[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] nicholaschum:
NOTICE: I have moved on to another device - look at my signature, if you found a new metal case, PM me so I can update this thread, but please provide user-taken photos! ^_^

Well hey all, I've been around the Samsung Galaxy S II forum for a pretty long time and I was the person who posted the Metal Bumper reviews of each individual bumper I can get where I live. Right now, I sold that phone, and I got the Galaxy Nexus, and I am extremely obsessed with metal bumpers as they are pretty damn sexy and makes your phone stand out from a big crowd. I live in Hong Kong and we are a smartphone based city. So that is why everyone has every kind of phone out there, no color is shown and nothing looks as cool. Please note that these cases only fit the GT-I9250 Galaxy Nexus devices (European, International, Japanese and other Asian versions)

As said before, I controlled the Samsung Galaxy S II Metal Bumper review thread, and I would be delighted to do the same on this forum so that you can make sure you buy the correct bumper without regretting your choice.

This is the link to the Samsung Galaxy S II metal bumpers review: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1422752

Right now, there aren't many Galaxy Nexus cases out there because of the odd shaped form factor the phone is built on. So, as new metal bumpers randomly come out I would be glad if you followed the format of the reviews and I will credit you in this forum. All of this is for everyone's satisfaction and not mine, I just want to make sure that your money invested in the metal bumpers are worth every penny ;)

For each of the reviews, I WILL MAKE THE PHOTOS LINK TO MY PHOTOBUCKET FOLDER so you can see most of the other photos not shown on the thread. By doing this, I would not have to add all the photos here to slow down everyone's experience when browsing through :)

Screw Shapes:

This is used to reference how each case is tightened.

zomgo Metal Bumper

YOU CAN SEE OTHER COLORS OF THIS CASE FROM THE EBAY LINK BELOW, BUT TO SEE OTHER ANGLES, CLICK ON THE PHOTOS ABOVE.

Name: zomgo Metal Bumper (Aluminium Alloy Blade Metal Frame Bumper)

Material: Aluminium Alloy

Colors Available: Black, Silver, Grey, Blue, Rose, Red, Gold, Green

Weight: 35g

Weight + Phone Weight: 30g + 135g = 165g

Dimensions: 144mm x 76mm x 15mm (L*W*H)

My Rating: 4.6/5

Screw Shape: Phillips

What's in the box?:

- Case

- 4x Main Screws

- 4x Extra Screws

- Double Ended Screw Driver

Pros:

- Screw On Case

- Rigid, very strong

- High Quality metal - Anodized Metal (Anti-Scratch)

- "Lay on the table" design, when you place the phone on its screen down, it would not scratch the screen.

- This case should fit with the Official 2000mAh Samsung Battery for the Galaxy Nexus, it provides some give even with the extended battery so there should be enough space for it.

- More rounded design, no sharp corners so you would not cut yourself or your pants by accident. On the Samsung Galaxy S II sweetarmor-gs2, I constantly ripped holes in my pockets because of sharp edges, this case does not have that problem :)

Cons:

- Heavy - The phone and the case together (HEAVIER THAN GALAXY S II + OFFICIAL 2000mAh BATTERY!)

- It adds 5mm to each side of the phone, so it makes the phone seem wider and longer by a bit.

- The piece that you place on top of the case cannot be tightened very tightly, a little bit loose and you can press down and feel like it has a big gap, but there isn't.

- If only it gave a little bit more space, I would be happy if I could take the battery cover off with the metal bumper screwed on because if I need to hard reboot my phone, I have to unscrew everything and take the battery off.

Links:

eBay: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Aluminum-Me...976685?pt=PDA_Accessories&hash=item231a1d336d

TaoBao: http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=110-1lz3-3YUUT.6oZb-80YAU.h-h3bQv&id=13770497131&

Description: If you ever had a Samsung Galaxy S II and you bought the sweetarmor-gs2 case, you will know that this is almost an exact copy of it except this only fits on the Galaxy Nexus. Well, it is identical, so this review and the sweetarmor-gs2 is pretty much the same as all the specifications other than the weight and dimension are the same. This case is absolutely amazing, I dropped this phone several times, the bumper attached, the phone was not damaged and the bumper didn't take damage at all, it just bounced along the floor of the bus and picked it up like it was nothing much. The case is extremely sturdy and a 3-4 foot fall onto any ground will not damage the phone at all (I tested this :p ).