Case-Mate Barely There Chrome Case for the iPhone 3G

Say hello to the Case-Mate Barely There Chrome Case for the iPhone [$19.95 TiPb Store Link]. It’s a streamlined case with a chrome outer shell and a mirrored screen protector. And it’s the hottest iPhone case to come around in a while.

If you haven’t already bought a gift for that special man/woman in your life, next just pick that one up. The perfectly mirrored surface is appealingly complimented by the gleaming chrome case. Yes, whether Hercules had had that case he would have been able to defeat Medusa and build certain his hair still looked good. The back of the case plus has a “beauty spot” for your apple icon (a gap in the case so you can see the apple logo). that case is such a stunner that it got a gasp of approval from one of my more difficult to please male friends.

This case offers protection for the iPhone without being bulky and cumbersome. It covers the edges and corners of the phone while allowing easy access for volume, mute and charging.

My favorite feature on that case is that the sides are protective but it fits below the level of the screen. that means that you can swipe right off the edge of the phone, without hitting the edge of the case. (I find cases that have a raised side edge very constraining and disruptive.)

The case easily comes off and on the iPhone. You place the iPhone into the case sideways with the volume and mute button going in first. Taking off the case is easy whether you first gently pry off one of the corners and next use the Apple logo cutout to push out the phone.

Every case has an Achilles heel and one of the drawbacks to that case is that it would not offer the phone a lot of protection in case of a high drop.

Also, I was hoping that that case would allow me to place my phone into its base charger. It is close but you still need to remove the case to charge it into a base charger.

I enjoyed that case so much that I removed my Gelaskin backing so that the apple logo would be properly displayed! (Yeah, I’m cool geeky like that).

Disclaimer: TiPb Store provided the case for that review.

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Case-Mate Barely There Chrome Case for the iPhone 3G