Item as described - Bought this a while ago, and it failed recently...the weakest point of this case is where the volume and sound toggle is...it lasted nearly 8 months.

The rubber ridge comes just enough past the face of the phone that I think it would protect from a screen impact if dropped, which the whole point of a case is to protect the screen from cracking, so that's good

It makes sense, because the portion that broke looks like the weakest point (the tiny piece connecting around the headphone jack)

Also, the plastic around the power jack is sharp and irritates the hand when holding the phone in one hand and supporting the bottom of the phone with your pinkyGreat looking case but weak point make this case a poor value.

Weak point in design, broke by toggle switch

I've had it just over a month when the "aluminum" frame snapped at what is clearly the weakest point at the charging port

Looks fairly premium for a cheaper price point

Great product although weak point is by bottom ports on phone

So far so good, had the previous version and within a few weeks it broke at the weak point which was where the mute toggle was

A drop will likely break the bumper at one of those weak points

Besides this incident I like this model and the manufacturer improved the design reinforcing the weak points with more metallic surface

I like the case if it didn't break at a weak point.

I do enjoy the sturdy build, slimness, price point of this product

The hard plastic bumper has several weak points around the cutouts and will crack at some point.

The hard plastic is raised up at the edges in certain points, which I believe overtime become stressed at the weakest points, which is where the cutouts for the ports and vibrate toggle are.

One day the plastic frame cracked by itself at the weak point near the speaker.

However, the previous design was flawed and break in the fragile points of near the phone buttons

I've noticed that many negative reviews are related to this case's outer band, which appears to have several weak point and is prone to cracking

Love the redesign, much stronger around the weak points