what's up everybody i've got all the Otterbox cases we got the commuter we got the symmetry
we've got the defender pro i've been trying them all out for the last week or so and
today we're going to compare them all and see which one's best for you let's check it out
what's up everybody so i've had these cases for the last two weeks or so the symmetry the commuter
and the defender pro this one's for the 12 pro max but we found out that it fits the 13 pro max
as you can see they point out on these other cases here today we're going to go through them all and
i'm just going to give you my thoughts on which ones i like which ones i don't like and maybe help
you decide which one is best for you so i started with the signature cases so let's start there
all the packaging is pretty much the same and the main differences are they talk about
the test rating so the symmetry the commuter and the defender have the similar testing done
but the symmetry and the commuter have a 3x rated and the defender has a 4x rated
so this should offer pretty good protection it's not their top of the line
as far as protection goes but it should protect you more than the average phone
so let's break into it real quick and take a look all the packaging was kind of similar though
this case is a single piece right so there's no inside or outside like some of the other
cases um it's kind of got like a tpu feel on parts of it and a hard plastic on other parts
i definitely like this case for a couple of reasons one it's tight it's really tight on the
phone it's it really feels like one device when you have the case on there it doesn't there's no
rattling there's no moving around it doesn't feel like it's gonna come off and it slides in and out
of your pocket really easily the button click is good the reach into the toggle is great and it's
got plenty of cutouts and space so you can still get your sound and audio and easy access with the
cable it's got good protection for your phone on the outside so when you put the phone down
on the surface this ridge is going to protect the optics of the phone from getting damaged
probably not my daily driver though i like it it was great and i would
probably give it an 8 out of 10 as far as these cases go my main reason i didn't like it it's one
like i said it's super tight um it's a little bit slippery though i felt when i had it in my hand
it was kind of hard to hold on to compared to the other cases now
i'm definitely being a little critical here are you going to be dropping this phone more than just
the naked phone because it's slippery probably not but it's something to take into consideration
the angles the lines the screen protection is all pretty good but it's not my first choice
next up is the commuter case now this one in my personal opinion offers a little bit more
protection i know it has the same drop rating as the other phone i'm sorry as the other case
but i feel like this one will probably offer a little bit more protection now right away some
of the differences are is this is a two-piece case right so you have your hard outer shell similar
approach to protecting the optics it's a little bit beefier it's a little thicker so this ridge
is a little bit smaller and then you have the soft plastic on the inside and i guess the idea
is when you drop it on a corner or something the hard shell is going to hit probably and
then distribute that shock throughout the rubber so that less of it makes it to the phone itself
now i do like this case a lot i've been pretty much using this all week and it's comfortable it
offers a lot of protection and i feel like it's going to give my phone a fighting chance should
i drop it at making it through the drop a couple extras that i do like about it is you'll see on
the back of it there's these some of the rubber makes it through the other side and i didn't
realize it when i first opened it but that's to make it so it doesn't rock as much when you put it
down the phone itself obviously has the camera bump on the back and some of the other cases
like the symmetry rock because of the protrusion of the ring around the camera nothing really
you can really do about that except with this case this case has bumps on the bottom to kind of
make the phone sit on three spots instead of just the ridge around the camera and optics
the clickiness of the buttons and the ease of operating them is pretty straightforward and
pretty good i didn't have any problems with that reaching through the to the toggle is
great uh the top is very well protected same goes through the button on the other side for power
the one criticism i will have is i don't like this flap on the bottom but i understand it's
in order to really protect the phone you have to have measures that protect the port on the bottom
as well the cutouts are okay i would have liked to have seen something like on the defender where
there's little ports that go down to the bottom of the speaker grill to kind of direct the sound out
but i can't really knock them too hard for that so with these three cases
this is probably my front runner thus far and i'd give it like a nine out of ten moving on to
the next case now this one really is in a league all of its own compared to the other cases this
is going to offer you some serious protection so we'll get back to the carrying portion in a minute
right away you can feel it it's it's definitely substantially bulkier than the other two cases um
the symmetry is thinner than the commuter the commuter is thinner than the defender
and this takes a reverse approach while you have some with the prior case you have a little bit
of the soft foam on the outside most of the um protection is gonna come from your hard shell
like on the corners and whatnot there's a little bit of plastic of the software over there but you
also have the hard shell that's probably not gonna distribute the shock as well as the defender is
going to the defender pro this takes a completely different approach to protecting the phone so
from the inside out you have this cage if you will a case within a case that your phone sits inside
of that by itself is probably going to offer some protection um obviously you have a hard outside
surrounding all the edges of your phone and then to distribute any shock that the phone
is subjected to you have this soft outer layer and now i really like the approach the engineers
must have taken here when they were creating this case because if you think about it when
you drop the phone it's going to land most likely to land in an edge or corner and that soft outside
outer layer is going to lessen the impact and then the inner shell is going to distribute it around
the phone instead of letting the shot go straight into the chassis of the phone itself um this this
case is definitely bulky i will say i'll hand it to otterbox compared to their old defender
cases for like the 10 and 10 s max it's not as chunky as they used to be there used to be a
significant difference between the different models of of case and while there still is
it definitely adds some heft it's not as drastic as it was prior um the access to the port is far
easier in this case the sound quality i find is actually better in this case you can't really see
it but in my other review i show that the there's little cones in there that direct the sound out of
past the edges of the case out into the world so you can hear it a little bit better so little
things to take into consideration if you're going hiking out in the world running around and have a
like high likelihood of dropping your phone this is the case you're going to want for sure
okay so now we've seen what each case has to offer one last thing to check out is
the bulk and weight that the cases are each going to add so your phone itself the iphone
13 pro max is going to weigh roughly 255 grams the symmetry case which is going to be the
lightest and offer probably the least protection of all three cases is going to add about 44 grams
the commuter case which is arguably one step up as far as protection as far as i'm concerned is
going to add 58 grams so a little bit more makes sense there's more material in this
case in that case it's going to be heavier now your big bad boy the defender pro we're
going to take the case off the carrying case off the phone case itself is going to add
about 80 grams to the weight of your phone if you include the carrying case you're talking 143 grams
so something to take into consideration if you want to be a little bit more light nimble
maybe the symmetry case is for you if you want something that's a little bit more balanced
has a little bit more protection the commuter case is probably for you if you want maximum
protection and the functionality of this stand this case is going to be your bat the defender pro
thanks for stopping by to check out these cases with me today i hope i was able to help you
pick out the right case for your phone the defender the commuter or the symmetry
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