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Now that the Pixel 9 series is out in the wild and people are beginning to get their phones in-hand, the next search begins: the perfect case. It's an overwhelming majority of phone users that employ a case, and getting the right one that marries look, fit, comfort and protection can be a bit of a chore.
For me over the years, I've gravitated towards Spigen as my case of choice. Whether it's one of their Tough Armor varieties, Slim Fit or Ultra Hybrid clear cases (when I have a phone color I want to show off a bit more), Spigen's attention to detail has never let me down.
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You may have seen in a previous video that we now have all of the Pixel 9 phones in the office
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And Spiegan has done us a solid and sent over a bunch of cases specifically for the Pixel 9 Pro XL
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So we're going to hop in this box and see what they have to offer for Google's latest phones
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So before we hop in the box, because I think there's actually a couple things in here for the Pixelpled as well
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And we're not going to talk about that one yet because we're not. supposed to. This is the case actually from Google and hopefully it's picking up on camera that it's
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pretty fingerprinty. I've tried to wipe it down, but to be honest, like these cases from Google feel
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great. They obviously fit the phone really well. They look nice. I don't really have too many complaints
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with them and actually as they've accumulated a little bit of the oils for my hands, they've become
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way more grippy, which is helpful. These cases right out of the box kind of feel like a bar
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soap. They just kind of slip right out of your hand. But I do like these
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cases. So another year where Google has done a great job of creating their own
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in-house case. It's got the felt lining on it, stuff. So I don't want to take anything away from
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what Google was made. But I'm really interested to see. I don't even know
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all the cases that are available from Spiegan, to be honest with you. I know there's like the rugged armor
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but the case that I generally get from Spigen on a regular basis is they're
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clear, whatever it's called, crystal clear, something or another. That's the one I normally get from Speaking
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when I get a Speaking case. And so, like I said, there's some bands and stuff in here for the Pixel Watch
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We're not going to mess with those for right now. And a little handwritten letter from the folks over at Spigen
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Nice touch there. Really cool boxing here, but obviously these are going to be our phone cases
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So let me just put that up there. kind of out of the way
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Yeah, here we go. So there are quite a few case options from Spiegan
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So let's just start here. We've got the aramid, I think is how you pronounce that
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like the fiberglass kind of case. That's super intriguing. I like fiberglass
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This one is the ultra-hybrid. It looks like, I'm not really sure. I'm interested to open this
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It looks like it's got like the see-through, like the fake see-through kind of case thing going on
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Yeah. Okay. Here we go. Ultra hybrid. This has actually got the MagSafe attachment on the case
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So if you have a MagSafe accessory, it will work with this. Once you put it on here, obviously aligns it nicely with the charging, the wireless charging
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That's an ultra hybrid. Usually that means, again, we're going to open these up, but it means there's like silicon
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or TPU around the edges and then hard plastic back. Tough armor
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This looks like it has a kickstand on it. This is going to be the bigger, more rugged case
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for those of you that want way more protection. This one is the thin fit
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So this one, and there's one other type. I can't remember the name of the case
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We're going to get to there, hopefully. Super duper thin cases, usually a soft touch feel of
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I have had one of those previously. So this is the Slim Armor CS
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Looks like it's got like a wallet kind of pull out here. So we'll get to that one
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Rugged armor. That's the other one I've had before. It sounds like it would be like big and bulky
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It's not. It's like as thin as fit and it's got like a texture on it. I've enjoyed that one before too
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Oh, I'm sorry. Nope, I lied. Liquid air. This is the one I've had before
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I can tell from the texture on it. What's the difference in..
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Okay, tough armor and rugged armor. It'll be interesting to see the difference in those
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So yeah, it's a lot of cases here. Let me start with one that I've used and know here
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So we'll start with the ultra-hybrid. So I'm interested in this one
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I don't see the rest of these any indication that there's like... Mag-safe stuff in them
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I've never put a case on my Android phone that has the MagSafe magnet in it, so I've never
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gotten to take advantage. But I can tell you one thing I've really thought about trying that with is there's this
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like little tripod that's made for recording your golf swing. It's really small
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It just pops up and it has a MagSafe thing on it. So there's nothing else to it
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Just feet, stick MagSafe. And you just pop your phone on there and you can record yourself
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I've always kind of wanted a MagSafe to have that, you know, out of the range or something. So this would provide that and it feels kind of like there I think a liquid crystal or something like that was the name of it
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But yeah, it's at definitely a hard back And a hard or and soft sides so TPU sides
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So you got the squishy sides and none of these cases are gonna not fit. I mean speaking's been doing this for a long time
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So you can kind of see you there how it fits on This would look better obviously if you had like the hazel or the white I think clear
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doesn't always play the best with the dark colored phones but looks great buttons as
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always speaking always nails buttons super clicky they feel really great and all of their cases do really well with drop tests and all that kind of stuff So you have some nice MagSafe stuff there
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Google logo right there in the middle. It's clear. It's pretty thin. I can kind of see right upside Google's case
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You're not adding any extra bulk. Feels good. These kind of cases are super grippy
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I love that. I pick this thing up and it's not going anywhere. So that's pretty sweet
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All right. So like that. That's pretty awesome. I'm honestly going to like all these cases
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This isn't like a review or anything. I like almost everything speaking and make
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So we are super excited to get hooked up with them and have them send some stuff over
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Ooh, this is thin. So this is the, I'm probably butchering this
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Aramid, aramid. It's a type or either a type of carbon fiber
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or it's similar to carbon fiber. I don't know. I've seen another, oh, this one has, maybe
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It's a circle. there and there's it's kind of raised so this one might have magsafe in it would they
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would they max safe to each other there's a little bit of attraction there but hard to
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tell you would think it would say it specifically in here if it had it and it didn't say anything about that so I wouldn't bank on that but yeah that's interesting that
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circles there so let's pop this case off and pop this one on looks like almost
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like metallic in there feels metallic too Oh man. Okay, I don't think this is carbon fiber
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It's got a carbon fiber look to it. I'd have to do some research and see what this stuff actually is
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But this feels fantastic. Super grippy, almost like rubberized kind of, but you've got these little metal accents kind of all around here
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That just looks fantastic. And again, I mean, it's like the exact same width as the pixel
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like the Google-made pixel cases. So much more grippy. Man, that looks fantastic
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I really, really like that. Metallic buttons over here, let's see if they're clicky. Oh, yeah
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Let's feel good. I'm going to end up opening my camera up. Yeah, fantastic on that one
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All right, so let's take this one off. I like that one a lot. I like that
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You might see that in future videos. All right. The next one here, we've got the ultra-hybrid
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This is the one that the picture on the outside makes it look like it's like the fake seet-th. It is a fake sepru
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all right so full tp u treatment here feels like uh yeah so yeah it's hard hard in the middle so this
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section here is actually the hard plastic um i don't know if that's actually what it looks like
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on the inside uh i don't know it might might look exactly like that on the inside or if they're
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just kind of going for that kind of look i'm not really sure we have to do some research on that for
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sure. This one is going to fit similar to that clear case that we looked at first
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Grip feels the same. On this black, ooh, that looks really cool. Okay, I'm digging that
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That's pretty sweet looking. We get a little more light on it here. Like, there's some depth to
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it too. It's probably hard to pick up on camera, but, you know, all the stuff underneath there
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is, like, sunk in a little bit. That's pretty sweet. It almost looks like I took the back off
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my phone and put a case on it, basically. That's probably what they were going for there. Nice and
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grippy TPU. It's going to protect you against all kinds of drops and all that stuff. I like that one. That one's pretty fun. All right. So far, again, I told you I was probably
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going to like all of these cases, but I think just overall, the aesthetic with the black phone
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this looks really cool. I don't know what this would look like on a white version. All we've got
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in the office here is the, I don't know, whatever what Google calls the black version of this phone
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Obsidian. That's what it is. What's white? Not pearl. Porcelain. I was going to say pearl
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It sounds terrible. uh here we go this one's the liquid air this is the other case from speaking that i've bought
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for different phones and actually used over the years um because i always have so many cases and it's
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just like i don't know let me get the one i know um they're usually affordable too like these types of
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cases 15 20 25 bucks something like that i would bet the aramid um it's going to be a little more
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expensive um and this one with the print might be a little more expensive i'm going to get all the
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prices together before we wrap the video and at least let you know what those are yep tried and
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true man I really like these cases not quite as grippy as TPU it is a TPU kind of material
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but it's got some rippers on the sides some texture a little texture on the back but it's just
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not fingerprinty at all and it's just a cool look I just I really like the texture provided by
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these and then your buttons get a really nice texture to them let's see the click yep yeah
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buttons click really nicely all your cutouts are precise fits like a glove gives you a little
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lift off the screen which every one of these cases does so if you set your phone down it's not
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sitting on the screen yeah this is tried and true i really really like this case that was uh the rugged or liquid air liquid air case so similar to this case is the thin fit case Now I had both of these
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The one that I bought over the time, over years with different phones
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is either their liquid crystal one. That's the name of it, liquid crystal. Or this, why don't I keep forgetting the name of that case
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Liquid air. It's a weird name. But I bought this. this one once and then ended up getting this one instead because they're about the same thinness
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and I just feel like the liquid air has got a little bit more protection. So yeah, this one's interesting
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It is very thin. I'll give it that, which it should. It's called thin fit. It's a tad bit thinner
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Let me get Google's case again. For reference, not much. You might be saving yourself a millimeter here
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It's not a ton thinner, but it's probably going to feel thinner in the hand. You've got kind of a flexible TPU around the edge
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and then kind of a harder shell here. It's not hard, but it's definitely not squishy TPU
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And again, I feel like I'm just saying the same thing over and over again
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This obviously fits incredibly well. Buttons feel really great. This does feel much thinner in the hand
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So I ignore what I said earlier. This does feel very thin. This is an upgrade
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I remember the thin fit case that I had before, I think, was all of this material. So it was almost a harder shell
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and so I didn't feel like it was going to necessarily hold the phone. This one with the TPU on the edges feels more grippy
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I remember not liking the way it felt in the hand. This feels pretty incredible. I like this case a lot
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I don't know which one of these is going to be on my phone. I'll probably just swap through them, but this feels fantastic
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I really like this one a lot. All right. So, this is weird
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Like, I'm glad I didn't set myself up to be like I got to choose which one I like best. Because I don't know
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I like a lot of these so far. So now we're going to get into, I think, That's tough
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Yeah, all of these have armor in the name, so they're going to be a little bulkier. This one is the Slim Armor CS
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And this is the one that looks kind of like it's got a wallet thing on the back
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I've never been a huge fan of that kind of thing. But I get it
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Like if I were going to like an amusement park or something like that and didn't want to carry my wallet, just needed my license and debit card
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And so I don't, like, daily driver, I don't want to put my wallet on my phone
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I'm like, man, you lose one. You lose everything. But let's see
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Yeah, that's not going to fit more than just a couple cards. I don't have my wallet on me
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But, I mean, there's probably room in there for maybe two cards. It just slides
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Closed. So that's pretty sveled. I don't mind that a ton. That would be really handy again if you're going outdoors or doing something
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It's a little bulkier, obviously. I mean, you can see there's kind of a slope out
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It's going to protect your camera really nicely. Nice clicky buttons. still, of course
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It definitely feels rugged. This thing's going to take a beating. But if I were to slide this open
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I could fit a couple cards down in here or not much else
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I don't know what else you'd fit. Maybe some cash. You could maybe cram a couple, like a 20 in there or something
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But then the minute you break it, you're like, I don't know what to do with this. So definitely probably want to stick to cards there
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But if you're traveling or something like that and just need a couple cards for a trip, this could come in super handy
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So, yeah, something to consider. And so that brings us to, We have rugged armor and tough armor
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I feel like rugged armor is like the next step, and then tough armor is going to be the big one
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I could be wrong. Let's see. Like I said, a lot of these
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I've never been by the biggest, hugest case kind of guy. I always hated otterbox cases
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The bulkiness of them, I just couldn't get me past it. And I understand there's a need for that
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Oh, this isn't super rugged at all. Rugged armor. Yeah, interesting. That's a weird naming thing
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So you got rugged armor and then liquid air. Yeah, those are the same thickness
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I can see, let me hold these up nice like that. And they're the exact same thickness as Google's case
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and is almost all the rest of these. So it does have almost like a sandpaper gritty kind of back to it
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a little more grippy. But other than that, kind of the same sides and stuff
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I don't know that you're going to get a ton more protection of this. Maybe some of the corners are better protected
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I'm not sure. Um, but if you like that kind of grittier feel
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that one does have a cool feel to it. And some, you know, some of the texture looks like you get that carbon fiber look up here
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I don't think that's carbon fiber. Uh, yeah, it's got a different texture
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different feel from, from this one, particularly, um, but not wildly different
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Um, but yeah, it definitely feels like it, it feels a little more rugged
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Again, I don't, I don't know that it actually is, but this one for a ruggedized case
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this feels very very sveled. All right, so on to the last one
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Let's see. This one is the tough armor Let see there Yeah this is kind of more what I was expecting of like the tough rugged
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Oh, look at this. It's like a bumpers on the inside. It's like a soft mushy kind of material there
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So that should help a little bit with bumps and bruises and stuff
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This one definitely feels more not like not on the level of like an otter box, but this
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This is definitely way more protection. So if you're super rough on your phones, this is probably a better bet for you
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Let's get this bad boy on here. It still feels pretty good
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This one adds a little heft, definitely, to the phone. But again, very nice and grippy
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They kind of angled these corners, these like beveled corners. They're not rounded. So it's, I mean, it's very easy to hold onto the phone with this
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It looks like a little kickstand. That might actually be metal. It's thin
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it feels pretty durable boom kickstand yeah I ain't gonna hold up like that
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so yeah you're looking at really upright looks like maybe you could
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I don't know why you do that but you definitely do this like on a plane
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or something like that you need a quick kickstand this one's got you covered but other than that everything else is pretty much
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the same interesting way that they've done the power buttons kind of big flush
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squared off buttons here but again everything is very nice and clicky
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So even though those are kind of recessed in there, the power button is, it still feels really good
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Access to all your ports, all that kind of stuff. So yeah, this one feels like I could chuck this phone across the room
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and probably have no issues whatsoever. So if you need the more ruggedized case
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this is the way to go. And it was called, nope, not rugged armor, tough armor
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Go with the tough armor. Okay. I told you I'd get your prices
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I pulled them up. They're right on Speakin's website. You can go to Pixel 9 Pro XL and look these up
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So the aramid is actually the same stuff they make like bulletproof vests out of
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So this stuff's legit. $70. And this one, again, it just feels like it's a little nicer, but yeah, it's made out of like bulletproof material
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I'm not saying your phone's going to be bulletproof, but it's the same type of stuff they use. Rugged armor
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which is this guy, $30. Slim armor, which is the one with the wallet case
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Where'd you go? This guy. With the wallet case, $45. The tough armor, which is the one I've got on here, also $45
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The ultra-hybrid metal ring fit. So this one here, this case without the magsafe is $35
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With the magsafe is $50. The ultra-hybrid, which is the one with the fun back
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on it, this guy, is $40. And then your minimalist, your liquid air, which is this guy
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$25 bucks, thin fit, $35. So anywhere between what's our lowest, $25, I think it was, let's see, yeah, $25 and $60
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$25 and $70. You're going to range in that gap somewhere. And I think Google's own case is $35
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So, you know, for a nice case, it fits really, well has great buttons perfect fit lots of drop protection like when you start piling all those
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things up it's something you're going to keep on your phone like every day all day all the time it's something you want to make sure and buy some a good version of that thing but said it wasn't
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going to do this but I'm going to do it I'm going to pick a case to replace the Google case I've
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been using and just choose one right now that's my favorite and this is super duper hard
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at the moment because I like different things about every single one of these
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So, um, which one would I go with? I'd have to say
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because of how thin it felt in my hand, and it just made me want to go back to it almost immediately
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um, the thin fit. I really, really like this. And I wanted to like it the first time around
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Um, and, and didn't love it. And I liked the way this feels. I'd say second place
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I was really wanting to reach for this one. And I like the carbon fiber one too
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I'll be honest, other than the wallet one and the super big, you know, huge one, I like all of them. I would, I would use any of these as a daily driver
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but I do like how thin this makes my phone feel. So I'm going to go with it for the time being
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That might be like two days or something. I don't know. It's going to be tough with all
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these cases sitting here not to be like, man, I'm going to try this one out today. So, but for today, for this moment for while we're filming this video, I'm going to go with the thin fit
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