review: idox Traveler Series

The idox Traveler Series isn’t your typical iPhone case. In fact its heavy hard plastic body suggests that it’s less of a “case” than a travel storage device for your iPhone. It dutifully covers your iPhone’s entire front, back and sides in such a way that you wouldn’t hesitate to toss it into your bag, even if the evil baggage handlers are going to do their thing to your luggage. But that only tells half the idox’s story.

The side-hinged idox swings open to about 300 degrees and doubles as an iPhone stand, the nice part being that since the iPhone is already snapped into the idox, all you have to do is unhinge it, flip it open, and set it down, and you’re instantly watching a movie on your iPhone while trapped on an airplane (despite the substantial nature of the product, you should have no trouble slipping it into your pocket).

So what’s not to like? It’s not the easiest case to open, as I had to put a minor amount of effort into doing so, but I can live with that as a tradeoff for it not easily opening by accident even during strenuous travel. What makes less sense for a heavy duty case is the fact that the iPhone’s top and bottom surfaces are exposed when closed inside the idox – which leaves both the iPhone’s ports exposed. Why the company didn’t just extend the plastic an extra fraction of an inch to protect the iPhone fully, I have no idea. The final concern, which will matter to some of you but not others, is that you can‘t use it as an upright stand, only horizontal, which in fairness is the way all iPhone video is oriented anyway.

But that aside, this is a sturdy product that offers a much better chance of keeping your iPhone in one piece during heavy travel than a typical case would. Comes in a choice of black, platinum (silver), and pink. Also available for iPod touch and nano.

Learn more about the Traveler Series at idox360.com