{"id":517016,"date":"2026-06-03T19:52:15","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T19:52:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/517016\/"},"modified":"2026-06-03T19:52:15","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T19:52:15","slug":"what-to-look-for-in-a-case-to-protect-your-cellphone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/517016\/","title":{"rendered":"What to Look For in a Case to Protect Your Cellphone"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Your cellphone is likely the most <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aarp.org\/personal-technology\/budget-iphone-samsung-privacy-screen\/\" style=\"&#009;background-color: rgb(255,255,255);&#010;\" data-overlay-msg=\"AARP.Everywhere.LeavingModal.drawOverlay(this,&#039;&#039;,\/content\/dam\/content-fragments\/aarp-org\/en\/article\/technology\/2026\/06\/find-case-protect-phone.html,&#039;&#039;,&#039;You are now leaving AARP.org and going to a website that is not operated by AARP. A different privacy policy and terms of service will apply.&#039;);return false;\" title=\"more on budget friendly smartphones\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">expensive item <\/a>you carry with you. \u201cIt\u2019s a $1,000-plus investment that goes with you everywhere,\u201d says Courtney Lindwall, a home and technology reporter for Consumer Reports. And so protecting it with a strong case makes sense.<\/p>\n<p>Phone cases are not new, but they have been updated and improved over the years. When you\u2019re shopping for one, the first criterion, of course, is to make sure it fits your specific phone model. But beyond that, the options can seem overwhelming. What to look for:<\/p>\n<p>            Materials<\/p>\n<p>Phone cases come in a wide variety of materials \u2014 silicone, durable plastics, leather and even Kevlar. Catherine Lambert works as a senior category manager for uBreakiFix by Asurion, a repair service for personal devices, and she recommends one above the others: polycarbonate, a shatter-resistant plastic. Cases made of polycarbonate are also often reinforced with impact-resistant rubber layered around part of the exterior. \u201cThat helps with bounce and drop protection,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n<p>But no matter which material you choose, Lambert suggests looking for these words on the packaging: \u201crugged\u201d or \u201cmilitary-tested.\u201d This indicates that a case can withstand repeated drops. She also suggests shopping for a case in person so you can put it to the test. \u201cIf you can\u2019t bend or twist it, if it\u2019s pretty rigid, that\u2019s probably going to give you the best durability,\u201d Lambert says.<\/p>\n<p>            Raised edges<\/p>\n<p>Cases should protect the phone\u2019s most fragile components: the glass screen and rear camera. A raised lip around those areas can do a lot to help. \u201cIf your phone drops, the case absorbs the impact instead of the glass,\u201d Lindwall says.<\/p>\n<p>            Corner bumpers<\/p>\n<p>Some cases add another layer of protection with corner bumpers, which stick out slightly from the case and work like a football player\u2019s shoulder pads to absorb impact. \u201cIf you\u2019re a person that drops your phone a lot, you want to protect the corners of the phone,\u201d says James Jaeger, a uBreakiFix by Asurion district manager.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Your cellphone is likely the most expensive item you carry with you. \u201cIt\u2019s a $1,000-plus investment that goes&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":517017,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[257],"tags":[223723,223721,223722,223719,18,19,116096,17,279,81374,223718,5756,82,223724,223720],"class_list":["post-517016","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mobile","tag-best-android-phone-cases","tag-best-case-to-protect-phone","tag-best-iphone-cases","tag-best-phone-cases","tag-eire","tag-ie","tag-iphone-cases","tag-ireland","tag-mobile","tag-phone-case","tag-phone-cases","tag-smartphones","tag-technology","tag-water-resistant-phone-cases","tag-waterproof-phone-cases"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/116687925515586035","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/517016","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=517016"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/517016\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/517017"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=517016"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=517016"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=517016"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}