[Motorola Atrix HD] Sillk04:
Curzerlite Case

The other day, I received another case (Thanks to Joel from Cruzerlite, www.cruzerlite.com ), and was asked to do a review of the case, and currently first impressions, I am very impressed with this case. It is an Androidified Cruzerlite TPU Case, I do not think that I will retire my Otterbox for it, but if I would have been able to use this a week ago before I bought my Otterbox, I would not have purchased my Otterbox, but I can see myself using this case from time to time, and I definitely see my wife using it when I pass this phone along to her (she never like the Otterbox bulk), when I am ready to upgrade yet again. The case is made of thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU), which is becoming more popular for these lighter thinner cases, being stronger then rubber and stiffer then silicone. The case is nice and stiff, it hugs the phone like a glove, seems to be very well made, and durable. Placing the phone in the case itself was fairly easy, it did require some force due to the sides being stiffer than the rest of the case, but it was nothing strenuous, this also added to the snugness of the case. This case adds some bulk to the Atrix HD, but the phone itself did not feel comfortable in my hand, so this in my book is not a bad thing, but for people who do not want the bulk of an Otterbox Defender, this case is about half the thickness, and I believe really close to the same protection, (If you have a good screen protector). This case raised the edges of the phone, on the front, so if you do not like a screen protector, and rather just chance it with the gorilla glass, this will help out, keeping the screen off of a surface that you may lay your phone on, and add a little cushion if phone was to be dropped, and land face first. This case also comes in several colors, so you are not stuck with the standard colors that you are stuck with on the more expensive case, (Otterbox, Speck, ect.). Now to the problems I have with the case, I was not to impressed with the sides of the case, I would rather them be softer material that is on the back of the case (around Andie) so it kindly stick to your hand for a little more support, the sides are not horrible, I am not saying this will slip out of your hand but I think it would feel more secure if it was the softer material. The second issue I had on this case is kindly dealing with the same issue; typically if I am surfing the internet, I have the phone in portrait mode in the palm of my hand. Since I am right handed this means the phone is in my left hand, up against Andie, and my hand has very little to no contact with the softer stickier material, so the phone could possibly slip out of your hand. There is some of the softer stickier material at top and bottom of the case, so chance are this would be a saving grace, or second chance to get a better handle of the phone as it slid down your hand. This issue would not concern me as much if I were left handed with the phone in my right hand because your hand would have more contact with the softer material that seems to stick to skin better. Either moving Andie to the opposite side, or swapping the textures (Andie, and the texture around Andie) would satisfy my Preference. All in all this is a very good case, that I would recommend to anyone who typically go with the thinner silicone cases, and I believe you are getting really close to the same protection as your higher dollar cases, and the price tag is a big factor for me also $9.90 on amazon.com, and if you buy two you get a third for free with a promotion code (BUY2GONE), so you can get three cases with three different colors for 20 bucks, that is still cheaper than your single colored expensive cases. You can purchase these from the Cruzerlite website (www.cruzerlite.com), or from Amazon (http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_n...ed+Cruzerlite+TPU+Case-+For+Motorola+Atrix+Hd)

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No, when the new Ipad came out Otterbox decided to go with a stiffer harder rubber on all new cases, and it does not have the peeling effect that the previous otterbox's had, I believe a lot of people had this problem and Otterbox was having to replace a lot of the rubber outer cases because of the peeling and actually ripping. I have had two older defender series case that I had to have the rubber replaced.