Leather case or holster?

[Trached1]

Whats your preference?

[CEGiven]

Definitely the case. I'm a blundering fool and I continually knocked my old phone out onto floors, parking lots, and street corners (as did another co-worker). My old Samsung 8500 took many amazing beatings and yet it's still giving great service (My dad has it now, in a leather CASE).

From those lessons my new phone REQUIRED a leather case, especially since the 4900 is such a large phone. I bought a generic Belkin Universal Extra-Large case with magnetic snap. I can wear it either horizontally or vertically, so it doesn't catch on door jambs and wall corners nor jab me in the gut when I'm sitting. Either way, the 4900 hasn't been dropped yet -- a real concern since being a non-flip phone the glass display is always in jeopardy. Another reason why I had to have a case. Even if it never fell out of a holster, I was bound to scratch the dickens out of the screen by bumping into and brushing up against things. And I leave the case on even when I slip it in a pocket to keep car keys, pens, etc. from scratching it up.

[Trached1]

Cannot find the leather case anywhere for the 5300

[CableGuy]

I dropped my phone out of my pocket the very 1st day that I had it. The phone landed right on the screen; the screen got a huge crack in it. I had a leather case on order from eBay but it had not showed up yet. Sprint had mercy on me and let me get another. I keep it in the leather case now. I recently ordered a leather belt pouch with magnetic flap. It lets you carry the phone horizontally on your belt. I should get it in a couple of days - I'll let you know if it is a good thing or not.

CableGuy

[shear]

5300 leather case is great.
better than expected.
has nice very small detachable clip that allows phone to freely rotate.
plus all functions, ports, are avail with case on, incl charging, headset, camera, flash, etc.

the store on roosevelt blvd in philly has em

[Trached1]

Dropped mine today... bounced acouple times... thank God I had had the plastic over the outside screen. The biody is nicked a bit... please help me find the leather case.

[dalastone]

i had the plastic holster clip, but found a nice leather case at a local sprint store. fits really nice. worth a shot.

[phone123]

Radioshack has a real nice leather case for the 5300 it fits nice and looks really good, may be the same one the sprint store sell, Cat number for it is 17.827, call up any radioshack and just ask them to look that up they can tell you if they have it or not

[dolphin]

Craig - where did you get yours from? By the way, your site is great! It's the first place I go when I'm looking for good WAP sites or info. Thanks for your willingness to help out the community.

[JBird]

I like holsters for the simple fact the don't cover up the phone. But I like leather cases because they keep the phone from getting dings and scratches better. I'm getting a 5300 this week, I don't really know which way I'll go, probably a Holster if I can find one [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/img]

[mikejetli]

The leather case we carry at Radioshack is not the same as the Sprint one. The Sprint one has a nice hole for the camera with no plastic covering the lens and has plastic to cover the outer display. It also comes in two parts with the top being able to detach from the bottom flip.

The one we carry is nice cause of the removable belt clip but I hate the plastic that covers the lens.

-mike

[CEGiven]

Craig - where did you get yours from? By the way, your site is great! It's the first place I go when I'm looking for good WAP sites or info. Thanks for your willingness to help out the community.

I got mine at Staples (an office supply store). It was on the shelf, but I never could find it on Staples.com or Belkin's site. I even did a Google search on the part number. It doesn't exist on the web that I can see. But it definitely exists in the brick and mortar world.

I'm glad you enjoyed the site. It's not big, but I hope it's quality. I've been adding items every week, so keep coming back. This week was clips from Star Trek and links in the WAP portal. My weakest section is the images. I'm thinking of adding an sportsteam logos section and one of state flags next.

[FroBozz]

Originally posted by: Trached1
Dropped mine today... bounced acouple times... thank God I had had the plastic over the outside screen. The biody is nicked a bit... please help me find the leather case.

I got a Coach leather case from eBay. My only beef w/ it is that it doesn't really fir with the extended battery. Works great w/ the standard one though.

This thread talks about it:

http://www.wirelessadvisor.com/wafor...threadid=15650

Here's the guy that's selling 'em:

http://cgi6.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...sort=3&rows=25

- FroBozz

[Trached1]

Just an FYI .... I had purchased the Radio Shack leather case for my 5300. I really liked the way it fit although because the plastic covered the camera it caused the flash to reflect back into the lens. If you will have no cause to use the flash then I recommend it. Today, I was lucky to find one @ the Sprint Store and I like this one much better. It's 2 pieces and gives you easier access to changing the battery.


Ken

[rshaan]

i duno if yall saw my other post, but u can get a glow in the dark or clear plastic case for around ten bucks , http://www.wirelessadvisor.com/wafor...threadid=18129