DROPPING your iPhone and cracking the screen is one of the few things in life that can lead to a combination of profanities that would shock your mother.
This means iPhone users are always looking for a solution to protect their displays.
Luckily, an Aussie lifestyle brand has come to the rescue.
Available exclusively across Australia and New Zealand, EFM has created a number of smartphone cases injected with impact protection materials from UK-based developer D30.
The materials feature a patented technology that offers enhanced shock absorption and impact protection based on non-Newtonian principles.
“In standard conditions, the molecules flow freely allowing the material to remain soft and flexible, but on impact, they lock together to absorb impact energy and reduce the force transmitted. The molecules instantly return to their flexible state,” EFM wrote.
“The raw material is strain rate sensitive which means the stronger the impact, the more the molecules react, and the better the protection.”
Shipping for the iPhone 6S and 6S Plus, the cases come in two models and is available in orange, jet black, mint, violet, navy and slate
The EFM Aspen is a standard case, while the EFM Monaco features a flip cover with a secure magnetic latch to protect your screen, plus an interior shell made with the D3O impact protection material to provide superior impact resistance.
In order to put the technology to the test, we recently got to play with some of the D30 impact protection putty and some of the EFM phone cases.
As you can see from the video at the top of this story, we got some mixed results from the products.
Applying the gel to a light bulb and watch face didn’t offer the best protection, although a snow globe was able to survive the onslaught.
Admittedly, we were giving the items a fair beating with a hammer and it did take much longer for them to break than if we were to hit them without the protective material.
However, the real question was whether the EFM phone cases would protect an iPhone.
Before release all EFM cases undergo a lab-controlled drop test, which involves dropping the phone with the case on from a height of one metre, then measuring the amount of force produced when the case hits the bottom.
Essentially, the lower the case’s impact force, the higher its impact resistance.
On a scale of one to 10, EFM claims it cases scored a nine for impact protection.
To test this we mimicked the test by dropping some iPhones from one metre high to see what would happen and lo and behold, the cases seem to live up to their promise.
After multiple drops, the iPhones were free from damage and worked perfectly.
So if you’re looking for one of the best protective iPhone cases on the market, it’s hard not to recommended this product.
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