Well as expected, I received my Seidio Innocase II Surface Combo for the Sprint Hero today and I thought I'd share my impressions and some photos with you. I'll compare it to the Body Glove Rubberized Hard Case that I purchased from the Sprint store when I bought my Hero.
As the photos will show, the Innocase adds almost no bulk to the phone. It's molded out of a thin hard plastic material with an outer surface which isn't slippery but isn't rubbery feeling either. The material is less than half the thickness of the Body Glove case and it fits the phone like a coat of paint.
The Innocase splits in half quite differently than the Body Glove case and one of my first concerns was how hard it would be to get the case off to get at the battery and SD card. Thankfully, a light press on the locking tab is all it takes and the two case halves slide right apart. That said, the two halves of the case fit the phone so well that the locking tab was probably unnecessary, but it's nice to have it there anyway.
I bought the Combo so I also got the Spring Clip Holster which is made to fit the Hero with the Innocase installed. Like the Innocase, the form and fit is superb. The spring clip can easily be locked so that the phone can't be removed, but the clip in it's unlocked condition holds the phone quite securely.
The belt clip can be rotated so the phone can be worn both vertically and horizontally on both the right and left side. As you rotate the clip, it clicks through several detents so the phone can also be worn at several angles between vertical and horizontal as well. In the short time that I've had it, I've favored wearing it on my right side at a 45
As the photos will show, the Innocase adds almost no bulk to the phone. It's molded out of a thin hard plastic material with an outer surface which isn't slippery but isn't rubbery feeling either. The material is less than half the thickness of the Body Glove case and it fits the phone like a coat of paint.
The Innocase splits in half quite differently than the Body Glove case and one of my first concerns was how hard it would be to get the case off to get at the battery and SD card. Thankfully, a light press on the locking tab is all it takes and the two case halves slide right apart. That said, the two halves of the case fit the phone so well that the locking tab was probably unnecessary, but it's nice to have it there anyway.
I bought the Combo so I also got the Spring Clip Holster which is made to fit the Hero with the Innocase installed. Like the Innocase, the form and fit is superb. The spring clip can easily be locked so that the phone can't be removed, but the clip in it's unlocked condition holds the phone quite securely.
The belt clip can be rotated so the phone can be worn both vertically and horizontally on both the right and left side. As you rotate the clip, it clicks through several detents so the phone can also be worn at several angles between vertical and horizontal as well. In the short time that I've had it, I've favored wearing it on my right side at a 45
Perhaps the most notable fact is the phone is almost a full quarter inch thicker in the Body Glove than bare, and that's what it felt like in my pocket and hand.
