WEBVTT 00:00:00.359 --> 00:00:05.080 this video is brought to you by coolermaster mobile featuring The Jazz 00:00:03.399 --> 00:00:10.280 Pro notebook stand check it out at mobile. coolermaster 00:00:07.160 --> 00:00:13.440 usa. welcome to my unboxing of the 00:00:10.280 --> 00:00:15.559 OtterBox Armor Series the toughest case 00:00:13.440 --> 00:00:21.359 ever built so it's available for a number of different phones uh of which 00:00:18.160 --> 00:00:24.199 the Samsung Galaxy S3 is one of them the 00:00:21.359 --> 00:00:29.640 iPhone 4 is one of them so I asked for the iPhone 4 case cuz I don't have an S3 00:00:27.359 --> 00:00:33.960 so uh there it is it's a little bit on the scuffed upside my iPhone at this 00:00:31.920 --> 00:00:37.680 point it's been in use for almost 3 years so I mean this is more like the 00:00:36.280 --> 00:00:46.480 kind of thing I would buy for a new phone but anyway here it is now this is 00:00:41.719 --> 00:00:47.840 a press kit so um so basically don't 00:00:46.480 --> 00:00:52.600 expect yours to necessarily come packaged exactly like this but it's 00:00:49.559 --> 00:00:55.320 waterproof drop proof dust proof and 00:00:52.600 --> 00:00:59.000 Crush proof the watertight latches here on the side use a patented o-ring 00:00:56.800 --> 00:01:02.359 technology Port covers and mesh coverings tolerate 00:01:00.440 --> 00:01:07.119 submersions for 30 minutes and up to 6.6 ft of water so there's the waterproof 00:01:04.080 --> 00:01:09.360 these guys the membranes and meshes that 00:01:07.119 --> 00:01:13.000 that are able to sustain waterproofness for a pretty long period of time there 00:01:11.360 --> 00:01:16.880 non-permeable membranes and protective mesh layer keep harmful elements out 00:01:15.240 --> 00:01:20.439 while allowing only sound to pass through so your speakers will still work 00:01:18.759 --> 00:01:25.840 because of the membranes but the water won't be able to get in see there's an O-ring for the port uh to plug into 00:01:23.799 --> 00:01:30.159 charge high strength reinforced plastic withstands crushing force of up to 2 00:01:27.520 --> 00:01:33.560 tons so presumably I can stand on it no problem and it's uh not going to have 00:01:31.840 --> 00:01:36.119 any issues so there we go we already figured that out corrosion resistant 00:01:34.880 --> 00:01:42.159 metal latches lock the two halves of the case together built-in screen protector prents scratches and damage to the glass 00:01:39.479 --> 00:01:48.439 display and so we are actually going to go ahead and uh put my iPhone 4 in here 00:01:45.560 --> 00:01:54.040 because I am going to be starting my Android I switched so this is the 00:01:51.119 --> 00:01:58.159 HTC1 very very shortly here and I think I'm pretty much done with my iPhone 4 00:01:56.399 --> 00:02:02.719 based on some toying around that I've done with the HTC1 so far so let's have 00:02:00.640 --> 00:02:07.280 a close look at the case on the bottom you can see there's a grill there and a 00:02:04.560 --> 00:02:10.200 membrane there then the O-ring seal here you can also actually see the O-ring 00:02:08.759 --> 00:02:15.440 here cuz this isn't totally sealed I had this out of the box already so I could check it out but uh that's how all of 00:02:13.360 --> 00:02:20.120 that seals there you go you put that right there on the side here we've got 00:02:17.200 --> 00:02:24.440 the two corrosion resistant metal hinges the back here is a reinforced plastic 00:02:22.480 --> 00:02:30.400 with a spot for the flash as well as the camera on the top you've got your lock 00:02:27.000 --> 00:02:32.680 button quite stiff actually as well as 00:02:30.400 --> 00:02:37.879 your headphone there we go headphone jack right there which is again got uh a 00:02:35.519 --> 00:02:42.000 membrane seal by the look of things and an O-ring seal around the outside so you 00:02:40.000 --> 00:02:46.040 can plug your headphones in without worrying about that there's your uh mute 00:02:44.360 --> 00:02:50.400 or your orientation lock depending how you have that configured and there's your volume up and down all these are 00:02:48.519 --> 00:02:54.879 quite stiff but what I'm expecting is once I actually get a phone in here 00:02:52.319 --> 00:03:00.360 things will change a little bit so peel those back just like that ow okay I 00:02:58.480 --> 00:03:04.840 don't have very strong nails so that's a little bit tough but there we go and 00:03:02.200 --> 00:03:07.959 let's see how she actually opens up I've never used an Otter Box before I've 00:03:06.560 --> 00:03:13.239 never really done the whole cell phone case thing because I don't really drop my cell phone but inside we find a super 00:03:12.239 --> 00:03:18.720 super grippy um layer here so that's going to 00:03:16.519 --> 00:03:22.319 allow you to put the phone down on it and have it not move while you're while 00:03:20.920 --> 00:03:26.840 you're actually installing the rest of the case so that's good it's also very 00:03:24.280 --> 00:03:30.319 cushiony so it's got some thickness to it so you can here we'll do H we'll do 00:03:28.760 --> 00:03:35.080 an iPhone comparison there you go so you can see how thick the actual backing 00:03:32.879 --> 00:03:43.120 layer is here there's that O-ring that seals up the whole case and uh here we 00:03:38.879 --> 00:03:45.280 go so these pieces here latch into these 00:03:43.120 --> 00:03:49.239 notches here you can see the way that all of these buttons pass through so 00:03:47.319 --> 00:03:52.400 it's actually rubber that is sealed onto the case itself and then the tactile 00:03:51.239 --> 00:03:56.879 feedback that you're going to get is probably going to be from the buttons 00:03:55.159 --> 00:04:00.000 themselves so that's other than that these are just uh these are just rubber 00:03:58.280 --> 00:04:05.239 here so the cushioning around the side of the case is provided by this is a bit 00:04:02.519 --> 00:04:09.319 of a harder plastic than what we found here which is more cushiony so because 00:04:07.680 --> 00:04:13.920 they've only got so much thickness that they can put around it but I'll go ahead and do an iPhone thickness comparison 00:04:12.040 --> 00:04:18.600 there actually that's quite thick um so they've got one two three layers that 00:04:16.799 --> 00:04:24.320 are between your phone and any kind of accidental damage and you can see they've built up the corners a fair bit 00:04:21.919 --> 00:04:27.800 more than the actual straightaways here and that's understandable because that's 00:04:26.000 --> 00:04:30.759 where there's the most risk of damage home buttons right here see I don't 00:04:29.440 --> 00:04:35.840 think never showed that before and then the uh the plastic cover is here so 00:04:33.639 --> 00:04:38.680 let's go ahead and install it show you guys how simple this is this is probably 00:04:37.360 --> 00:04:44.280 the way I would actually install it as opposed to going the other way which is what I suggested the first time just go 00:04:42.080 --> 00:04:49.160 ahead slide that on so this turns the iPhone 4 which is 00:04:46.280 --> 00:04:55.320 normally other than its weight pretty sleek and elegant into a bit of a brick 00:04:52.120 --> 00:04:57.560 so there's that um oh hold 00:04:55.320 --> 00:05:01.479 on I don't know if I did this quite right okay so I want to make sure that 00:04:59.759 --> 00:05:05.080 I'm getting I'm getting the right seal because there's a pond here I'm planning 00:05:02.880 --> 00:05:08.720 to throw the phone into it so I'm really really hoping that I get this on right 00:05:06.720 --> 00:05:13.039 before before I proceed with that so yeah there we go so once you get the 00:05:10.440 --> 00:05:18.759 O-ring into place it's just a matter of bringing the latches up like this and 00:05:15.880 --> 00:05:21.680 then latching it on just like that so I'm not real confident about that I'm 00:05:20.639 --> 00:05:25.360 going to play around with this a little bit off camera we'll be back in a moment 00:05:24.000 --> 00:05:30.919 all right so it was just a matter of squeezing it pretty good and then getting the latches on there so now it's 00:05:29.000 --> 00:05:35.080 uh feeling pretty sturdy so I guess I'll switch over to what's going to become my 00:05:32.319 --> 00:05:38.759 new trademark HTC1 comparison so that's what an otter booxed phone looks like 00:05:36.840 --> 00:05:43.160 compared to a not OtterBox phone it's not the kind of thing that I would use 00:05:40.919 --> 00:05:47.360 unless I had a reason to keep my phone super protected with all that said if 00:05:45.479 --> 00:05:52.520 you put it in your pocket it's actually not going to look that much different 00:05:48.919 --> 00:05:53.720 than your wallet in your pocket and you 00:05:52.520 --> 00:05:58.520 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 00:05:57.120 --> 00:06:02.800 your phone because you got your keys and all your other stuff in there I mean just just in case you drop it then you 00:06:01.600 --> 00:06:07.800 know that you're going to have the confidence that it's going to be okay so 00:06:05.160 --> 00:06:11.599 there's a rubber bumpers here hard plastic here there's quite a recessed 00:06:10.000 --> 00:06:15.240 area between the actual SC so you'd have to drop it on something fairly textured 00:06:13.080 --> 00:06:20.120 to actually manage to impact the screen so let's uh let's see what we can do to 00:06:16.880 --> 00:06:22.599 this baby all right so uh how about that 00:06:20.120 --> 00:06:27.039 tree you think I can hit that tree now watch this 00:06:24.919 --> 00:06:30.599 drive wow oh it went all the way through to 00:06:28.960 --> 00:06:35.520 the other side okay just a sec I missed the tree though I hope I 00:06:34.120 --> 00:06:40.199 can find the phone what oh yeah right my mic's on 00:06:38.680 --> 00:06:45.880 okay so hold on it bounced all the way through onto the street here so I'm just 00:06:42.960 --> 00:06:48.440 going to retrieve it and uh okay it looks like we did a little bit of damage 00:06:47.400 --> 00:06:55.360 what do you think do you think I can hit the light post or the light at the top 00:06:51.319 --> 00:06:57.960 let's try Oh Oh wrong way 00:06:55.360 --> 00:07:03.080 uhoh okay that might have been it for it well there you go folks I don't think I 00:06:59.599 --> 00:07:07.759 recommend that let's see how the phone 00:07:03.080 --> 00:07:07.759 did oh wow check this out come come come 00:07:07.879 --> 00:07:16.560 come so that was probably a good 20 ft 00:07:12.440 --> 00:07:18.919 up so the otter box opened it did not 00:07:16.560 --> 00:07:23.599 actually stay closed so I guess if I was to find a design uh Improvement that 00:07:21.800 --> 00:07:28.560 they can make it would be the plastic latches here cuz you can see the metal 00:07:25.280 --> 00:07:30.479 ones held up just fine with that in mind 00:07:28.560 --> 00:07:35.879 the oh diesel is texting apparently we have to go meet him now with that in 00:07:32.080 --> 00:07:37.199 mind the phone has a scuff here see 00:07:35.879 --> 00:07:41.840 right there there's a scuff that wasn't there before a couple scuffs here the 00:07:39.800 --> 00:07:46.840 phone survived the screen did not scratch so okay let's go ahead and Chuck 00:07:45.759 --> 00:07:52.960 it in the water I'm going to put it back in we'll be back in a moment all right so uh We've reassembled 00:07:50.919 --> 00:07:57.720 it from the fall so there's some cracked pieces there so we're going to see if 00:07:54.680 --> 00:07:59.919 the waterproofness held up from the 20ft 00:07:57.720 --> 00:08:03.319 fall so to be clear guys this is designed for people not designed for 00:08:01.840 --> 00:08:07.720 people who are trying to intentionally wreck the phone and uh the fact that the 00:08:05.639 --> 00:08:11.280 phone survived at all being dropped out of what is essentially a second story 00:08:09.159 --> 00:08:16.000 window uh should be pretty impressive so I'm going to throw it into the water and 00:08:13.039 --> 00:08:18.240 try and hit that brick ready guys here we 00:08:20.240 --> 00:08:28.440 go and it's down there now slick do you think you can reach that this may 00:08:25.599 --> 00:08:31.879 actually be a problem okay hold on we're not going to leave it in there for 30 00:08:29.720 --> 00:08:38.919 minutes one way or another just because we already know that uh the Integrity of 00:08:35.320 --> 00:08:42.440 the otter box was compromised by the 00:08:38.919 --> 00:08:44.599 Fall oh it's cold oh it's cold okay I 00:08:42.440 --> 00:08:44.599 got 00:08:45.800 --> 00:08:54.800 it okay so we chucked it at a brick under 00:08:51.399 --> 00:08:59.079 the water so let's go ahead and oh it's 00:08:54.800 --> 00:09:01.920 dirty oh okay so let's go ahead and open 00:08:59.079 --> 00:09:06.760 her back back up and see if she leaked I mean realistically if they're 00:09:04.079 --> 00:09:13.000 rating it for 30 minutes no no there we go look at that there's just drips 00:09:08.560 --> 00:09:16.800 through from me opening it but the 00:09:13.000 --> 00:09:19.120 actual oh hold on oh oh okay yeah she 00:09:16.800 --> 00:09:21.839 ain't waterproof anymore never mind so we knew this was we sort of knew this 00:09:20.600 --> 00:09:26.000 was going to happen let's see if the phone survived was down there for 00:09:24.000 --> 00:09:30.160 probably a good 30 seconds anyway oh phone's on okay so there's Diesel's 00:09:28.519 --> 00:09:34.720 message that we haven't gone and met up with him yet so um yeah we're going to 00:09:33.480 --> 00:09:40.000 we're going to put it back in the otter box and we're going to kick it all the way back to where we're meeting with 00:09:37.120 --> 00:09:44.720 diesel and see if the phone continues to survive wish us luck with that 00:10:19.839 --> 00:10:29.560 okay and let's pick up here all right guys so let's see how our 00:10:25.640 --> 00:10:32.680 uh impact torture test uh how the ugh 00:10:29.560 --> 00:10:35.880 box held up so once again the metal side 00:10:32.680 --> 00:10:38.600 is outstanding you can see that spacing 00:10:35.880 --> 00:10:41.959 between the actual screen itself and the front bezel here paying off and you can 00:10:40.480 --> 00:10:46.240 see these metal pieces actually contribute to the scrap proofness of the 00:10:45.320 --> 00:10:52.560 device overall my only thing is I wish that 00:10:49.959 --> 00:10:56.440 they put uh at least one on the other side or something like that you can see 00:10:53.959 --> 00:11:00.240 this guy opened up during the impact but that's kind of to be expected that's for 00:10:57.959 --> 00:11:05.800 waterproofness not for impact but these plastic ones did let go again however 00:11:03.480 --> 00:11:11.320 you guys saw what we did to it that is not normal use and I think what we're 00:11:09.760 --> 00:11:16.320 going to discover at least I hope what we're going to discover is that the 00:11:13.320 --> 00:11:18.639 phone did survive and that to me is the 00:11:16.320 --> 00:11:22.600 point of one of these cases not here you can see how how beat up this got on the 00:11:20.639 --> 00:11:27.880 way over here the point of these cases is not whether the case looks beautiful 00:11:25.560 --> 00:11:32.000 after some abuse but whether the phone inside actually still works there's 00:11:30.839 --> 00:11:37.440 Diesel's message all right just like that there's 00:11:35.120 --> 00:11:42.200 the phone itself which is actually not really any worse for the wear and uh I 00:11:40.079 --> 00:11:44.480 give the OtterBox Armor Series a pass thank you for checking out this video 00:11:43.279 --> 00:11:49.399 online as Tech tips don't forget to subscribe for more unboxings reviews and other computer videos