Reviews for Apple iPhone 4 Bumper - Black

Absolute waste of money. Made by the devil. Would not recommend to anyone as it scratched my phone in 48 hours.

12 of 12 people found this useful

Bought this as I didn't want an ill-fitting cheap alternative. Had it for 2 weeks and the metallic button on the top fell off continually without any help leading to me lose it, then the '+' button did the same after about 6 weeks. Then after 4 months the rubber started to separate from the plastic on the top corner. Thought it was a one-off until I got my girlfriend one which had the same faults after 3 months. Now bought a pack of 5 for £15 from a general website which are 10 times better

6 of 7 people found this useful

Had the bumper case since buying the iphone new. First time I removed it was yesterday, after 7 months, to find that the metal aerial strip was badly scuffed all the way around. Took the iphone back to Apple Bluewater and the store replaced it with no issues at all - credit to the company but still, bit of an own goal designing a protective case the actually damages the hardware more than if it was absent!

5 of 5 people found this useful

Horrible! The case left scratches and marks all around the silver part of my phone. It was meant to prevent scratches and marks yet created all of them! There are raised plastic lines within the case that do this. It rubs against the phone.

1 of 2 people found this useful

I got this free from Apple when they were on their Antenna-gate damage limitation exercise. I treat my iPhone with great care so am disappointed to see that the rubber bezel between the Home button and the charging port has started to split after only 8 months of use. I like the look of Apple's bumper cases but am surprised and disappointed by their poor quality and high price. Mine's about to die but I most definitely won't be shelling out 26 quid to replace it.

5 of 6 people found this useful

It's scratched the he'll out of the metal band on my phone.
I'm really unimpressed and think apple really need to test these bumpers before sale.

6 of 7 people found this useful

I know I got the bumper for free when the phone was released but I would have expected it to have lasted longer than a month or two before it started to fall apart. That is both the black and white version of the bumper.
The top near the headphone jack pulls apart and the rubber peels from the plastic, (a weak point I'm guessing), also near the power jack the two sides peel away from the plastic as well, (another weak point I'm guessing).
It also makes the phone wierd to hold as it is very thick compared to the phone. Lastly, the white version of the bumper for some reason become very discoloured over time turning from a nice white/grey colour to a dull grey/black.

9 of 16 people found this useful

very badly designed, never took it off until recently and found out the phone has been badly scrached, and the apple store has replaced it for me, although they tried to avoid the resposibility at the beginning saying its "the dust scraches the phone" but how on earth the dust get in as I never took it off. Anyway I had my replaced after talking to the manager, and they cant just simplely fix it as iphone4 has been designed as an intergrated unit.

14 of 16 people found this useful

When I was first looking to get a case for my new Verizon iPhone, I was very skeptical about getting this case because of all the negative reviews and people saying it scratches the antenna band. That said, I have had this case (BLACK) since the Verizon iPhone came out in February and it hasn't yet once scratched my phone or fall apart. This keeps the phone looking good and its nice and slim. I admit, it's not the best of protecting the whole phone, but it does making the phone easier to hold and protects of from sliding on tables and scratching the bottom. Maybe since this is now a universal case for ATT and Verizon they adjusted some of the material or something, but mine works great and I would recommend it to anyone who wants to keep their iPhone looking like it was made to look like and not a big bulky case that takes away the design.

I only give this a 4 of 5 stars cause it doesn't protect the phone from the back, you would need a invisible shield or something, but I don't even have that and I don't have a scratch.

6 of 7 people found this useful

I liked this product for the first several months. Now just recently it started falling apart. The phone in no way gets tossed around or abused. When I took this bumper case off my phone there were numerous scuff marks all over the edges of the phone that I can't seem to get off. For the $30 price they want, you do NOT get your money's worth. Because of the deterioration so soon, what I originally liked quickly turned into a huge disappointment. I do not recommend this product.

15 of 18 people found this useful