They try to make up for it with the tighter more oily rubber soft shell

The grey outer shell has lost its integrity and is bubbling in spots

After 2 years the hard plastic shell of the defender had cracks

The plastic hard shell is made with a thinner more brittle plastic

The protective shell for the "Otterbox Defender series radically changes the angle in which you must use to place your finger

As long as you have your warranty number (which is imbossible to lose, it's the number on the white sticker inside the hard plastic shell), take advantage of the otterbox warranty

Now it only hugs the sides of the otterbox shell tightly

The hard plastic shell does prevent use of the fingerprint scanner, but I don't really miss it

Hard shell has crack in the upper left corner with under one year of use.

After only a few months the rubberized backing was loose fitting around the harder, inner shell.

Came with one side of the outside rubber case pulling away from the hard plastic inner shell

The closure of the hard shell is a bitch

Protects the phone from drops well by utilizing a rubber outer case surrounding a hard plastic inner shell but: makes the outside very bulky.

Outstanding protection for my expensive S-5