Beware of lifeproof cases for apple products

[ians]

Just got an email from lifeproof.com, they have verified that my lifeproof cover purchased from http://www.microgadgets.co.za/ is a counterfeit.

If you have a lifeproof cover for an iphone 5 there are a few simple things to look out for:

You will find people cannot hear you when you speak into the phone mic,

The touch screen becomes non responsive once you dial a number,

the shape of the camera lens is slightly different,

The serial number in the back case is not correct,

there is no serial number in the front cover,

the inside of the black cover is not black,

The scary thing is everything else including the packaging looks identical, there are bar codes, scan code, the spelling is correct, the pics are embossed, you will not even know you have a counterfeit unless you check all these things and even the things I have listed work I would send the serial numbers to lifeproof just to verify.

[Citizen X]

Just got an email from lifeproof.com, they have verified that my lifeproof cover purchased from http://www.microgadgets.co.za/ is a counterfeit.

If you have a lifeproof cover for an iphone 5 there are a few simple things to look out for:

You will find people cannot hear you when you speak into the phone mic,

The touch screen becomes non responsive once you dial a number,

the shape of the camera lens is slightly different,

The serial number in the back case is not correct,

there is no serial number in the front cover,

the inside of the black cover is not black,

The scary thing is everything else including the packaging looks identical, there are bar codes, scan code, the spelling is correct, the pics are embossed, you will not even know you have a counterfeit unless you check all these things and even the things I have listed work I would send the serial numbers to lifeproof just to verify.

This is disturbing! Have you contacted ‘Walter,’ for a refund? What does Walter have to say?

"CONTACT DETAILS
e-mail: walter@microgadgets.co.za
Walter Cell: 082 223 5489
Office: (031) 765 6370
POSTAL ADDRESS:
Micro Gadgets
8a Plantation Road
Hillcrest Park
P.O. BOX 3610
KZN
South Africa"

[ians]

My work phone is Nokia 1280, no need to spend R65 a month on insurance, never had a customer complain about missed calls not being displayed on the phone, battery lasts sometimes up to a week.

The best is nobody steals it, I left it on a meter box out in the weather for a night, went back to site and there it was still where I left it, I have people bring my phone to me when I leave it on machines I work on.

One thing I can take away form this experience, if you are looking to replace your phone, get a cheapie and a small tablet rather than a smart phone, they are just tooo small to use as a laptop and too big to carry around as a phone, but the bigger problem is you always have to be careful where put it down or if you drop it, it is not worth the hassle, use the phone for what it is designed for and a tablet to do everything else, just my 2 cents.

All I can say it was a very expensive mistake getting an iphone 5, if you work on construction site like I do it is like carrying very a expensive egg around in your pocket just waiting to break. You can only learn form your mistakes.