PPCG Review: Innocase™ Surface – Black Touch Pro 2
Innocase™ Surface - Black Touch Pro 2
December 10, 2009 by tsowen, PPCGeeks
The Innocase offers great protection for your Touch Pro2
without a bulky feel to it.
Have you dropped your HTC Touch Pro2 yet? Well if you have or are prone to (eventually) dropping your Touch Pro2 and have been looking for a nice hardcase, well look no further Seido has now launched their Innocase Surface line for the Sprint and Verizon Touch Pro2. This week I have had the pleasure of testing out this case and I have to admit I love it. The Innocase adds a much-needed degree of "sturdiness" to the Touch Pro2's less-than-rock-solid build, and fully protects its from scratches and other aesthetic damage. However, there are a few design flaws mean which means the case is far from perfect.
My favorite thing about the Seido Innocase for the Touch Pro2 is the sturdy feeling it adds to the device and gives it a little bit more grip in your hands. The case is very thin measuring in at a slim 1mm, adding little bulk to your device. The case is made of polycarbonate plastic and features Seido’s signature soft touch coating which gives the case a nice smooth touch verses a slippery one. I did find that with the Innocase that my Touch Pro2 would no longer fit in my holster I had bought previously. However Seido does offer an Innocase holster which is sold separately for.
Overall the cutting of the case seem to match up almost perfect, the only thing I found negative about the cutting and fit of the Innocase was pressing the bottom buttons seemed to be a bit more awkward due to the fact that the case was right up against the edge of the buttons.
Another thing I found within the design of the Innocase is the battery cover piece covers up most of the speaker holes which makes the speaker not as loud as it use to be. It would have been nice to see Seido take a little more time in the design and match the speaker holes for both the Sprint and Verizon Touch Pro2.
The Innocase was very easy to install and only took a few seconds to pop both the front and back piece on. Functionally the Innocase does not take away from the sliding in/out of the keyboard. Overall I was very pleased with the Innocase and the protection it provides to my Touch Pro2.
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The speaker covering kills this….no buy
Pop off the battery cover and look where the speakers are at. They are right under the cutouts to either side of the camera. The case doesn’t cover teh speakers. All those other holes on the back of the TP2 case are simply asthetic.
I agree. The case does not cover the speakers at all. I have had this case for a few weeks now and I love it.
your actually pretty ignorant of facts here, despite people saying its “totally aesthetic” its not actually… it acts almost like a tuning fork, for example i ripped out the insert of my stock sprint battery cover… BIG MISTAKE, not only did it make the backing a little solid, but it ALSO killed the speaker audio for me, its a “bit” louder but it sounds totally RAW and horrible… i have since gorilla glued it back and while i did lose that audio boost id rather have decent sound rather then “muffled” or “raw” sound
(another example is on my Mogul i cut an area the size of a nickel for the huge speaker it has, sounds WAY louder but again, RAW)
Can the reviewer take off the case and see if the phone is scratched or marked up in anyway. When I had an Innocase for my Mogul it totally scratched up the phone. Thanks for the info!
@rlw – I am aware of where the actual speakers are at on the phone, however the sound still comes through the holes on the back up the phone not just the ones directly over the speakers. So yes the speakerphone is not as clear or loud with the case on the phone. If you look at the different GSM and CDMA Touch Pro2′s you will see that each one has a different speaker grill design, however all the grills extend beyond just the actual speakers themselves.
@diego_starr –
I currently have the case off of the phone and there are no noticable scratches to the device. The Innocase fits the Touch Pro2 pretty snug allowing for little to no room for the device to slighty move around with the Innocase on it. In the past I have heard where the design or cutout was not a perfect match up to the device which would cause the device to shift around resulting in the scratches.
Will this fit a TELUS TP2? The Sprint or the Verizon version?
id really like to see innocase and or sedieo make a case like this to fit the extended batterys they make… i mean, you make/sell extended batterys but no case for them?
MAKES PERFECT SENSE!
Fails. A friend already got this one, and on the first drop it busted the back cover off and damaged the phone, and also broke the case, so it no longer attaches. I don’t know about the sound issues, but I know it isn’t sturdy enough to be considered real protection.
I bought this case when Seidio first put it out (I had prior knowledge of the innocases because I bought one for my Touch Pro). I have to say that I love this case, and it doesn’t effect my sound quality for the speaker phone. Only complaint I have about it, it gets in the way of the numbers on the keypad when I tilt the phone all the way up. other than that, I love this case.
I don’t know if they have the extended backs, but I’m pretty sure they had it for the touch pros, so I’m sure they’ll come out with one for the tp2.
I personally own this case as well. The only complaint I have about this case is my Upper Left Front case lip continues to slip from the edge. I am also using the case with their TP2 Screen Protector.
@LilCozyFab – Update. I chatted with a Seidio rep online and they are sending me a replacement for my case.