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I wear my cell phone on a utility belt with all the other equipment I use at work. The phone gets alot of abuse and needed some heavy duty protection. This case fit the bill to a T! This is a 3 piece case. You place your phone in a hard shell case that snaps together. The front of the hard shell has a built in screen protector. Then you place the hard shell in a silicon/rubber cover which adds shock absorbant protection to the rear, sides, and the front edges. The sleep, home, and volume buttons are covered by the silicon/rubber shell but have molded buttons to maintain the functionality of those buttons. The head phone jack, mute button, and docking area have silicon/rubber tabs which cover them to prevent dust from entering. These tabs can be lifted as needed to access the aforementioned. I read a previous review where the buyer complained that the hole on the headphone jack did not line up with the hole on the tab covering it. It is not supposed to. The hole in that tab is for the built in microphone, not the headphone jack. I had a front and rear skin protector on my Verizon iPhone 4. I removed the screen protector, since I did not need it, but kept the rear protector in place for extra protection. The phone still fit nicely in the hard shell case. The exterior shell also provides a very good grip.

This is a SUBSTANTIAL case! Not one for the shirt pocket. It does come with its own belt clip which holds the phone securely. This is not the case for you if you are constantly taking your phone out of its case to use a docking station. It will not fit with the case on and I would imagine taking the phone in and out of THIS case would get old quick! I have a Bose Sound Dock. I purchased a docking cable extension so I could use it with my phone in the case. The extension will also charge the phone. I did, however, lose all remote control functions except for volume control. There is a YouTube video from Otterbox which demonstrates the installation of the case if you want to get an idea of the protection this case provides.

This is the best protective case I have found for my Verizon iPhone 4. I would recommend it to anyone. I plan to purchase a couple as gifts for my brother and cousin. If you have an iPhone and are not paying for the protection plan you probably want this case on your iPhone. Unless you have $750 laying around for a full retail replacement. I would not recommend cancelling the protection plan if you have one though. The company that makes this case makes no claim that it is water proof. Water is an iPhone killer. But every waterproof case I have seen for an iPhone looks like an IV bag! Not something you would want to carry around with you unless you are a pool cleaner.