How to avoid Glassgate and Protect your iPhone 4

It is my view that the back glass of the iPhone 4 presents iPhone 4 owners with two practical problems. The first one is the risk of the back glass falling and thereby cracking and the second is the glassgate problem where the back glass of iPhone 4 gets scratched by particulate dust and over time ends up cracking.

In fact, the risk of the back glass cracking is quite high especially after the back glass has been scratched and your iPhone 4 drops. From a “strength of materials” point of view, the scratches that are caused by the glassgate effect form points of weakness within the back glass.
These weak points only require some shock or impact and voila comes glassgate. Finally, there are two additional problems with the iPhone 4, these are the usual risk of the front glass cracking and the infamous antenna-gate.

In view of the above, it is clear that the ideal iPhone 4 case should be able to at least perform four functions at once, namely: [1] prevent the accumulation of dust between the back glass and the case so as to avoid glassgate, [2] not interfere with the reception of 3G signals so as to avoid antenna-gate, [3] absorb shock so as to prevent both the front and back glasses from cracking and [4] not compromise with the stylish design of the iPhone 4.

This blog would highly recommend it's readers to look for the above mentioned features in any iPhone 4 case that they intend to buy. After considerable research, our first choice would be impactband. Their case is constructed from the versatile TPU material which on impact absorbs the energy of a shock and disperses the impact around the band instead of into the iPhone 4. The key features of impactband are:

• Professionally engineered to provide maximum shock absorption and grip.
• Great in-the-hand feel.
• Works great for gaming. No more slipping iPhone.
• 360 degree raised edges that never let your iPhone hit the ground. Just the case.
• Easy access to all controls and ports: including third party jacks.
• Injection molded with highly shock absorbent TPU Material.
• Absorbs drops, shocks and bounces with ease. Tested up to 16 feet.
• 3mm thick.

impactband is available from Amazon.


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