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eBay case by MyBatt

For just $10-$15 delivered (depending on seller) it's the best looking "slimmish" case I've ever tried. Perfect fit and beautiful looks.
Hard shell with see-through sides that look almost chrome like from some angles. Which gives the phone an iphone like appearance (chrome bezel on iphone).
Was going to give this case an A+++ rating until I discovered it degrades my data signal by anywhere from 50% in low signal areas to 10% in good signal areas.
GPS didn't have any noticeable issues, though I didn't check signal strength.
So just a warning. Very, very nice looking/fitting slim case.
But it does degrade my download speeds.
Here are a couple links. Both have different descriptions but are the same case & color.
Gun Metal Aluminum Hard Case Snap On Cover for Samsung Galaxy S2 Skyrocket i727 AT&T
http://www.ebay.com/itm/13065738880...X:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1439.l2649#ht_3027wt_1396
For AT&T Samsung i727 Skyrocket Black Cosmo Shield Accessory Back Cover Case
http://www.ebay.com/itm/33068080515...X:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1439.l2649#ht_2390wt_1396

That's one purty case. Sucks about the reception issue...doh!

Actually it might only be the blue one that decreases performance.
I'll test more later.
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I have the blue one and I don't notice any decrease in data or gps signal. I don't use this case anymore because it's a pain to take it off the phone so I switched back to my SGP ultra capsule.

xlazaruzx said:
I have the blue one and I don't notice any decrease in data or gps signal. I don't use this case anymore because it's a pain to take it off the phone so I switched back to my SGP ultra capsule.
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thanks for the input which one is thinner? this case or the SGP?

This one is thinner and made of hard plastic. The SGP is also thin and made of polyurethane. Go with SGP it's a little expensive but the quality is top of the line. I have few friends who have the Skyrocket and they all bought the SGP ultra capsule after seeing mine. They all said it felt better holding it compared to other cases.

It won;t protect from water damage, like rain, humidity, taking it to a washroom

This case is beautiful. It's hard plastic with an aluminum-ish textured back. I happened to grab the Black one for less than 8 bucks shipped on Amazon. It's a low profile case, reminds me of the Incipio Feathered cases.
Now the bad news...It really does degrade signal quality. Before this case, my signal was -86 dbm and after the case it's -101 dbm. This is on UMTS/HSPA, don't have LTE in my area.
I also tried some speed tests. Without a case on average 3mbs down, 1.2 mbs up. With this case on, I got 1.2 mbs down, .65 mbs up on average.
Like the OP stated, I didn't think it really affected GPS, but my tests were not as extensive.
So a great looking case, with a crappy downside.
Back to the Diztronic for me...sigh.

Hard to tell from the ebay description exactly what this thing is made of.
- Anodized Brushed Aluminum Hard Shell Protective Snap-On Case Cover
- Made with Shatter Proof ABS Plastic
One line says aluminum the next one says ABS plastic. I would expect any metal case to degrade reception.
Does look good though.

I decided to test and pry off the metal-ish back. Its only glued on the plastic. Did some more testing and saw that reception is back to normal without that layer. Of course the case is ugly without that layer. There's a lot of glue so you would have sand it to get all the glue off and it'll scratch up the see through plastic.
Like I said ... back to the diztronic.
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I did confirm both blue and black degrade signal. Blue is worse... The black one also got scratched to heck somehow.
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S6 Bumper: Discussion & Bumper List

I keep seeing people posting "bumper" cases, but it seems that they don't understand what a bumper Case is our the company they bought from doesn't.... rusher way I'm looking for an actual aluminum bumper for my s6. Bumper meaning no back what so ever. Only edge protection. Please post any and all bumpers you find aluminium or otherwise and I will start a list here in the OP.
Ps. I have the versus iron shield bumper and while it is very nice I would highly recommend it, it's bumper bit large for my taste. Looking for something slimmer.
Aluminium Bumpers:
Verus Iron Shield Aluminium Bumper
Baesus Aluminium Bumper S6
Other Bumpers:
Spigen Neo Hybrid Bumper - Polycarbonate
Assortment of Cases/Bumpers from Case Fanatic
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Pure+ said:
I keep seeing people posting "bumper" cases, but it seems that they don't understand what a bumper Case is our the company they bought from doesn't.... rusher way I'm looking for an actual aluminum bumper for my s6. Bumper meaning no back what so ever. Only edge protection.
Ps. I have the versus iron shield bumper and while it is very nice I would highly recommend it, it's bumper bit large for my taste. Looking for something slimmer.
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The only other place i can think of is casefanatic.com,
bumpers category: http://www.casefanatic.com/samsung/galaxy-s6/bumper-galaxy-s6/
but they ship most of em from china so unless you choose fast shipping then it'll take a couple weeks to get to you. But they have a large selection of cases for the s6 including about 3-5 bumper cases.

I have a Verus Aluminum bumper. Spigen has an identical one, but with black rubber instead of clear. And there are plenty more out there.
I am, however, now looking for an all plastic/rubber case that isn't ugly as the aluminum completely kills signal. I lose about 40 dBm of signal (full 5 bars to 1bar/no signal) as soon as I put the aluminum bumper on.
My phone with Verus aluminum bumper:
Edit: Sorry, I missed your "P.S.", I read the top part and thought the rest was part of your sig. That said, anything "smaller/thinner" than something like the Verus won't protect the camera on the back. I'd personally rather have another mm of thickness and not be laying the phone down on the camera.

Any aluminum bumper will degrade signal and wifi,it happens on the spigens, obliqs, or just about any metal band. I had the spigen and noticed it.

nflwideout86 said:
The only other place i can think of is casefanatic.com,
bumpers category: http://www.casefanatic.com/samsung/galaxy-s6/bumper-galaxy-s6/
but they ship most of em from china so unless you choose fast shipping then it'll take a couple weeks to get to you. But they have a large selection of cases for the s6 including about 3-5 bumper cases.
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Cool, I'll check it out. THanks :good:
DevonSloan said:
I have a Verus Aluminum bumper. Spigen has an identical one, but with black rubber instead of clear. And there are plenty more out there.
I am, however, now looking for an all plastic/rubber case that isn't ugly as the aluminum completely kills signal. I lose about 40 dBm of signal (full 5 bars to 1bar/no signal) as soon as I put the aluminum bumper on.
My phone with Verus aluminum bumper:
Edit: Sorry, I missed your "P.S.", I read the top part and thought the rest was part of your sig. That said, anything "smaller/thinner" than something like the Verus won't protect the camera on the back. I'd personally rather have another mm of thickness and not be laying the phone down on the camera.
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Yeah I like the Verus and it's a great case. It's just so think... I love how they damn near perfectly mimicked the edges of the s6. I haven't had any issues with signal degradation though. Kind of odd that you are, the silicon buffer is supposed to make it so that doesn't happen. Very odd indeed.
Oh and I am going to edit the OP to ask for all bumper case suggestions so that those who aren't looking for an aluminum option have somewhere to look as well. :good:

I ordered the backless spigen silver satin bumper case ، sooooo elegant
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ashouhdy said:
I ordered the backless spigen silver satin bumper case ، sooooo elegant
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Yeah I did the same. Gonna get it tomorrow, so....
I had it for the S5 and love it

ashouhdy said:
I ordered the backless spigen silver satin bumper case ، sooooo elegant
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reverepats said:
Yeah I did the same. Gonna get it tomorrow, so....
I had it for the S5 and love it
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I would've as well but it's not aluminium which for me personally is a must. Also I fear an aluminium version would suffer from the same size issue as the Verus.
If you both would post pics when you get them I'd like to compare it to the Verus for size. Obviously a picture isn't the best way to do it, but it's better than nothing.
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DevonSloan said:
I have a Verus Aluminum bumper. Spigen has an identical one, but with black rubber instead of clear. And there are plenty more out there.
I am, however, now looking for an all plastic/rubber case that isn't ugly as the aluminum completely kills signal. I lose about 40 dBm of signal (full 5 bars to 1bar/no signal) as soon as I put the aluminum bumper on.
My phone with Verus aluminum bumper:
Edit: Sorry, I missed your "P.S.", I read the top part and thought the rest was part of your sig. That said, anything "smaller/thinner" than something like the Verus won't protect the camera on the back. I'd personally rather have another mm of thickness and not be laying the phone down on the camera.
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Have you tried taking your Verus off? I can't get mine to come off. It's unbelievably tight.
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ipaq_101 said:
Any aluminum bumper will degrade signal and wifi,it happens on the spigens, obliqs, or just about any metal band. I had the spigen and noticed it.
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i hate to admit it but you are absolutely right. I just got this bumber and love how sleek it is, i prefer it over my neo hydrid ex. But after seeing your comment and testing it out there's a huge difference in signal strength. With the metal bumber i get -113/114 dBm with 26 asu compared to the neo hybrid with -105dBm with 34 asu. i always thought it was just those cases with the metal backing that effected signal but just the bumper is enough to make a significant difference.

Pure+ said:
Have you tried taking your Verus off? I can't get mine to come off. It's unbelievably tight.
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I had a really hard time putting it on the first time, and then trying to take it off the first time, I thought it was now a permanent fixture. I was really afraid I was going to break the phone from the pressure. Once I finally got it off, I couldn't get the Iron Shield case on. (The bumper is printed "Iron Shield", but it's actually "Iron Bumper" - they just use the same bumper piece for both.) I've now taken each off a couple times, and the rubber is getting more flexible now.
But yes, it will come off with some SERIOUS effort - just be careful. I have no helpful tips other than "keep trying".

I have both the verus aluminum and the spider plastic bumpers. I like the spigen one, but honestly I didn't feel like it was very protective. It just felt flimsy. The verus felt better in the had, but made the phone too wide, and also the headphones jack was super slim. I ended up taking a drill and widening it so my headphones will fit.
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I had to break the Verus bumper to get it off. I will be demanding a refund.
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I don't understand why everyone says the verus is hard to take off. It's tight, but not difficult. I usually start at the top and push the bumper back while moving the phone and rubber part forward.
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eep02b said:
I don't understand why everyone says the verus is hard to take off. It's tight, but not difficult. I usually start at the top and push the bumper back while moving the phone and rubber part forward.
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The first time I tried to take it off, it very much felt like the phone was going to break well before the case came off.
For those having issues, what finally became a good method for me was to use a thicker (terry cloth type) microfiber cloth to get a decent grip on the top/right corner, from the front pushing the corner off to the back, and just slowly, with steady/firm pressure, push the case back. Trying to quickly force it off did nothing, but a slow firm pressure did it. Then once that slid off, repeat at the top left corner, with will come more easily.
Another issue for me with the aluminum bumpers is that I dont want it to come free of the rubber and then scratch the glass (unlikely) or the phone's aluminum edge (far more likely).

I picked up a "Xuenair" branded silver aluminium bumper from eBay. It looks great, the buttons feel good, and the cutouts are perfect. Unfortunately though, it kills my GPS. Interesting enough, the cellular signal only degrades by 2-4 dbm at home.
I do use GPS quite often though.. so eBay refund process I go.

asdfvtn said:
I picked up a "Xuenair" branded silver aluminium bumper from eBay. ... ...
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Does that bumper have anything to keep the camera off of a table surface when setting it down? (I assume you got the thin bare metal one that latches on.)

DevonSloan said:
Does that bumper have anything to keep the camera off of a table surface when setting it down? (I assume you got the thin bare metal one that latches on.)
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I do indeed have the thin metal one with a latch on the bottom right corner. To answer your question though, no, my camera unfortunately still remains in contact with the surface when it's laying down. I'm not too concerned about it since I have a tiny PET film lens protector, but it definitely could scratch the paint still.

Got it ! Very Elegant !

Nice looking case, thoughts?

Hello,
I've come across this case on ebay, which is a bumper + gorilla glass back cover from what I understand.
~I can't post external links because of my post meter, so just search ebay for "Luphie Metal Bumper Gorilla Glass Cover Slim Case for Samsung Galaxy S6 /S6 Edge".
It looks amazing imo, wondering if anyone know anything about that case.
It pretty much preserves the original looks of the phone which I love, I wonder if it does protect it in case it falls though.

Metal bumpers will kill your GPS completely and (slightly) decrease your cellular signal when it's on.
I don't have this one, but I bought a different metal bumper.

I would love to hear from someone with actual experience with this case if the above statements are true. This is a pretty sweet looking case!

The Rhino Shield will do that for you ~ They have pretty high protection (4 meters free fall!) without any bulk.
You can find here: http://www.evolutivelabs.com/collections/rhino-shield-products-for-samsung-galaxy-s6
Its pre-order but they ship this week

Yes, but the RhinoShiels isn't as pretty! I still wonder about the real world use of this one.

I ordered the case the OP is referring to. I will make a thread when it arrives.

looks great, keep us posted, bro.
BTW, I have a metal bumper case, and it works well.

asdfvtn said:
Metal bumpers will kill your GPS completely and (slightly) decrease your cellular signal when it's on.
I don't have this one, but I bought a different metal bumper.
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I can completely verify this. I have a Verus Iron Shield case and while it's a premium feeling case, my GPS signal is **** and I'm REALLY noticing the signal loss problems. I'm actually in the market to find a replacement case because the issue is so bad.

DextarRogue said:
I can completely verify this. I have a Verus Iron Shield case and while it's a premium feeling case, my GPS signal is **** and I'm REALLY noticing the signal loss problems. I'm actually in the market to find a replacement case because the issue is so bad.
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Bummer! I have the spigen neo hybrid, and it's very similar to the verus in looks, but doesn't kill the signal. The "bumper" around the edge is plastic.

TheAtheistReverend said:
Bummer! I have the spigen neo hybrid, and it's very similar to the verus in looks, but doesn't kill the signal. The "bumper" around the edge is plastic.
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I had the metal neo hybrid and it did kill the signal. Not worth it.

ipaq_101 said:
I had the metal neo hybrid and it did kill the signal. Not worth it.
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I assume that's why they're making plastic now.

TheAtheistReverend said:
I assume that's why they're making plastic now.
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No they have two different products, the metal one and plastic. I have both.

Anyone has any feedback yet?

I got one of those metal bumpers for the edge. They are super nice quality. Will impact signal slightly. They look epic but are very sharp, literally. Didn't feel comfortable, but it was also the edge phone so our could have been that too.

Aluminum bumper + reception

I've had an aluminum bumper for about a month now. Noticed that my reception started getting very spotty (frequent lte/hspa drops). Called tmo several times to no avail. Finally it hit me... Took it off and reception quality has been much better since. It also improved print reader accuracy as well.
Anyone else noticed this?

I haven't used an aluminum bumper on this phone. When I had the g3 i read a couple of reviews about metal case affecting the reception of the phone.

Robert235 said:
I haven't used an aluminum bumper on this phone. When I had the g3 i read a couple of reviews about metal case affecting the reception of the phone.
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I had the same bumper on g4 and haven't really noticed it with that phone.

Experience wanted: metal bumper

Hello, everyone!
I found this nice looking metal bumper on eBay:
http://m.ebay.com/itm/281901716741?_mwBanner=1
Does anyone have any experiences with it? Does it fit well?
If nobody have this bumper: What do you think? Is there any chance that it'll scratch the edges of the 6P when installing? Regarding the back: Do you think it's a fingerprint magnet?
I would be happy about any thoughts of all kind you can share!
Thanks a lot and have a great day!

They definitely look interesting, however they look like fingerprint magnets, specially the silver one. If they're really made of smooth metal they may be very slippery and covering the phone's antennas with metal might cause signal problems.

Damn, almost worth $16 just to find out cuz the black one looks sick. Definitely probably a fingerprint magnet but looks slick af.

Read Reviews: http://www.amazon.com/JANDM-Fashion...&keywords=nexus+6p+metal+case#customerReviews

I don't have that same one, but I had an aluminum bumper on my 6P and it really decreased my signal strength. Also made my GPS unusable in the car (always dropping my location). But man, did it look sweet combined with my dbrand skin.

alvin545 said:
I don't have that same one, but I had an aluminum bumper on my 6P and it really decreased my signal strength. Also made my GPS unusable in the car (always dropping my location). But man, did it look sweet combined with my dbrand skin.
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Same issue.
I had a similar bumper. No issues with scratching but was just horrible for signal.
On Mine I had back covered with di-noc 3M carbon fiber vinyl. Looked sweet, but nonfunctional.

tech_head said:
Same issue.
I had a similar bumper. No issues with scratching but was just horrible for signal.
On Mine I had back covered with di-noc 3M carbon fiber vinyl. Looked sweet, but nonfunctional.
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Had a somewhat similar case with my old Note 4. The case had a metal bumper and a glass back, absolutely stunning and didn't scratched my phone. It did, however, reduced my wifi and cell signal to unusable level, and made my GPS virtually non-functional. OP, stay away from metal bumper or cases, at least those that physically touch the phone.
On an unrelated note, I truly hope that spigen would introduce their metal neo hybrid series for our 6P. Had one with my note 4, that was truly a looker. Sleek black TPU case with textured back, surrounded by an almost visually orgasmic metal bumper that never touches the phone, preventing any signal loss.