Reviews for HEX Solo Wallet Case for iPhone 5

I love the idea of being able to fuse my wallet and iPhone together. I was excited to try this case and get that going with my iPhone 5, but I am disappointed. Overall I love the concept but the "leather" feels very cheap and seems as though it will disintegrate after a couple weeks of normal usage. When depressing the sleep/wake button, you are greeted by a hard edge of the case that just digs into your finger and makes the experience of the iPhone less enjoyable. The card slots are a MAX capacity of one card per slot. I placed two cards in the top slot and one in the bottom. It was a fight to get them in and an even bigger fight to get them out; I had to remove my iPhone to get the cards out.

TL:DR
- Feels cheap
- Too bulky
- Harsh edges
- Two card maximum
- Returned after 20 minutes

This case has the tightest fit of any case I have experienced.
It is a snug fit and protects the phone. The slots for credit cards are tight too, but that's good. (don't want to loose these).
To say it's difficult to remove is an understatement but the phone will not, repeat will not fall out.

The biggest problem with just about any case is the fact that when the buttons of the iphone are covered, the buttons dont click in correctly, the phone is too bulky, and they aren't sleek and compliment the structure of the phone. In this case, it perfectly compliments all the edges and slim shape of the Iphone, only adding a miniscule amount of thickness to the Iphone. It fits several cards after being worn in and can hold tons of cash. It is a slim case that fits smoothly into jean pockets as well as any other small areas. It doesnt cover the front of the pohne, allowing you to have the full Iphone 5 Screen to yourself and surprisingly is very strong when the phone falls. I have dropped the phone several times in this case and it has been fine. Overall, GET THIS CASE

If you choose to get a case for your new IPhone, this is a good option.

The new IPhone 5 is slimmer, lighter, so I liked gripping it with a case better than without one.

This leather case has a nice feel and simple appearence. It's not a substitute for your wallet, so don't jam wads of cash and lot's of credit cards into it. Really, these days do you need more than one credit/debit & an ID? Methinks 95% of the time "no".

Plus, all the other new Iphone cases are just weird, super glossy (fingerprints), and unattractive.

It works great. I carry 3 cards in it and it still isn't bulky. And its looks great.

I gave this case some time before I rushed and put up a review for it. The slots were tight at first, but with use they now go in and out with ease yet, do not fall out of the case. The phone is hard to get in and out of the case, but I'd rather have the phone fit snug, then to drop it once and have my phone fly out of the case - what would be the purpose of a case if it didnt hold it in snug? Those were the only two concerns I had after using this case for the first couple of weeks, but since then, I love it! Love it so much I got the Axis case to try out as well :)

I liked the case as the leather finish gave it a good tangible finish. Also putting in 1 credit card or whatever in the back served well.

Yet, the key reason rating it down and giving it a clear "beware":
I noticed really sluggish behavior of my iphone lately when it was connected to wifi. Since it was persistent and independent of time and location it drew my curiosity to find out what's going on.
To cut the long story short: the wifi connection speed (upload and download) is severely impaired with this case on!!


I don't want to bother with explanations of why a few dB on a logarithmic scale actually are a huge difference. Hence this simplification:

Without this case on, my speedtests on my xfinity wifi at home consistently gave me 15+ MB/sec download and 4+ MB/sec upload.

WITH this case, it clearly and reproducibly drops down to 0.2 MB/s download and equally upload.

For me, that's reason to consider this case absolutely unacceptable.

PS: I also compared this to my wife's case from another brand and this other case didn't measurably impair the wifi speed.
You might also be interested, whether it's only wifi impacted or also 3G/LTE?
Well...I didn't notice and didn't test it; these are difference frequency ranges but generally in the same range: consequently you would expect an impact, too.
The moment I was sure that Wifi suffers that much, I ended testing and returned it.

PPS: I first suspected the negative impact rooting in a RFID/ISO14443 enabled credit card or my company badge that I slipped in the back of the case - but that wasn't it. RFID operates at abt. 14MHz and although "radio frequency" at times behaves like voodoo, it would have been really surprising if that had been the culprit.