"Our phones are like our clothes, every day we grab them and put them in our pockets or purses. When we don't have them we feel naked."
The iPhone is the biggest example of a "style" than any other phone and manufacturers of third party accessories have noticed.
iPhone accessories have become, in a sense, a fashion statement. And as we know with women's underwear, the smaller, the more expensive! The same seems to apply to accessories, being priced on design not materials or overall protection. But how do you add on to the already fashionable iPhone itself?
Celebrities and public figures carry around their phones with pride, adding that extra case to separate them from the others. But when you see Lady Gaga with a case called "Trim" on her phone, depending on finish, the price ranges between $3,000 and $4,500 in the US. brikk.com
So where does the average consumer go to get affordable accessories that will help to differentiate themselves from everyone else who has the same phone?EBAY.com!
First, you cannot just go to Ebay and search "awesome iPhone case", you will get a lot of crap, but if you search some of the more expensive manufacturers such as ElementVapor, and do your research, you can find the name of the case you like and then probably find an alternative from a chinese retailer on Ebay by searching the name.
This option by Element Case(left) is probably the most expensive at 159$, while its knockoff brand is 39$(right) tinyurl.com/3gbqzcy
So if you are just not complete without the perfect matching pink iPhone case that goes with your pink underwear and pink purse with your pink fluff dog inside, but you kinda over extended yourself dying the dog pink, well fear not, shop around just like you usually do, gawk and awe over the amazing case designs, then take a little trip down to Ebay and purchase what you want from Hong Kong, Korea, or China. (understand though, you will not get instant satisfaction here and will have to wait 10 days-4 weeks depending on shipping choices)
Remember this though, like Forever 21, sometimes you get what you pay for, and these accessories may not have the life span of the more expensive version. But hey at least you will be able to try out a few before you decide on that one special case to splurge on for longevity.
You may need to make one of those over the closet shoe holders for phone accessories to fit in our tiny overpriced apartments now... hmm wait a second.. COPYRIGHT!!! lol
The iPhone is the biggest example of a "style" than any other phone and manufacturers of third party accessories have noticed.
iPhone accessories have become, in a sense, a fashion statement. And as we know with women's underwear, the smaller, the more expensive! The same seems to apply to accessories, being priced on design not materials or overall protection. But how do you add on to the already fashionable iPhone itself?
Celebrities and public figures carry around their phones with pride, adding that extra case to separate them from the others. But when you see Lady Gaga with a case called "Trim" on her phone, depending on finish, the price ranges between $3,000 and $4,500 in the US. brikk.com
So where does the average consumer go to get affordable accessories that will help to differentiate themselves from everyone else who has the same phone?EBAY.com!
First, you cannot just go to Ebay and search "awesome iPhone case", you will get a lot of crap, but if you search some of the more expensive manufacturers such as ElementVapor, and do your research, you can find the name of the case you like and then probably find an alternative from a chinese retailer on Ebay by searching the name.
This option by Element Case(left) is probably the most expensive at 159$, while its knockoff brand is 39$(right) tinyurl.com/3gbqzcy
So if you are just not complete without the perfect matching pink iPhone case that goes with your pink underwear and pink purse with your pink fluff dog inside, but you kinda over extended yourself dying the dog pink, well fear not, shop around just like you usually do, gawk and awe over the amazing case designs, then take a little trip down to Ebay and purchase what you want from Hong Kong, Korea, or China. (understand though, you will not get instant satisfaction here and will have to wait 10 days-4 weeks depending on shipping choices)
Remember this though, like Forever 21, sometimes you get what you pay for, and these accessories may not have the life span of the more expensive version. But hey at least you will be able to try out a few before you decide on that one special case to splurge on for longevity.