Reviews for HEX Solo Wallet Case for iPhone 5

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

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.

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

this case is great and is worth the price. if your someone who likes to have a case some days and other days not have one its a pain. this case is extremely hard to take off

I had this same case but for the iPhone 4 and loved it (would have rated it a 5 star). Seems this time around they have used a different material and pattern. The original was a smooth leather that had some give when sliding in cards. This version is patterned and doesn't feel like real leather. It is also, as the above poster noted, very tight and difficult to pull the cards out. Maybe with time it will soften and loosen. So at this point I rate it a 2 but hope with time and age to go to a 3.5 to 4.

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