Shipping included. Seriously!
I bought one of these to protect my multi-thousand dollar (including data plan) iPhone 3Gs. The photo pretty accurately reflects the styling (meh), but it doesn’t do justice to the fit.
The phone sits snugly in the case, which sits nicely in my shirt pocket. The front flap has a hard (presumably plastic) insert that does a decent job of protecting the iPhone’s screen, and there is a hidden magnetic clasp that causes the flap to close tightly with a satisfying thwack.
Yeah, I know, I sound like the ghost of Billy Mays. But wait, there’s more! The case has holes for the camera, headphone jack and USB cable. The flap does a reasonable job of holding the screen upright for watching videos. Cell phone usage is fine when the iPhone’s sitting in the case – I can hear and be heard without any problems.
Things are little tight when trying to poke at the left and rightmost parts of the virtual keyboard, but otherwise I haven’t been tempted to remove the iPhone from the case.
Eventually I’ll probably give in to my iPhone’s whining about wanting to look cooooool, and buy it one of these sexy Proporta outfits — almost 10 times the price, shipping not included, but they do throw in a teabag. (Seriously!). I once stepped on my iPod Touch while it was protected by a similar Proporta case, and it survived without so much as a screen smudge. But a lesser klutz could probably get by with the $4.38 knockoff.
While you’re at DealExtreme (the geek’s dollar store), you might want to fish out some change to buy their no-name versions of the iPhone USB charger ($3.04) and cable ($1.77). I own both and they’re surprisingly well made. Together, with the case it will be the best ten bucks you ever spent.