Macally Protective Snap-On Case and Stand for iPhone 4: review

July 21, 2010 by Christine Chan

The iPhone 4′s Retina Display provides a much more enjoyable experience for all your videos, but who would want to hold the phone the entire time? Well, there’s a case for that. The Macally snap-on case & stand provides a simple, barely there case that also has a kickstand, like the HTC EVO 4G on Sprint.

The kickstand is pretty stable and stiff, so you can easily use it to display your iPhone 4 on a flat surface and kick back and watch videos on it or display photos. You’ll need to have nails or small fingers to get the kickstand out, since it’s pretty firm and flat. There isn’t much else to do with this, though.

Getting the case on is pretty simple – just insert your phone in to the corner enclosures and you’re set. However, getting it out requires a little more work, which I found to be a hassle.

While this case is marked as ‘protective’, I have to question how they find such a case ‘protective’. The only thing it would protect is the back, but it leaves the entire front completely vulnerable. There is nothing to protect the sides of the phone as well as the front glass. If the phone is dropped with this on, I would doubt that it would survive unscathed, or at least half of it. I suppose if you’re not going to use your phone besides watching videos and stuff with the kickstand, you wouldn’t need to worry about the little protection this case offers.

The kickstand aspect is neat, though.

rating: 2 out of 5 stars • Macally.com