so they both fit the iPhone 5S this one
only allows for one functionality and this one allows for both of the
new functionalities of the iPhone 5s
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hi this Agata from Mobile Reviews Eh.ca
And today I will be doing a comparison
between two cases for the iPhone 5 and also for the iPhone 5s
and the two cases are Otterbox Defender
and Griffin survivor these two cases are so similar
when you look at them from far away you would think that it's almost the same
case
but the Griffin survivor case wins a little bit
in terms of scoring for protection
and the Otterbox Defender is a little bit better in terms of scoring for
handling
so through our Eh? Rating score system
we scored the Griffin survivor to be 3.65 Eh?'s out of 5
and the Otterbox Defender to be 3.7 Eh?'s out of 5
which basically is the same score
In this review I will go through each category and tell you the similarities
and the small differences between these two cases
so right away I wanted to tell you the these both of these cases fit the iPhone 5
and also the iPhone 5s the difference is
that the Otterbox Defender allows for the touch
ID basically the car a whole for
the home button in the screen protector in terms of design category
both of these cases add bulk they do not add a lot of weight
but they do add a lot of bulk to the iPhone itself
and the bulk that is mostly visible
and it is a little bit more than the other cases the Griffin survivor
in terms of the ease of installation both of these cases
come in three pieces and they also come with a case attachment
which is a belt clip so the
are in terms of the installations exactly the same is actually quite
easy to install the cases there are
two pieces there is a piece inside that is
polycarbonate piece that protects from the drops and then
this top pieces the actual silicon piece that
we call a bumper and it's softer in touch
but it is quite a process it takes
quite a long time to install these cases due to the fact that the silicon
bumper has to go on top of the polycarbonate and it has to fit
into these latches I will probably say that
installing the Griffin Survivor is a little bit more cumbersome
then actually installing the Otterbox Defender
onto your phome and the same way to taking it apart
and both of these cases have the insights which is just as polycarbonate
hard plastic and
this one here doesn't have a lot of sharp edges
were as this polycarbonate plastic inside
has a lot of sharp edges so when you install
you kind of have to deal with a little bit hurting your fingers to install this
case the Griffin survivor case
in terms of build quality for both of these cases
again very similar they both survived our drop tests
they both were dropped on concrete
and down the stairs so they both survived those very little
scuffing that you can see on the materials that they were
built with so for the Griffin survivor case this bumper
in much more flimsier if that is a word then this bumper
it stretches more then the bumper the Otterbox Defender
that's the only thing is that I think that these latches over time will
rip and I they actually did
the latch for the camera I was un installing the case and there is just a
little bit
of material to holds it together and I ripped that apart off so the build quality for the
Griffin survivor
is has a lower score than
for the Otterbox Defender in terms of protection there are two major differences
Griffin on their website does tell us the specification that this case meets
and it meets military specs 810 which means that we can drop it from 1.8
meter or 6 feet
were as the Otterbox Defender, they do not specify
what this case can be dropped from which height can be dropped from
so we still did the drop test on both of these cases
exactly the same from the from heights and from six feet even though
the Otterbox Defender does not specify that can be dropped from
any height. they both survived
they both had very little damage to the case
itself and also there was no damage the iPhone the second case in terms of
probability
as the fact about the Otterbox Defender has a lot more
open ports or holes I would say
where as in the Griffin survivor all of the latches are closed
in term of drop ability the entire phone is protected by the case
in terms of the environmental protection none of these
cases are waterproof they do you say that they are
sealed enough to be dustproof and this is more for the Griffin survivor
our case for the iPhone again all the latches are
sealed are you can close all the latches all the ports all the buttons are also
closed
and so the environmental protection comes into this screen production which
is basically the both cases have
a screen protector on both cases have
just a simple plastic screen protector the difference is
that this is a an actual separate piece for the screen protector for the
Griffin survivor
and it completely covers the entire front of the iPhone
where as for the Otterbox Defender the screen protector here doesn't fully
cover your iPhone
front screen in terms of handling this either of these cases
the exactly the same the Otterbox Defender and the Griffin survivor
have latches that easily opened easily closed
on all of the other ports and buttons are very easy to press
they are covered by the silicon type a bumper and it's soft and it's nice to
press they both didn't do not affect
any of the functionality of the iPhone native iPhone
in this case in terms of handling
for the screen the Otterbox Defender
is a little bit easier to handle and this is due to the fact
the Otterbox Defender screen protector
extends all the way down true the bottom
passed a home bottom basically and so you can
very easily access the control panels that are
evoked by swiping up and down
and also these edges right here
are not as big and do you they do not come onto the front
of your iPhone as much as the Griffin survivor case does
in terms of view ability because both of these cases have
exactly the same type of material
as a screen protector which is just a clear plastic
they both produce the same kind of glare
on your iPhone they also
register fingerprints little bit and
cheek prints a little bit so the Griffin survivor and Otterbox Defender
come with the same attachment which is belt clip
they look very different the Otterbox Defender belt clip is really wide
the Griffinn survivor is much thinner
belt clip but they both scored the same due to the fact that it's really easy to
install
these onto the cases also both of the belt clips
provide a second functionality which is a stand
the griffin survivor case all you have to do is
click the belt clip on top and then you twist it
so you stand the belt clip so you can view
your iPhone in portrait mode so the Eh? Rating Score for the Griffin survivor
case was
3.65 Eh?'s out of 5 for the Otterbox Defender was 3.7 Eh?'s out of 5
which is basically the same score for both cases
and we have four more cases that are very similar in terms
of how they look in terms of bulk and in terms of protection and functionality
and one the cases the first case is the lunatik taktik extreme
the other case is actually another
tactic but in strike another case is the ballistic
every1 and the Pelican CE1180
is very similar case again and
all these four cases we do have full reviews for these cases we also have
comparison videos
in between these cases as well and I will provide you with the
link in the description below or at the end of this review video
my name is Agata, I 'm a reviewer at Mobile Reviews-eh.ca
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