Does anyone use Otterbox Defender case for Pro 12.9?
My husband has the otter box for his 1st Gen 12.9 ipad pro. The original ipad was almost 2 years old and was replaced last month at no added cost by apple care due to the white spot on the screen issue. When we took it out of the otterbox it looked brand new. The ipad was used extensively and traveled often. He’s a musician and it contains all his music charts and is used instead of paper sheet music and stand - as well as a media device, production, etc. kudos to otterbox for making such a solid case and props to apple for a painless replacement. The circle on the back that displays the apple logo? Meh. Its about the function.
Edit: to clarify, after two years, no scar
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I found an offering at a reasonable price for this case.
I personally love Otterbox, considering how many times it has saved my phone from my careless drops.
But I am little bit concerned of some things.
First thing is, its design where its rear there is a circle hole to expose that Apple logo.
I personally don't really like it because that's not cool at all to me and it just ruins its union.
(Case is black and space gray is too bright... I can see that Apple logo, so what?)
But that design preference aside, I have a bad experience from some case similar.
https://i.redd.it/vxej8qz485u21.jpg
This red case is the one I have used for my Air 2. I bought it from a kiosk at shopping mall. I chose it because it is rotatable and I can switch portrait and landscape mode as I want. But not only it got worn out inside & outside very quickly, its round plastic part that contacts with my iPad left a circle shaped scar around the rear Apple logo. In the real look the scar is more obvious than the picture that I took and especially the left side there is a really big one. I was cleaning the iPad and that happened.
You can see that circle around the logo. One even bigger scar is in the bottom left side.
This iPad was really in a great condition so it really sucks to look at that part every time. and I watched the Otterbox video at Youtube, and it has the same hole for that stupid Apple logo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYmTM3P4WLs
At least it looks soft and cozy but I don't know... Has anyone used this case and never suffered that circle shaped scar? I want to know that...
Another concern is its weight. I googled and found it weighs 792g! whereas the iPad Pro 2nd gen itself is 677g/692g(LTE). So this case is even heavier than the device itself, making the whole chunk more than double. Without a attached keyboard it is already quite heavier than many ultrabooks. Sure, it looks super sturdy and totally drop-proof in normal life. But that said, is it worth taking the weight??
Thanks for sharing your experience in advance!
My husband has the otter box for his 1st Gen 12.9 ipad pro. The original ipad was almost 2 years old and was replaced last month at no added cost by apple care due to the white spot on the screen issue. When we took it out of the otterbox it looked brand new. The ipad was used extensively and traveled often. He’s a musician and it contains all his music charts and is used instead of paper sheet music and stand - as well as a media device, production, etc. kudos to otterbox for making such a solid case and props to apple for a painless replacement. The circle on the back that displays the apple logo? Meh. Its about the function.
Edit: to clarify, after two years, no scar
I use my otter box an absolutely love mine. My mom got me that case because those are the only ones she’ll buy me (also have one on my phone). I have never dropped my iPad but I drop my phone on a regular basis and I never have panic if it cracked or not because I know it didn’t.
I’ve owned this case for only a few weeks and I noticed the top of the case was starting to separate from the iPad. And this photo shows just how much it’s warped in an air conditioned home where I use my iPad on a couch. The same warping issue has happened on my iPhone case as well. I’m never buying otterbox again!
I decided to buy the Logitech combo touch instead.