Red version I'd give a 3 as it's hard plastic and the red finish wears off quickly

Just flimsy plastic

Thin plastic will protect phone from minor scrapes or drops.

For the second, the thin plastic cracked by the rear camera.

I like the smooth plastic finish

The case also came with a clear plastic sticker to put over the Apple logo to protect it since there is an opening in the back

It's made of smooth hard plastic and is more likely to slip out of my hand than the bare phone itself

It has a hard plastic feel (no softness), and I like it

It's a hard, glossy plastic, provides no grip at all

I know it's cheap plastic, but come one, I expected it to last a little longer.

Cheap plastic

It's more of a hard plastic with a soft rubber coating, so I expect a little less protection than a rubber case if I drop it, but it's worked fine so far on the one occasion I dropped my phone on wood floor.

Look elsewhere on this one... the pictures do not represent it for the cheap plastic it truly

The hard plastic material also means that it doesn't pull my pocket inside-out when I remove my phone from my pocket, like most silicone cases do

Don't waste your money on this cheap plastic product.

I think it was made out of sturdier stuff too, this is very cheap plastic

It's made of extremely thin, hard plastic that absorbs little to no shock from impact

It's made of cheap plastic and broke the first time I dropped my

It is made of hard but thin plastic.

This is a really thin piece of cheap plastic

Cheap paint on a piece of cheap plastic

It's made of smooth hard plastic and is more likely to slip out of my hand than the bare phone itself

Better than nothing, but plastic is too brittle it seems.

The Speck case is hard plastic with a narrow rubberized border, the edge of which got all chewed up from rubbing against the zipper of my pockets when I went running.

For my first one, the thin plastic cracked by the volume buttons.

but it wasn't as much of a soft rubber/plastic

Prefer the rubberized black version instead of this Gold slick slipery painted plastic version of this one.

I've loved this case -- strong, minimalist, hard plastic, and actually protects phone, UNTIL it wears & breaks

It's hard plastic without a shiny finish, holds close to the phone, and is super thin

(That case was soft plastic, but it still interfered with pushing the button.)The funny thing is that I never dropped my iPhone until a couple of weeks after I got this Ringke case

the plastic gets flimsy

The plastic is too flimsy to withstand normal use.

Cheap plastic garbage... not worth more than a few dollars

Looks great at first, but after a few months of use, it fractures, and then the cracks run through this harder plastic.

The Ringke has a design defect--the plastic is too weak!

but this case is made from the cheapest plastic imaginable

Very hard brittle plastic and so smooth as to be uncomfortable to the touch

This cover was just a piece of cheap plastic.

I received the item and it worked fine for a while, but eventually the plastic by the volume buttons broke and is snagging my clothes now.

The plastic is sturdy and all of the openings for the cameras, microphone and speakers are exactly measured.

But the brittle plastic is unacceptable

I am not sure this is entirely the cases fault, but the case could have prevented it if there was a softer material in between the hard plastic and the metal.

It was more of a hard plastic and when I dropped my phone at work it cracked the corner of the case

The sides where the plastic is the thinnest broke within a month.

(That case was soft plastic, but it still interfered with pushing the button.)The funny thing is that I never dropped my iPhone until a couple of weeks after I got this Ringke case

iPhone screen cracked as if there was no cover on iPhone 5

If you can somehow handle your iPhone and this case very carefully then the case will protect against scratches and dings as it should (and feel great doing it.)

It's not really protection as much as it is just a fashion statement.

My only complain is the top part of the phone is not protected a

I finally ended up breaking the case, but wasn't disapointed that it had protected my iphone as well as it did and as long as it did.

This thing lasted about a year and then died a long, slow death as it broke apart little by little

I do not recommend if someone is looking for a quality product as it fails to protect itself

n’t recommend the latter), but the poorly designed shape means you’ll be lucky if the case itself survives a few drops without breaking at the weak points.

To bad I really liked how thin it was.