Lifeproof FRĒ SERIES Waterproof Case for iPhone 8 & 7 (ONLY) – Retail Packaging – CHAKRA (ROSE/FUSION CORAL/ROYAL LILAC)

Do you have tiny minions in your home that drop your phone in the toilet? Are you known for your history of smashing, cracking or otherwise destroying your phone despite your spouses eye rolls and huffs of frustration? Do you work on a construction site and regularly place your phone between heavy objects and open cups of coffee? THIS IS THE CASE FOR YOU MY FRIEND!

Between the sticky-banana hands of children and my partner’s best efforts at “bone head moves”, these cases are the only thing that prevent me from shelling out thousands of dollars on new phones every year. I kept my previous iPhone in one for over two years, returned to the provider in perfect condition. Partner works in a dusty construction environment and is generally terrible with expensive things – after a series of broken phones, I demanded a LifeProof case on the next one. It survived for two years under his care and came out perfectly – this may not be an accomplishment to some but for us this is going in the scrapbook. Highlights, folks, highlights:

– Slim profile, not as chunky as Otterbox cases and can fit in my pocket
– Truly waterproof if installed correctly (the toddlers have tested)
– Annoying headphone jack screw thing from previous version is gone, was necessary for waterproofing but thankful it’s no longer necessary
– Can survive serious rough housing (dropped off roof onto cement… yeah, this is my life)
– If you have issues with muffling sound/microphone, go to your Settings-General-Accessibility and turn off your noise cancellation setting as indicated in the instructions

All this on top of an AMAZING warranty. We bought this exact case for a new phone and the corner didn’t snap all the way shut. I pushed and pushed, took it off, put it back on, just wouldn’t do the thing. One 3 minute form on their website and a small shipping fee later, a replacement case was provided with no questions asked, no photos necessary, no return of original needed. Easy as pie. Consider us lifetime customers, worth every penny plus some.

PRO TIP: For muffling and issues with sound, go to your Settings / General / Accessibility and then turn off the Phone Noise Cancellation. As indicated on their website, this feature needs to be turned off for the sound to work properly in these phones.

I’ll start this by saying that this is my third lifeproof case. The first two were alright. Broke away over time but not unexpected. Wasn’t super happy with them but not upset and it’s slimmer than the otter box which I liked.

I got this case and it’s garbage. First, when you open the case to put the phone on there’s some stupid gel string that goes around the back of the case that easily falls out and has trouble staying put when trying to put it back in. Eventually you will get it so that you can put your phone in. Minor inconvenience but nothing game changing.

What is game changing is the case was not reacting with the bottom third of my phone multiple times a day. I’d be typing and no reacting. Playing a game. No reaction. Then it would start working. I took the case off(the string came out of course) and tested my phone without the case and my phone is working fine.

This is where the 1 rating comes from…I called lifeproof customer service and the rep informed me that he had talked to someone 10 minutes before with the same problem. Apparently the first batch of this case had a defect and they were going to send me a replacement.

Perfect. Problem with case. They acknowledge and replace. Happy customer right? WRONG. They then say they are charging me $6 for shipping. WHAT?? Now whatever. 6 bucks is 6 bucks. I’m not worried about the money but how are you going to charge me for a replacement to a case that you admit is faulty. A case that isn’t exactly cheap. Immediately hung up the phone with them and started a return process for free. Never again will I ever get a lifeproof case. I would have likely been a customer for life(I’ve only bought otterbox or lifeproof for my last 3 phones) and now since they are unfortunately the same company I will never buy either again. Lost a customer for life over $6 when they admit their product was bad.

I can’t register the case with LifeProof since there’s no serial number on the inside. This makes me question whether or not it’s a “true” and authentic LifeProof product

If you have iPhone 8 buy the Lifeproof Case for the 7 it fits the same and half the price shame on life proof for jacking the price!

Normally I don’t review things I order. However, this morning I managed to spill an entire medium cup of coffee, pretty much directly on my phone. When I dried off the case and went to check it, the phone was 100% dry! I can now say I completely stand by this product. It’s one thing testing it in water (as recommended by the directions that come with it; before you use it), but another thing “testing” it in real life. Holy smokes, what a relief. Thank you Lifeproof!!!

This was a counterfeit case. I returned it.

I will never own another type of case for my iPhone. The only reason I had to purchase a new case was because I switched to a different phone and the old case didn’t fit. I have dropped my case in the spa, and no water entered the case even though it took me a couple of minutes to find the phone. Bought my daughter the same case and she dropped hers in the arena, her horse stepped on it and nothing happened to the phone. While cases tend to have issues with the charging port flap breaking off over time, Lifeproof will send you a new case and charge you only for shipping. All I can say is Lifeproof has my business for life.