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Seidio Surface Case and Holster Review

mrdeucie

Well-Known Member
Seido Sensation 4G review

First off I would like to start with a disclaimer that I am no way affiliated with Seidio. I was approached by Seidio to review this case, because I have a Sensation 4G.

I just received the case on Monday and it looks like it is the same good old quality that you can expect from Seidio. In the past I have also had the Seidio Surface case for my Blackberry 8900 and my Blackberry 8320 and was happy with those cases.

Here are a few pictures of the packaging it comes in:



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You can’t tell from this picture and I neglected to take a shot of it, but the inside of the back of the case is lined with a felt material presumably to protect your phone.

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Back of the case
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Top of the back of the case
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Bottom of the case
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Volume and micro USB side of the case
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Phone in case (Note to insert the phone in the case you split the two pieces of the case, insert the phone in the top piece, then put the bottom piece of the case on to close it up.)
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Volume and micrco USB view of Case with phone in
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Note how the volume button is not covered on this case. I’ve read that some other people don’t like to have the volume buttons covered by the case, but I personally do like it. Really up to your preference whether you will like it or not.

Micro USB view of case
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One issue I was having with the case that I had before this one was that my microUSB charger would not stay connected to the phone because my old case interfered with it. This is not the case with the Seidio case as it is thinner than my last case.


Top view of case (Headphone jack and power button)
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Camera lens view of the case
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Bottom view of the case
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Surface Case in Holster
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Slight gap between case and holster
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Reverse view of slight gap between holster and case
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Holster alone
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Offset holster clip
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Offset holster clip
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The case is pretty much perfect for the phone in my opinion and the holster combo would almost make it perfect if it were not for the slight gap between the case and the holster, but functionally I don’t think it will make a difference. At first the offset holster clip made me think that there was a design flaw, but as you can see in the last picture the holster clip is offset so it covers the power button from accidental presses and allows you to have something plugged into headset jack while it is holstered.

I hope you enjoyed my review of the case and I’d be happy to answer any questions you may have.

For some reason the forum software made the pics smaller, so if you want to see bigger pics you can see them at my album at:

https://picasaweb.google.com/105495849982301482307/August22011?authuser=0&feat=directlink
 
Ive got this case and clip. Aside from how hard it was to get off the first time (my phone froze with the screen on) it is great! It feels really well made, nice and solid.

Matt
 
Ive got this case and clip. Aside from how hard it was to get off the first time (my phone froze with the screen on) it is great! It feels really well made, nice and solid.

Matt

You're right Matt. I had a tough time getting it off too.
 
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