Best Buy Pre Case

catallah · 06-05-2009, 06:47 PM

Just saw this on best buy's website didn't see it posted on the forum

This might be what someone was talking about they saw in the store earlier.

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage....=1218094605081

What do you guys think, I have an invisible shield on its way, but I always like hard cases.

thegreatpablo · 06-05-2009, 08:49 PM

Doesn't look like it's designed to allow for the keyboard to slide out based on the angle image.

powerwagon · 06-06-2009, 06:48 PM

I just got that case today from Best Buy and it actually fits rather well. It DOES allow the phone to slide open/closed without impeding the slide at all. It is "plastiky" feeling, but I figure it will protect the phone for a few falls and sacrifice itself as it's supposed to do. They had a clear and gunmetal color...I have the gunmetal. Overall not bad for $20. The picture is not a very good representation of the case.

Wrinklechops · 07-05-2009, 01:59 AM

Originally Posted by catallah

Just saw this on best buy's website didn't see it posted on the forum

This might be what someone was talking about they saw in the store earlier.

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage....=1218094605081

What do you guys think, I have an invisible shield on its way, but I always like hard cases.

I bought that case when I bought the Pre and returned it the next day. I got so mad at the Pre thinking it was cheap and crappy feeling when really it was the case. The extra space it added on the top slider half made it even harder for me to get my man fingers in there to type that top row of text.

That case makes the Pre look like crap too, IMHO. I'm currently scoping out an Egrips back piece and a clear screen protector for the front. Or a hard rubber slim case...at least that would add some grip. My Pre gets pretty slippery in my hands sometimes...

Both options I'm looking at are cheaper than the crap $20 Rocketfish case.

Katmandoo122 · 07-06-2009, 10:33 AM

Bought, tried it, and returned it. It works but it is very cheap build quality. I would get an Innocase instead, although that probably wouldn't work with an InvisiSHield. BTW, you should buy and PhantomSkinz instead...fewer bubbles, virtually no orange peel, and less gooey than the Invis (had that too and ripped it off).

tbang · 07-06-2009, 07:34 PM

I have been using it since the launch and it is not a problem for me. I take it off once a week to get any stuff out of there that found its way from my pocket and underneath is a shiny new pre looking just as it did the day I bought it. Everything works fine with it on and I can still slide the qwerty up with one hand. If you want to protect your pre and I mean really protect your pre I recommend getting one!

fr4nk1yn · 07-06-2009, 09:02 PM

I was at Sprint earlier and a guy started talking to me about his Pré.
He had a case he bought at Best Buy and it looked real good. It didn't take away from the phone's pebbley good looks at all.
I'm gonna assume this is the one, he said it cost $20.
I'll be picking on up in black as soon as my Brando Screen protector gets here.

tbang · 07-06-2009, 09:04 PM

Yep it was 20 bucks but it is the clear case not black..

fr4nk1yn · 07-06-2009, 09:05 PM

Then NVM (:

His was light grey and he said it came in other colors.

fr4nk1yn · 07-08-2009, 06:21 PM

This was the case I saw. Unless I'm looking at something different they do come in colors. At least online. I bought the "gunmetal" which is really grey and then swapped it out for the clear.
I think it fits pretty good doesn't interfere with the buttons or slider at takes some of the slop out of the clicky hinge.

I just wish they had a black in the store. hmm... Just checked and online says they do.