It was fine for a while, but after another two months the other prong of the case (going around the vibrate switch) broke, making the hard plastic fall off

I've had multiple Spigen cases and this is the first where the thin pieces of the outer bumper around lightening connector and the mute switch broke within the first week

The first one was around the charging port which I accepted, then 3 days after the area covering the vibrate switch broke in half

Its not as great as you think.

One time I did get drunk one night and woke up the next morning and the buttons were missing off the side, still unclear as to how that happened.

The buttons are as fluid and smooth as if you are pressing the buttons of your actual phone.