I've been getting a lot of questions about iPhone cases lately, and most of them are regarding a common problem: flimsy latex cases keep phones slim, but God help you if your phone falls out of your pack, while big, tough plastic cases are bombproof but don't easily fit in a pocket.
What's the happy medium?
OtterBox has been my go-to company for electronics cases — I love its Defender case for my iPad — and two of its offerings, the Commuter ($29.95, available for a wide range of phones and PDAs) and the new Reflex ($44.95, available for iPhone 4, iPod Touch 4th gen, and Blackberry 8500/9300) cases both find a measure of slender protection. I've been testing the Commuter on my 3Gs and I've had a tester putting the Reflex for the iPhone 4 through its paces for the past few months. Here's what we found.
