Reviews for Apple iPhone 4 Bumper - Black

I bought the bumper case for the iPhone 4 way back when those products were new. Case worked great. I reused the old case on the 4S I got a year ago. The rubber eventually started to separate from the plastic part of the case so I thought, hey time for another bumper case. I bought a new one from the Apple Store, it said it was compatible with the 4S. I put it on and, man, is the fit tight. It's so tight that it presses the volume and the sleep/wake buttons. This has been a big problem. I have the screen randomly turn off while I'm using the phone because of the pressure the case exerts on the sleep/wake button, I've had phone calls end for the same reason. For this much money and this little case, it should fit better. It should fit like it used to. QC is slipping, or most likely Apple's vendor's are trying to cheat a little material out of each product by making it smaller, tighter, trying to save a penny here or there. I say make the product like you used to and charge $29.02. I fixed my case by spending time to stretch out the plastic. It works okay now, still not as good as the old case. I'll probably buy a more substantial case from a different vendor in the future.

Like many other reviewers here, I had an Apple iPhone Bumper for over a year and a half and it worked really, really well. 20 months after buying it, it was finally tattered enough that I decided to go to the Apple Store to buy a new one.

I got home and Lo and Behold! Apple messed up the simple Bumper! It fit too tightly over the power button which caused it to regularly prompt the "power off swipe screen" and flash the lock screen on and off. I thought I had just picked up a bad Bumper from the Apple Store until I read its reviews on here and found that a significant number of people were experiencing the same problem. I'm scratching my head wondering how something like this wasn't noticed by the (usually competent) folks at Apple...

I am going to return the Bumper tomorrow and get a different iPhone case altogether. Here's the lesson I learned:

IF YOU BUY THE APPLE iPHONE BUMPER, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE A BAD TIME.

I really wanted to get the iPhone bumper due to its streamlined design, so I did. But when I put it on, it was too tight and kept pressing on the sleep/wake button. Tried putting it back on a few more times, it just kept pressing the button. There's was no way of getting it fit properly, so I got myself another case instead. Plus, it's too expensive for $30.

just bought black bumper from the apple store yesterday. bumper keeps on pressing the sleep button. keeps wanting to shut my phone off. my screen is ALWAYS ON. my old bumper was ok, i don't remember having this problem before. i guess they decided to change the design and make it tighter. only way to avoid bumper from pressing on the sleep button is to pinch rubber lining in to create some space between the bumper and the button. of course, this will ensure the bumper breaks down faster.

Even if treated very carefully, this product will split and break within a year.

I had the original iPhone 4 bumper that was given free by Apple. That bumper was fantastic and lasted me until last week so I thought I would replace it.

The new version of the bumper is terrible as the fit of the lock-button is too tight and is constantly locking the phone or trying to turn it off.

I cannot recommended this new version of the bumper and it is sad to see Apple put something out that has obviously not been tested. Steve would not be happy....

it only lasted 9 months and although it was never dropped, it is now torn apart. considering the price, this is not a good product. I've been using a dollar bumper case off the ebay and it works the same. do not waste your money.

the material have used inside is awful, the bumper wouldn't be useful after a few months.

In principle, these are great items and you will love one, for a while but....my first one went loose and baggy. I bought another (!) This one has just snapped between the volume control buttons and it is less than 6 months old. Naively, I thought Apple would replace this but I'm totally shocked that they won't. So, £55 spent on iPhone bumpers was madness. Spend less money on cheap bumpers and then you won't care when they fail.

Another over priced low quality product from apple. This case cost me £26 and all it has done is scratched my iphone. All it is is a rectangular piece of plastic i bought a bumper case and 4 screen and back protectors from ebay for £2.75.