Yay! Speck have finally released a version of their fantastic ToughSkin case for the iPhone 4. See the Speck site for details.
The ToughSkin cases are pretty unique, they offer a great deal of impact protection along with super chunky styling. These cases look like you could, in a pinch, use them to retread your car tyres.
On the 3GS version the silicone was support by a plastic skeleton frame that you clipped onto your phone first. This skeleton was designed with little protrusions which in turn held the silicon case on nice and snuggly. It was a neat system and worked really well - none of the saggy bulgy squishy loose problems that I have with the Otter Box Defender which is currently on my phone. The Defender is also not very grippy - which is a major reason I like to have chunky silicone cases. I thought Otter Box were meant to make premium products? Though having said that, it seems the current Defender case now incorporates a substrate, similar to the ToughSkin. My "first generation" one was purely silicone.
It seems like the ToughSkin for iPhone 4 has taken this skeleton/substrate design one step further - the ToughSkin "skeleton" is actually a complete hard case for the phone now, which could be handy. The downside of a chunky super sticky case is seriously reduced pocketability. The case also comes with a belt clip/holder which doubles as a stand - it works well but sorry, I'm not a phone belt clip kind of person.
Very happy that they've finally brought this market - can't wait to get my hands on one. It's taken a lot longer than I expected - I've got an email from Speck customer service from June 2010 saying it'd be on the market in "about 5 weeks". 5 weeks, 7 months - whatever. ;)
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