk ]. That's the thing, right? So you got basic protection down, but now, this touch screen is giving you a piss. Not but a stylist, but just baby steps towards using the touch screen. This case has a built- in style, as on the back, ferocious like you, a dragon.

13 bucks. Finally got the hang of a touch screen, and now, you know you can watch movies on this thing? But my arms hurt after holding my phone up for a while. This body- gloved case has a kick stand built right in the clip. Along the same line, the spec case has a removable bottom for easy charging access, and the bottom doubles as a dock. If you wander your neighborhood at night, and happen to lose your iPhone in your neighbors bushes, that's your business. But maybe your case glows in the dark? Well the discerning iPhone owner, come on and go home. Made of super thin aircraft grade aluminum, it only cost 14 bucks.

It's not that fancy, I guess. And then my personal favorite, the case made ID credit card case holds two cards, so of course, my Dunkin Donut's card and driver's license, or thank card-- half of these cards, doy. Remember that auto box one? Nothing is big. If you work in a place that has a lot of explosions and deep water, you can put other stuffs in there. I think you put your lunch in there.

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