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My daughter has a beloved iPhone XR that is an extension of her teen existence. But it's also getting rather banged up. Time for a protective case! I check out the OtterBox Symmetry Series Galactic Collection (Star Wars) Stormtrooper Emblem case, the Speck Products Presidio Clear + Glitter case, the OtterBox Symmetry Totally Disney Rad Mickey case and the Speck Products Presidio Inked Mossy Oak agua marlin/black case. Turns out they're all excellent choices with their perfect bevel, spot-on cut-outs and support for wireless Qi charging.Here's how they compare...
Check them out at
https://www.OtterBox.com/
https://www.SpeckProducts.com/
or on Amazon:
OtterBox Star Wars line: https://amzn.to/2YNx7wK
OtterBox Disney line: https://amzn.to/2C12gna
Speck Presidio Clear + Glitter: https://amzn.to/3ginlsq
Speck Presidio Mossy Oak: https://amzn.to/2Vz1jcH
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Protective phone cases for the 10R. Let's check them out
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Dave Taylor here with the iPhone 10R. This is my daughter's phone and it's a little bit the
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worse for wear because we need to put a case on it. Now we've looked at some other cases but I got
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some new super protective ones from otter box and spec. So want to go through them, have a look
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figure out which one we should leave on her phone. So first one is part of their Star Wars collection. They
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call it their Galactic Collection. And as you can see on the back, this one's actually the most
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subtle of them with a little Storm Trooper in the corner. It does say Star Wars on the inside. So yes
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this is actually licensed intellectual property, which is kind of crazy. If you look on something like
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eBay or Amazon, there's a lot of unlicensed content. Me, they have a lot of money invested. They've
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done a great job with the Star Wars franchise. I want to get licensed material. So this is the
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Symmetry Series Galactic Collection case, and it's drop-proof. It has lots of great protection
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It's a combination of polycarbonate and rubber. And of course, this one features the Stormtrooper
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emblem. You are supposed to, as they say, pick your side. I'm not sure that I want my daughter
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to be a Stormtrooper, but we'll just roll with this. I think she just likes the white. It's a one-piece
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it fits nicely. All the cutouts are perfect as you can see in this close-up, which leads to two
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other questions. There's three things I always look at with a case. So I look at the cutouts. I look
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at the bevel, which is the amount above the screen that the case is. And this is perfect
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It is the minimum possible that still not only protects the glass, but we have a screen protector
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and it actually is just barely above that too. Third criterion, does it charge wirelessly
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So, let's find out. The answer is yes, it does. And this charger, this is the Google Pixel Wireless Chi charger
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Great device with your pixel phones. It's a super fast charger. For everything else it just a fast charger and obviously works really nicely So that is case number one Now the next case we going to look at and I going to talk about all the prices at the end So if you wondering how much that one is we get to it because there kind of a story about the pricing
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But Otterbox also licenses all the Disney intellectual property. So who doesn't like Mickey Mouse of all the massive iconic characters
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Mickey, right on. So this is the totally Disney line, and this is Rad Mickey
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And there's a lot to like about this. And they've done a great job of having the color match the rubber on the other side
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So when we put the phone in, this is a nice, seamless appearance
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Let's see if I can get the phone to actually fit in. It's a little snug, which is a good thing
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You want it to be nice and snug. Again, that bevel is just perfect
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The cutouts are, of course, basically the same case with a different design
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Cutouts are great. Does it do wireless charging? it sure enough does. So everything you want in a case and look at that design. Look at that Mickey. Mickey
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honestly, ha ha he's a pretty cool guy. I won't do that again. We're good. Um, so that's the Otterbox line
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And Otterbox, of course, has been making phone cases since I think the iPhone one. I mean
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they've just made great, tough, rugged cases forever. Their original cases, admittedly, were pretty chunky
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So to get something that's this thin represents a lot of engineering improvements on their part
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Now, the other company is Spec. And Speck sent me two very different sort of cases
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So the first one we're going to look at is this is the Presidio Clear Plus Glitter
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Now, remember, this phone is for my 16-year-old daughter. So that glitter thing is happening
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So this one's a little different design because it's just a single
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piece of rubber and it is definitely protective. It is scratch resistant. It's probably not rubber
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It's probably a polycarbonate. And it also has a UV protection system so it resists yellowing
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because you look at a case like this and if you're experienced with original like first generation
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cases, you're like, yeah, six months in the sun and that's going to be a yicky yellow. This one will
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not have that problem So let put the phone in and have a quick ascertain of how it fits It goes in nice and easy It has a little more bevel which I actually like having a little bit more
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The cutouts are perfect, as you would expect from spec. And does it charge wirelessly
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Do you want to put some money on this? I'm pretty sure it will. Let's see. And it charges wirelessly
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So really nice. This might be the one that she ends up with. This is the spec Presidio Clear plus
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glitter super cheery right now one more case I'm just look at it four different
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cases and they represent different styles of cases so this actually is the most
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expensive of the cases and this is also from spec this is the spec presidio inked
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and this is their mossy oak line this particular one is known as Agua Marlin
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and black and you can see the design goes over the edges so instead of like on
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the Disney one the design is really kind of just on the back and when you go to the side you've sort of lost most of the
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design. This one does it all the way around. So it's more of a wrap around design. And I will put
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our iPhone 10R into it and that's a really nice case. It's a really cool design. The only thing
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I'd say is if you drop your phone into a pool, you'll never find this at the bottom of a pool
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because that's what the bottom of a pool looks like. Right. So eight foot drop protection
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you know, the whole Presidio line is terrific. There's actually rubber, the rubber edges extend
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and just barely cut those corners so that you have that extra protection if you hit that 45 degree
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angle. And in terms of cutouts, what do you figure? Great cutouts, great bevel, wireless charging
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and wireless charging. So really, four different styles, four different designs that are all
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highly protective cases for the iPhone 10R, and obviously for a wide variety of other smartphones from Apple and Samsung and other companies
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You want to check with Otterbox and spec to see what the specs are, as it were
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So there's four different cases we're looking at here. So here's one, two, three, and let me get the fourth one
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So here our four designs and you can see the Stormtrooper there too And before I tell you the four prices let me just ask if you can subscribe to my channel Just click or tap on that red subscribe button
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Really appreciate that. Cool. Now, let's see. From the top, the Otterbox Symmetry Series Galactic Collection Stormtrooper emblem is 2914 at Amazon.com
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which is significantly less than it is on the Otterbox website, which is a great point of
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do a little comparison shopping when you're looking for a product like this, because sometimes
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the vendor website is considerably cheaper, and sometimes a site like Best Buy or Amazon or Walmart
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can be a lot cheaper. So worth doing a little exploration. So Stormtrooper emblem, 2914
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the symmetry, totally Disney, Rad Mickey, is 1799. That is a wicked good price, honestly, for a
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symmetry series otterbox case. I was pretty surprised. It is a lot more than that
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on the Otterbox site. Maybe this is just ephemeral Amazon pricing, but whatever it is
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definitely check things out. And then when we move to spec, the spec, the shiri clear and glitter
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case is 1903 at Amazon.com. It's kind of a weird price, 1903. And then the inked mossy oak
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like I said, is a little bit more expensive at 3466 at Amazon.com. Now, given all of those are
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weird numbers, they're not like 97 or 99 or anything, then I think it's possible those prices
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are wandering up and down as these companies are trying to compete with each other in this space
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So do your homework. But whichever one of these you choose, it is clearly the case that having
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your shiny new, expensive smartphone in a protective case is a smart move. So we're going to leave this
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one in this cool Agua Marlin case from spec and put it back on to finish up its choice
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which means I'll catch you in my next video
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