Pictures and Features

The first thing I notice about the Surface is that it is actually two separate pieces that come together to make a whole case. The two parts come apart relatively easily when the case isn’t actually on a phone. This worried me somewhat when I was just inspecting the case before any actual use, but I will cover this more later when I get to the performance section.

Another thing I notice which differs from the Poetic Palette that I reviewed previously is the way that the power button and volume buttons are incased. These buttons, along with the charging port and the audio jack in the top of the phone are all completely surrounded. If you remember with the other case they were open towards the face of the phone, but with the surface, they buttons and ports are completely surrounded by plastic.

Another interesting thing to note is that on the inside of the case there is some cloth. Thought I am not sure the purpose of this cloth I can take a couple of guesses. I would think that it is there to protect the phone in a couple of different ways. It keeps the back of the phone from getting scratched up when removing or replacing the case between uses, and it also acts as a buffer, absorbing some of the shock that the phone my take if it were dropped.

The last thing that I notice is what actually makes this case special and that is the kickstand. The actual kickstand is metal with the word Seidio engraved into it. It is held into place on the back of the case with a magnet. When pried loose the kickstand jumps out into place because of the spring loaded mechanism.  There is a bit I want to say about the kickstand and I will talk about it more in the performance section as well.