Review: Nokia Gel Case and Bumper cases for the Lumia 900

Nokia Gel Skin and Bumper for Lumia 900

From launch, Nokia has offered a Gel Instance and a Bumper case for the Lumia 900 Windows Phone. The two cases offering minimal protection, mainly against scratches.

The cases are constructed from a rubbery plastic that is thick plenty to maintain durability without adding any thickness to the Windows Telephone. Each case style comes in an assortment of colors and each run $xx. They both take a degree of appeal but afterward using both for a few days, I couldn't help but think Nokia could have done better.

Kickoff up, we'll take a await at the Nokia Gel Case.

Nokia Gel Instance

Nokia Gel Skin

The Nokia Gel Example is a plastic shell or peel that form fits around your Nokia Lumia 900. Information technology wraps around the sides of the Windows Phone and covers the back. Cutouts are present for the camera, light, headphone jack, speaker and micro-USB port. The Lumia 900's side buttons are covered by the example but rubber extensions are present that go along the buttons functional.

The plastic gel pare is thick enough to protect the Lumia 900 from slight dings but mainly keeps the phone from getting scratched up.

Nokia Gel Skin back

The fit of the case is decent and adds no noticeable bulk to the Lumia 900. Still, I couldn't help but feel it needed to be tighter around the sides. There is a lot of play in the case on either side of the phone that would let dust collect inside the case. I'm besides concerned that such play in the fit may crusade the case to article of clothing out more quickly.

It'southward difficult to measure durability after using a case for only a few days. I volition share that the AT&T Rep I deal with in Birmingham has been using the blue gel pare instance since day 1. The case does get a trivial dingy from vesture merely he reports that a little warm soapy h2o cleans it upwardly nicely. In looking at his instance, I saw no signs of tears in the plastic or stretching.

Nokia Gel Skin on the Lumia 900

The Nokia Gel Case is bachelor through AT&T (you lot may be able to find them on Amazon.com or other third party retailers) for $20. In stores you tin can find the pink and blackness models and the blue model is available online.

Nokia Bumper Example

The Nokia Bumper Example is very like to the Gel Skin case. Both are made from the thick, durable plastic. Both have cut outs for the speaker, micro-USB port and caput telephone jack. And both cover the side buttons with rubber extensions.

Nokia Bumper

The key difference is that the Bumper Case only wraps around the sides of the Nokia Lumia 900. The back of the telephone remains exposed. Which makes y'all wonder why accept a case that only covers the sides of the phone?

The Bumper Case is thick plenty to offer some padding if you happen to drop your Lumia 900 on it's side only for the virtually part, the Bumper Case is only for appearances. Asides from exposing the dorsum of the Windows Telephone, the other weakness is the case's fit.

Nokia Bumper on Lumia 900

The sides of the Bumper Example is extremely loose with a lot of wiggle room that exposes the sides of the Lumia 900 hands. Luckily, the top and bottom for the instance fits snugly to prevent the case from slipping off the Lumia 900.

The Bumper case is running $20 at your local AT&T store and comes in blueish and light-green.

Button comes to shove, if I had to choose either of these cases it would exist the Gel Skin. Both cases are made from durable, heavy plastic. The Bumper instance does add a splash of colour but I'grand notwithstanding not sold how well the Bumper will stay in place. The Gel Case offers minimal protection for your Lumia 900 and is fits more securely. That and the Gel Case covers/protects more of the Lumia 900 than the Bumper.

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