[Ben]

Seriously, do Apple really think customers buying this extremely expensive and luxurious device are going to be happy wrapping it in something that I can only equate to tupperware? What prat thought these flimsy pieces of plastic and rubber were a good idea?

I thought it'd be a better fit and all rubber (or some rubber-like magic Apple material, like the iPad case). It's actually pretty nasty and makes the stunning iPhone 4 look thoroughly ordinary.

If I'd paid £25 for one of these, which I almost did but deleted it from my order due to shipping delays, I'd most definitely be wanting a refund.

Yuck. I'll keep it on as long as I can bear it as punishment for breaking the first phone.

[@NickyColman]

I'm not so keen on mine either.

It looks 'nice' as far as cases are concerned. But it just makes the slim iPhone 4 feel huge, like a 3GS with a case on.

I *may* use it at work so I can lay it on my desk, but mostly due to the fact no dock can fit it, iPhone will be lying flat out on its back most of the day.

[Ben]

iPhone will be lying flat out on its back most of the day.
Alright for some, ey?

I also like the fact that it keeps the iPhone off the desk. But Apple have succeeded in making their own extraordinary phone look so completely ordinary, I just can't fathom why The Steve allowed it.

And as for price - a fiver, surely!

[@NickyColman]

The price was wack like! Its Apple's premium pricing going too far.

Its a shame they chose to only allow the black version of the Bumper. I dont think it would be so bad if it was a funky colour. But black creates the feeling the phone is bigger than it actually is.

[Ben]

Hmm yeah I'd have preferred a blue one.

The volume rocker is sooo recessed now, fiddly as hell. Engineering a better solution for that clearly couldn't be justified in the £25 price tag!

[@NickyColman]

Well, just got in from my first full day with a Bumper on iPhone. Still not that impressed.

The Bumper makes the iPhone chunky and feel cheaper. Yeah, its great being able to lay iPhone flat out on a desk or propped up against a keyboard, but the hassle of pulling the rubber from my pocket (ooerrr o_O) is just annoying.

I dont think Bumper and iPhone will be playing with each other anymore.

[MrBriz]

I actually like my bumper... but for one reason only..... it protects my phone :D

I've dropped it twice now (I'm a bit cluimsy!) and both times the bumper has been dented, but the phone has come away unscathed. I dread to think what would have happend to the phone sans bumper.

At first I wasn't a fan of it, yes it makes the phone feel a little more chunky, but I've actually gotten used to this, and now the phone feels strange without one.

Each to their own I guess.

[Ben]

They could've at least used a nicer material. Something thinner and made from the iPad case material probably would have been nice...

Still got mine on, just about. Hate it... lessons will be learnt.