Piece of Fabulous Friday – iPhone 4 Bumper

An article by Josie S.

I know I’ve been posting some really cool conceptual items for the pieces of fabulous, but this week I’m going to come back down to earth and feature something that you can actually go out and buy right now. This week’s piece of fabulous is – the iPhone 4 Bumper. I was inspired to write about this wonderful overpriced piece of plastic when I dropped my iPhone 4 for the first time today. Having heard about the reception issues the day before, on launch day I picked up a Bumper with my new iPhone 4. Since then the Bumper has hardly left the phone’s side, save for a couple of times I took it off to show people the beauty of the design of the phone itself. Now the only time I take the bumper off is when I’m in the car and I want to put my phone in my TomTom car kit. While it’s a pain to pop it on and off, I’ve gotten into the habit of taking off and putting on the Bumper whenever I get in and out of my car. Well I was in a hurry today and decided to skip putting the bumper back on when i got out of my car to run some errands. I was walking back to my car when I decided to whip out my phone to look something up, I guess I whipped it out too fast and, in slow motion, the phone began to slip from my fingers, it bobbled around in my hands as I tried to get a grip on it but alas, it dropped to the cement (causing a surprising sound of plastic hitting the ground – I was expecting a glass or metal-on-cement sound). After getting over my initial shock I picked up the phone and inspected it carefully. The damage was much less than I was expecting, the only areas that were scuffed where the edges of the hard plastic on the back corners of the phone. ”Hmm”, I thought, “right about where my bumper would have been”. And that, my friends is how the iPhone 4 Bumper became the Piece of Fabulous for the week. Yes, it’s overpriced but it provides the most crucial protection – to the sides and corners of the phone. Add in the fact that it mitigates the antenna issues and you have yourself a fabulous case. If you recently bought an iPhone 4 and don’t have a Bumper, don’t forget to order by September 30th and you’ll get it for free – thanks Steve!