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hey it's Josh of a car from Android 30 what's going on everybody and I'm here with Jordan who is with otterbox he is a Media Relations Specialist here and he's going to be demoing a couple products for us I wanted to take a look at a product for the s4 as well as a product for the HTC One but the cases for the most part are pretty much the same only made to fit different devices so we're going to look at the s4 devices right i mean products right now so Jordan what he got for us so a couple of different things number one being the defender series this is our best selling case line and something that we've got for a wide variety of Android devices and just a few of the basics to it built-in screen protector full polycarbonate shell all the way around the device and then a silicone skin over the top of that this is a version with realtree camouflage as well this is available for the galaxy s3 and I'm not sure if that will happen for the s4 or not just come to pens but you can get in a variety of different colors and really the greatest thing to it is the fact that it's pretty quick and simple to put on really great drop in shock protection keeps out dust you've still got access to all of it if the different ports like the headphone jack and charging everything like that so you get the same user experience with the device but in a really really nice rugged protection to go along with it and then on top of that we've also got the commuter series it's a very pocket friendly case lightweight if you don't need as much protection as the defender series provides comes with a self-adhering screen protector put on yourself a silicone skin and then a polycarbonate over the top so that slides in and out of your pocket nicely doesn't add a lot of bulk or weight to the phone but still provides really good drop in shock protection and of course we're not going to be looking at it right now but there are other cases for even more protection associate ones were say waterproofing and stuff like that right yes exactly so we've got what's called the armor series is our top of the line we call it the toughest case ever built really over-the-top sort of protection for people who are out there in the field go out and do really rugged outdoor activities or maybe people who are just really clumsy yeah I think over the top was definitely the word that I was thinking of when I was looking at earlier so this is a kind of one thing I wanted to ask was or one of the few things I wanted to ask was so what as far as the philosophies behind an otterbox for a phone what do you usually try to sort of be specific on when it comes to protection of these which costs a lot of money and yeah for the most part can be pretty fragile too yeah so it all really comes down to form fit and function for us to go along with the smartphone I mentioned it earlier but we always want to make sure that you had the exact same user experience with the case on as you do without any case you know these devices are made to be really high-end they're really great really fast really sensitive and we want all of that to remain true we just want to make sure that when you take it out with you you can go do the things that you would normally do in daily life and not have to worry about it breaking and I what we have been seeing here at CTI at least are a lot of at least mid-range phones that have the really ruggedized body's already built in what sort of what would it be sort of your response to somebody who's thinking oh maybe I should get a rugged phone rather than another phone with an otterbox on top well and so I think it really comes down to what you're looking for in a device if you're looking for something that doesn't necessarily provide all the features of say a galaxy s4 maybe that mid-range phone is for you and maybe you are able to just kind of sidestep the case altogether and go with it I think we're OtterBox really plays in is that we've always tried to stay on the cutting edge of technology and that includes being in on those cutting edge phones like the galaxy s4 the HTC One and some of those other really really hot devices that are out there right now so it's really a matter of personal preference but it's something we're at the end of the day we feel that you're not adding a whole lot to the phone but you're getting a whole lot more out of it all right well really good way to put that up all right so I've been asking everybody I've been interviewing this question and I'm just going to segue right into it a little bit off offbeat it's not necessarily about OtterBox but I'm just gonna ask you straight object what phone are you rocking I'm rocking an iphone 4s right now i am just way behind the times always have been you know it's one of those things where every time i get really close to upgrading and getting a new device something else comes out and kind of makes me want it so it's just a matter of me really really indecisive yeah exactly so if that's the case so we know why you're on that because kind of just missing the mark every now and then but is there a phone out there that you really want the one that I have not played with a whole lot that I hear really great things about I'm really intrigued with is the HTC One so I've been hearing that from everybody so far yeah I've seen it one time here at the show I haven't played with it outside of that just couple of minutes a day around with it but it's a really really great device feels really good in the hand and it's one of those words like I can see myself maybe upgrading to it but it's again it's making a decision and sometimes I'm not the best at that well I'm just a heads up to you from me HTC actually has the stealth black edition out and they have it on display here so if you want to check it out it's a really good song that's really good tip then yeah alright great well that was just a quick talk with jordyn here at otter box and thank you so much right absolutely alright it's josh a archimandrite already coming to you live from ctia 2013