So here we are with the Samsung Galaxy S4 Flip Cover. Now it’s very similar to the previous Flip Covers if you’ve seen them on the Galaxy Note 2 or the Galaxy S3 so not a lot new with this cover.
Really it’s a case of new material has been used to create the look and feel of the Samsung Galaxy S4 and replicate it on the cover.
Now, as you’ll know from the previous covers the idea behind Flip Cover is to protect the front of the screen from taking any substantial knocks and it does a very good job at that. It’s quite hard wearing although a little bit flexible as you can see and it has a nice inside lining which stops the screen from getting any scratches or smudges and what I’ve actually found it can actually help to take off some of those smudges over time.
It’s made of that lovely material that you get, like a chamoix or something like that, you know, lint free cloths that have become very popular for cleaning up screens.
Overall, it’s a nice case, it does the job well. Because realistically all it’s doing is replacing your back cover, you’re not gaining any extra protection for the back or sides of the device particularly.
It’s stylish and it certainly will stop those knocks from occurring that could potentially damage the lovely 5in display that comes on the Galaxy S4 but it is a fairly limited cover in the sense that is not providing any additional protection here.
One of the things that’s always worth noting with any of these flip covers is that the case itself does not stay attached to the screen the whole time, as you can see in the video it’s actually raising up of its own volition which is a little bit of a problem.
One thing that people have found is if you give this a bit of a flex in a few locations on the spine it will eventually sit much more neatly but it’s one thing to keep in mind that while it is protecting the front of the device it’s not staying absolutely flush at all times so it does allow the potential that if you drop the device it could just flap open and you could still end up taking that knock.
With that said, it certainly is a very stylish case and protecting that screen is a massive bonus.
It would be nice though to see a bit more protection for some of the other areas of the Galaxy S4 and also maybe they could do something just to make the spine on the flip cover just a little bit better at staying flush but overall yet another reasonably good case from Samsung.
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