So far my phone has survived several drops. My screen protector on the hand hasn’t. The last drop resulted with the edge of the screen protector being damaged, thus leading to a cracked corner of the protector. Maybe with a better quality screen protector my review would be better?
I would recommend this to a friend!
Response from otterbox.comBy Customer Service, October 7, 2025
Hello! Thank you for your feedback! We are sorry to hear about the screen protector, if it's an OtterBox Screen Protector, please reach out to our CS Team by chat, and we are happy to help with this!
I've always resisted Otterbox cases because of their bulk and difficulty operating the buttons on the phone. However this case doesn't have those problems, and in fact it seems to have no problems at all after a few weeks' use. The buttons work really well and the whole thing fits in my pocket as well as the phone did and it is solidly built and looks great. I'm not sure how well it can protect the camera lenses because they project out of the phone, but it does have a rim around them.
What could be better? Not much. It's a bit difficult to get on the phone. because it has a lip that you have to coax over the edge of the phone. The charging cover gets in the way of charging, but it also gets in the way of lint that has made my phones die, so probably a good compromise.
I had the commuter series on my last version of the iPhone and loved it. I’m super clumsy and drop my phone all the time, but this case always kept it from getting damaged. I just got a new one for my new IPhone 17 Pro Max. I love the two toned purple color (looks great with the navy phone). Since it’s also the commuter series, I expect it to do an equally great job at protecting the new phone (so far so good!).
Slips easily in & out of my front pants pocket. Used same case design for my iPhone 13 Pro Max for 4+ years…iPhone & OtterBox case survived several 30+/ inch drops.