Hey it's Andre, and I've got yet another ESR case, this one is the ESR Hybrid Case and
it's for the iPhone 13 Pro.
This is one of ESR’s lowest value, let’s call it, budget cases, but don’t let it’s
low value, detract you from the quality and protection that you get with ESR products,
especially their cases.
When I’m looking at getting a case for my phone, I judge each case in three categories,
the look, the feel and the protection.
Let’s start with the look.
Crystal Clear, downside to generally all clear cases, is that they are fingerprint magnets,
that always need wiping to remove those imprints, but at least it’s not going to turn yellow
thanks to the anti yellowing built in resistance, so no matter what colour iPhone you have,
like this sierra blue one, it will be the only colour you see through the transparent
ESR case for at least the first few years of usage.
It’s scratch resistant back means when you turn your phone over to look at it’s beautiful
colour, the only thing you’ll see is fingerprints and not scratches, but thankfully fingerprints
can be just wiped away.
There’s two camps when it comes to phone cases like these, there will be people who
prefer a transparent case to show off the phone, especially it’s colour, while protecting
it at the same time and others who aren’t to bothered about seeing the backside of their
phone while still getting the benefit of protection that comes with having a case on your phone.
Let me know in the comments below what side you fall in.
It’s easy to install, snapping around the edges of your phone for what I would describe
as a firm fit, not as easy to remove through, but that’s a good thing through, right.
Let’s move on to feel, this case made out of the familiar, TPU on the back, which gives
the case its rigidity and silicon in the frame which gives the case it’s flexibility, making
it easier to put on as well as giving it those valuable protective qualities.
Being only 1.1mm thick, the case without the phone is lightweight and with the phone installed
doesn’t really affect the weighty feel of the phone in hand and it still keeps to the
whole slim aesthetic of the phone.
I find the iPhone 13 Pro generally quite a slippy phone in hand and this case, being
comfortable to hold definitely makes you feel more assured about its safety, if you’re
worried about dropping your phone, but if you do want more grip than other case materials
may be better for you.
If you use Magsafe products for your iPhone, than this case won’t be ideal for you, you
can really tell the difference between simple cases like this and one’s that are magsafe
compatible, you can wirelessly charge your phone with a magsafe charger with almost minimum
magnetic attraction which is fine if you only lie the phone on top of the charger.
But in any other position other than horizontal and the attraction just isn’t there, so
don’t be using this on its own with a car mount or magsafe wallet.
But if you just simply use a magsafe or wireless charger lying down or even plugging you phone
in, then this will be fine for you.
You can purchase the ESR Halolock universal ring, which allows you to transform a simple
case like this into magsafe compatible one, but if you haven’t bought this and are still
looking for a case and you want to use magsafe accessories then you can get magsafe compatible
cases, like this one, for not much more than the Hybrid case.
I’ll leave my review to this one up there and in the comments below.
Precise cutouts for the phones switch, ports and buttons make it easy to press and gain
access to the part you want.
I’m not having to press the volume controls or the side button any differently than I
would without a case on, there’s easy access to the ring/mute switch, no obstruction of
the two speakers and there’s more than enough room to insert the lightning cable into the
port.
Next is protection, just what are the hybrid protective qualities of the case?
In each of the corners of the frame, there are those air guard protrusions which absorb
shocks and provide millitary grade drop protection on all sides of the phone from at least 4ft,
a feature that you will see in a lot of ESR’s protective cases.
With the case on, the bezels of the case provide 1.2mm of surface clearance to the edge of
the screen and on the back, the camera guard gives 0.55mm of surface clearance for the
phone’s camera lens.
Unfortunately that camera guard doesn’t remove that annoying flat table rocking thanks
to the iPhone’s unsymmetrical design, but there are few cases that do.
So that’s the ESR Hybrid case for the iPhone 13 Pro, if you want a simple case, that’s
going to look good, feel good and protect your phone without being extravagant than
this one could be for you.
Probably best described as a case just doing what a case should do without any frills.
I’ll leave the links for this case in the description below.
Let me know in the comments below, what you’re currently using on your phone to protect it,
whether that be a case like this one, a case that enhances the iPhone’s magsafe technology
or whether you’re a rebel and have no case at all.
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