This is not your conventional iPhone case. Designed to be easy to remove and install, the Leverage i5 takes inspiration from high-end watch clasps and adds the utility of interchangeable back Plates. Flip the hand polished metal quick release system to open, click in place to close. No brute force is required. Metal sleep/wake and volume buttons are integrated into the case. Choose from a variety of back Plates. Replace the included flat back plate and replace it with a credit card holder, or a headphone cord wrap. If you like it minimal, skip the back plate altogether and use this case as a bumper.
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Looks nice. Poor quality. Flimsy Power Button.
I owned this since it was on pre-order. Customer service is pretty helpful at first in sorting out any defects or complaints.PROS:- Nice design.- Unique clasp similar to watches.- Clasp is made of metal.CONS:- Actual bumper border feels like cheap plastic. Only the metal clasp is the winning design. They could have beefed up the bumper material with better plastics.- Power Button is very flimsy and has a design flaw. It is held in place by a thin piece of plastic that needs to be flexible to achieve the up and down pressing of the button. This will eventually snap from use due to stress in the material. At this point there is no other recourse in replacing the button. You have to buy a new case as the thin plastic has now broken into two. Trying to glue the plastic will work, but it needs flexibility so it will only go so far. As a design flaw, the button needs to be taller so it does not bend the thin plastic too much when pressing.OVERALL:When I first received the unit, the volume button had scratches. They were quick to respond and replace the case after showing them photos.The replacement case that arrived had the power button fall off on me even before I installed it. That's when I realized how flimsy this piece is and of the design flaw. I emailed them again with photos and a third case arrived.I was extremely care at this point, but you do need to press the power button so the plastic piece holding this button in place and making it flexible is also it's Achilles' heels. Over time the stress on the thin plastic will make it snap. You will not notice it is broken until you disassemble the bumper case from your phone for occasional cleaning. At this point it will one day fall off.Sadly the apparent elegance and uniqueness of this case via it's metal clasp is marred by the resulting cheap manufacturing of the rest of it's parts. You will love it and then hate it at the end.
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