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this video is brought to you by Coolermaster mobile featuring the jazz pro notebook stand check it out at mobile cooler master - USA dot welcome to my unboxing of the otterbox armor series the toughest case ever built so it's available for a number of different phones of which the Samsung Galaxy s3 is one of them the iPhone 4 is one of them so I asked for the iPhone 4 case because I don't have an s3 so there it is it's a little bit on the scuffed up side my iPhone at this point it's been in use for almost three years so I mean this is more like the kind of thing I would buy for a new phone but anyway here it is now this is a press kit so so basically don't expect yours to necessarily come packaged exactly like this but it's waterproof drop proof dust proof and crush proof the watertight latches here on the side use a patented o-ring technology port covers and mesh coverings tolerate submergence for 30 minutes and up to 6.6 feet of water so there's the water proof these guys the membranes and meshes that that are able to sustain waterproofness for a pretty long period of time their non permeable membranes and protective mesh layer keep harmful elements out while allowing only sound to pass through so your speakers will still work because of the membranes but the water won't be able to get in and see there's an o-ring for the port to plug into charge high-strength reinforced plastic withstands crushing force of up to two tons so presumably I can stand on it no problem and it's not gonna have any issues so there we go we already figured that up corrosion resistant metal latches lock the two halves of the case together built-in screen protector prevents scratches and damage to the glass display and so we are actually going to go ahead and put my iPhone 4 in here because I am going to be starting my Android I switched so this is the HTC One very very shortly here and I think I'm pretty much done with my iPhone 4 based on some toying around that I've done with the HTC One so far so let's have a close look at the case on the bottom you can see there's a grill there and a membrane there then the o-ring seal here you can also actually see the o-ring here because this isn't totally sealed I had this out of the box already so I can check it out but that's how all of that seals so you go you put that right there on the side here we've got the two corrosion resistant metal hinges the back here is a reinforced plastic with a spot for the flash as well as the camera on the top you've got your lock button quite stiff actually as well as your headphone there we go headphone jack right there which is again got a membrane seal by the look of things and an o-ring seal around the outside so you can plug your headphones in without worrying about that there's your mute or your orientation lock depending how you have that configured and there's your volume up and down all these are quite stiff but what I'm expecting is once I actually get a phone in here things will change a little bit so peel those back just like that oh okay I don't have very strong nails so that's a little bit tough but there we go and let's see how she actually opens up I've never used an otter box before I've never really done the whole cellphone case thing because I don't really drop my cellphone but inside we find a super super grippy layer here so that's gonna allow you to put the phone down on it and have it not move while you're while you're actually installing the rest of the case so that's good it's also very cushiony so it's got some thickness to it so you can hear will do hahaha we'll do an iPhone comparison there you go so you can see how thick the actual backing layer is here there's that o-ring that seals up the whole case and here we go so these pieces here latch into these notches here you can see the way that all of these buttons pass through so it's actually rubber that is sealed on to the case itself and then the tactile feedback that you're gonna get is probably gonna be from the buttons themselves so that's the other than that these are just these are just rubber here so the cushioning around the outside of the case is provided by this is a bit of a harder plastic than what we found here which is more cushiony so because they've only got so much thickness that they can put around it but I'll go ahead and do an iPhone thickness comparison there so that's quite thick so they've got one two three layers that are between your phone and any kind of accidental damage you can see they've built up the corners a fair bit more than the actual straightaways here and that's understandable because that's where there's the most risk of damage whole buttons right here see I don't think I ever showed that before and then the the plastic cover is here so let's go ahead and install it show you guys how simple this is this is probably the way I would actually install it as opposed to going the other way which is what I suggested the first time just go ahead and slide that on so this turns the iPhone 4 which is normally other than its weight pretty sleek and elegant into a bit of a brick so there's that hold on I don't know if I did this quite right ok so I want to make sure that I'm getting I'm getting the right seal because there's a pond here I'm planning to throw the phone into it so I'm really really hoping that I get this on right before before I proceed with that so yeah there we go so once you get the o-ring into place it's just a matter of bringing the latches up like this and then latching it on just like that so I'm not real confident about that I'm gonna play around with this a little bit off camera we'll be back in a moment all right so it's just a matter of squeezing it pretty good and then getting the latches on there so now it's feeling pretty sturdy so I guess I'll switch over to what's gonna become my new trademark HTC One comparison so that's what an otterbox phone looks like compared to an otterbox phone it's not the kind of thing that I would use unless I had a reason to keep my phone super protected with all that said if you put it in your pocket it's actually not gonna look that much different than your wallet in your pocket and you know it's not like you can't get it out of your pocket and if you keep it in a purse this is a perfect thing to put on your phone because you got your keys and all your other stuff in there I mean just in case you drop it then you know that you're gonna have the confidence that it's gonna be okay so there's rubber bumpers here hard plastic here there's quite a recessed area between the actual SKU so you'd have to drop it on something fairly textured to actually manage to impact the screen so let's uh let's see what we can do to this baby all right so how about that tree you think I can hit that tree now watch this Drive Oh run all the way through to the other side okay just second ah I missed the treat oh I hope I can find the phone what oh yeah right my mics on okay so hold on it bounced it all the way through to the street here so I'm just gonna retrieve it and okay it looks like we did a little bit of damage oh you think you think I can hit the light post or the light at the top let's try it Wow Oh wrong woody whoa okay that might have been it for it oh there you go folks I don't think I recommend that let's see how the phone did oh wow check this out don't come come come so that was probably a good 20 feet up so the OtterBox opened it did not actually stay closed so I guess if I was to find a design improvement that they can make it would be the plastic latches here because you can see the metal ones held up just fine with that in mind the diesels texting apparently we have to go meet him now with that in mind the phone has a scuff here see right there there's a scuff that wasn't there before a couple scuffs here the phone survived the screen did not scratch so okay let's go ahead and check it in the water I'm gonna put it back in we'll be back in a moment alright so we've just reassembled it from the fall so there's some crack pieces there so we're gonna see if the waterproofness held up from the 20-foot fall so to be clear guys this is designed for people not designed for people who are trying to intentionally wreck the phone and the fact that the phone survived at all being dropped out of what is essentially a second-story window should be pretty impressive so I'm gonna throw it into the water and try and hit that brick ready guys there we go and it's down there now slick do you think you can reach that this may actually be a problem okay hold on we're not gonna leave it in there for 30 minutes one way or another just because we already know that the integrity of the OtterBox was compromised by the fall oh it's good oh it's cold okay I got it okay so we checked it at a brick under the water so let's go ahead and oh it's dirty oh okay so let's go ahead and open her back up and see if she leaked I mean realistically if they're rating it for 30 minutes no no there we go look at that there's just drips through from me opening it but the actual hold on oh oh okay yeah she ain't waterproof anymore nevermind so we knew this was we sort of knew this was gonna happen let's see if the phone survived was down there for probably a good 30 seconds anyway Oh phones on okay so there's Diesel's message that we haven't gone and met up with him yet so yeah we're gonna we're gonna put it back in the OtterBox and we're gonna kick it all the way back to where we're meeting with diesel and see if the phone continues to survive what's just luck with that you okay and let's pick up here alright guys so let's see how our impact torture test how the OtterBox held up so once again the metal side is outstanding you can see that spacing between the actual screen itself and the front bezel here paying off and you can see these metal pieces actually contribute to the scrape proof Ness of the device overall my only thing is I wish that they put at least one on the other side or something like that you can see this guy opened up during the impact but that's kind of to be expected that's for waterproofness not for impact but these plastic ones did let go again however you guys saw what we did to it that is not normal use and I think what we're going to discover at least I hope what we're gonna discover is that the phone did survive and that to me is the point of one of these cases not here you can see how I beat up this got on the way over here the point of these cases is not whether the case looks beautiful after some abuse but whether the phone inside actually still works there's diesels message and alright just like that there's the phone itself which is actually not really any worse for the wear and I give the OtterBox armor series a pass thank you for checking out this video online this tech tips don't forget to subscribe for mock scenes reviews another computer videos