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This semitransparent “ jelly ” case wrap around any iPhone 4 to protect its back and incline from scar .
The Soft Gloss case fromiFrogzwill provide your iPhone 4 with a decent amount of protection and a fairly middle - catching visual design . But there ’s little else to tell apart this useful iPhone 4 font .
The Soft Gloss expend a thermoplastic polyurethane wrap — iFrogz prefers the term “ jelly”—to comprehend up the back and sides of your iPhone 4 . A rooftree over the front edge of the earpiece keep your iPhone 4 from make out into contact with any surfaces if you set it down with the screenland facing down . ( iFrogz does n’t include a protective film for the iPhone ’s screen with the the Soft Gloss pillow slip . )
In a style , the Soft Gloss is like the jellify wrap portion of another iFrogz case , the Swerve , although the openings on the former ’s top and side are slightly different . ( More on this in a moment . ) Both case feature the same turbinate pattern with dots circle around the Apple logo on the telephone ’s back side . If you ’re fascinate with that looking , I do n’t see why you would n’t pony up the extra $ 10 that do up the other part of the Swerve ’s two - piece approach shot to protection . But for user who prefer a simple wrapping instead of a hard plastic frame , the $ 20 Soft Gloss will do the trick .
Owners of CDMA - based iPhone 4s may need to pause , however . The Soft Gloss has a modest curtain raising on the side for accessing the halo / silent electrical switch . On AT&T - manakin iPhones , the Soft Gloss fits perfectly . But the opening does n’t describe up just for Verizon phones , so the switch chafe up against the side of the slit , making it more of a challenge to operate and less visually appealing . notice that the openings on the top for the phone jack and quietus / awaken release as well as the raised button on the side for controlling volume fit both AT&T and Verizon model every bit well .
Though it ’s translucent , the Soft Gloss comes in four colors to give your telephone set a distinct tincture . The heart - catching consequence will please aesthetically minded users , who will also savor a decent amount of protection from the case . But Verizon iPhone 4 user may be let down with how this shell fit their phone .
[ Philip Michaels is the executive editor of Macworld.com . ]
