iSkin Introduces Solo Cases for iPhone 4

iSkin just announced today their new Solo cases for the iPhone 4. There is no word on price or available date yet, but we should be expecting the new Solo cases to be available any day now. The Solo is a made out of a TPU (Thermoplastic Poly') material, which isn't as soft as silicone but still provides great protection. 

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Sena Leather Cases for iPhone 4 Looking Good

Sena is one of the biggest leather case manufacturers that make very high quality leather cases for many gadgets. Sena's new line of leather cases for the iPhone 4 just looks amazing to say the least. Now it all comes down to taste, so Sena makes these cases available in many color variations as well as many different designs. Both the cases above, Sarach Ultraslim (left) and the Argyle (right) are $39.95. So if you're into high quality leather cases and like treating your gadgets to the best of the best, Sena is definitely worth a look see.

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Apple's Free Case Program Now Live

Apple's free bumper case program is a go! You have a few choices between free cases, you can choose between the Apple Bumper, Speck PixelSkin HD, Incase Snap, Belkin Shield Micra, Griffin Motif, Griffin Reveal and the Speak Fitted. Don't expect to get your case right away, shipping times are 2 to 4 weeks. You can only order your free case thru your iPhone 4 by downloading Apple's ordering app.

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Apple Starts Refunding Bumper Purchases

If you already bought a Bumper case for your iPhone 4, look out for an email from Apple stating that you have been refunded on the full cost of your Bumper case purchase. Apple already started to issue refunds to customers who have purchased a Bumper case and if you did not yet purchase one for yourself, you will be able to place an order for a free bumper case via Apple's website in a few days.

iPhone 4 Owner? Apple Will Give You A Free Bumper

 

Apple and Steve Jobs today announced that they will give out a Bumper case to any iPhone 4 owner. If you purchased a bumper case you will get your money back and of course you will get to keep your Bumper case. Apple is doing this in order to keep their customers happy while they experience signal issue due to the iPhone 4's antenna.  Currently you cannot purchase the Bumper cases on Apple's online store, instead you will see a note saying "Apple will offer a free iPhone 4 Bumper or other select cases to iPhone 4 customers." More details on how to order you free Bumper case will be up on Apple.com next week. You can already try getting your money back right now if you have purchased a Bumper case. It's safe to say that there have been reports of iPhone 4 users who have never had any signal issues. Apple said that they cannot guaranty that everyone will be able to get a free Bumper but instead they will offer other select cases.

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Apple Offers Free Cases!

 

Today, at Apple's press conference about the iPhone 4 antenna problem, Steve Jobs explained everything that was wrong with the iPhone 4.

Steve began the keynote by saying that their phones aren't perfect. But then continued saying that the iPhone 4 was the biggest phone launch ever and that the iPhone 4 has the highest customer satisfaction rating of any any smartphone.

 

Then Steve went on to show some pictures of other smartphones dropping bars and saying that the problem occurs in all phones.

 

Then there stats about the complaints. Apparently, 0.55% of customers have complained about the antenna problem and that in the same time period, the iPhone 4 had has a 1/3 less returns than what the 3GS had in the same amount of time. Also, the iPhone 4 drops less than one additional call per 100 than the 3GS and that "the problem of affects a small percentage of our users."

 

So what is apple going to do about it? Well firstly they are going to offer free bumpers to all iPhone 4 customers and a refund if you already bought a bumper. They also said, as they can't make enough bumpers, they will also offer free third-party cases. This will run until the September 30th. Next, they are going to give a full refund to all unsatisfactory customers and a contract refund as well. All you need to do is return an undamaged iPhone 4 within 30 days of purchase.

 

In other Apple news, the white iPhone 4 will be available at the end of July, along with Canada and 16 other countries getting the iPhone 4 (See them here). Also that the proximity sensor problem will be fixed by a software update.

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Ballistic Rugged Protection For iPhone 4 & HTC Evo

 

Ballistic has introduced what might be the most rugged protection you can buy for your iPhone 4 and HTC Evo. Looks like Otterbox now has some new competing rugged cases for mobile devices. The Ballistic HC case for both the iPhone 4 and HTC Evo feature a four layer protection that include inner rubber protection on a hard polycarbonate shell with outer shock absorbing rubber, and to top it all off a nice thick outer removable silicone layer with integrated post covers. So if you're looking for what might be the ultimate drop protection for your iPhone 4 or HTC Evo, this just might be the case for you. Of course with all this rugged protection, it will bring much bulk. If you need some proof of how this all works, check out the demo vid below. 

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