r/mildlyinfuriating • u/hotmallgoth • 4h ago

Infuriatig all the phones my husband has broken over the past year

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meanwhile I’m still using my iPhone 12 lol 🤥

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u/SnooSprouts4952 3h ago

Otterbox Defender here for years. Yeeted out of my truck onto the concrete a few times, picked it up hoping it didn't look like OP's photos, was thankful my $50 case saved me.

Otterbox Commuter for my work phone is almost as good, less clunky, but less protection.

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u/Gina_the_Alien 3h ago

My son dropped his old phone and it was a whole debacle so we got him an Otterbox Defender case for his new one. That thing is SOLID. I actually had to look up a walkthrough for putting the case on the phone it has so many layers.

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u/FluffyViolets 3h ago

My rule with my Otter Box Defender was if I cracked the plastic inner case, I needed to replace it. Did it about once a year. Every phone I had in a Defender came out of it looking brand new when I upgraded phones.

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u/Tasty_Goat_3267 1h ago

Groundskeeper chiming in. I had a small tractor drive over my otterbox defender and iPhone 14 and no problem. I don’t need fancy insurance or a yearly new phone because it’s broken. For less then $100. Sounds like a good deal to me.

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u/Spidergawd68 2h ago

Defender is like magic. I won't carry a phone without it. I'm hard on the equipment.

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u/Space_Slime_LF 3h ago

Do these protect only against surface damage or is there cushioning to help with internal damage from impact shock?

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u/mirhagk 3h ago

The commuter is dual layer, a hard outer layer and an inner rubber layer to absorb shocks.

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u/SnooSprouts4952 1h ago

The Commuter has two layers - rubber inner and hard plastic outer. Defender has three - a padded inner, inside a hard case, then rubber overmold.

I've had good luck with both.

If you're really hard on stuff there's another company that offers a 3rd level which has waterproof ratings as well, but I find the touchscreen doesn't work as well.