 Hi guys, it's Alex. Welcome back to my channel. I am filming this video on my vlog camera, even though I have my big camera over there. It's because it's a very short and kind of to the point video. I wanted to talk about the Apple silicone cases because I haven't found a video that really answers my questions. So I'm hoping that I can help a viewer or someone who stumbles across this video when it comes to these cases. The first question I'm going to answer is is it worth it? Are they good quality? The answer is no. They are very poor quality for $40. I'm very disappointed with it. I feel like I have to tiptoe and not drop my phone even though you shouldn't like drop your phone. I just feel like you have to baby this case almost. I'm going to show you the wear and tear in just a few minutes but I'm going to go over a few points that I want to talk about. I have a lot of wear and tear on it as you can kind of see in the close-ups. You'll be able to see. But I did order another one which you're probably asking why are you saying it's not worth it and then going out and buying another one. Because I really like the case and that's just a personal preference. I love the aesthetic of it. I love that it's plain. I love the feeling of it. It's like really soft and a lot of bloggers use this case. So I just really like it but I don't think it's worth the price and I do not think it's high quality. This case has been on my phone for over six months about. I got this case in January like early January I want to say and it's been on my phone until now. During the month of February most of the month I did not have this case so like minus a month. So about six months a little over six months that I've had this case on my phone. I love it. It's really easy to grip the phone. It's not big and bulky. I love the little apple and I love the color. Those are the reasons why I decided to order another one. This is actually my second case from Apple just like this. So in total I've had three cases. This is my second one. My first one the very first time I dropped it and this brings me to I'm looking down at my notes. This brings me to my first problem with this case. I was at the airport because we were going to Ohio and I dropped my phone and immediately the case starts peeling if you drop it once. And let me tell you example A this is what happens. The very first case that I got with my iPhone XS Max XS yeah XS Max did that right on the top here. This one obviously has no tears or anything. There's a little mark that I'm going to show you a little later. But the very first case the very first drop I had this peeling start on the top corner and I was like you know what I'm just going to throw this out. So I threw it out because I was like so mad and then I got another one because I really liked the way it looked. I then knew that I had to baby this thing to heck. So even with my babying I have a big rip at the bottom but the bottom it seems like these just get worn down. The second point I wanted to show in this video there's like little cracks in it and I don't know if I'm explaining that right. I will again do a close-up so you can see the cracks in it but I don't even know how they get there. It's so weird and I'm just really detail oriented when it comes to certain things and I find these like cracks on it and I'm just like okay that's ridiculous. Like their silicone needs to be higher quality. The third point is it gets really dusty and it's sticky after a while. Maybe the stick is good because you don't want to drop your phone but it does get sticky and dust and like things could easily adhere, get stuck on it like hairs and like other things. This case I have a very big love-hate relationship with I'm not the type of person that goes out and buys a bunch of different cases for their phone. I used to be that person don't get me wrong I had like probably at least 20 cases at one time but that was like my iPhone 4 and 5 days but if you're not like going out and buying a bunch of cases spending a $40 on one that's like having it on your phone for six months to a year or whatever I think is like okay because you're not like going out and spending like a dollar on 40 different cases or five dollars on multiple cases. So let's get on to the close-ups and I can explain to you the defaults or defects on my case that shows my wear and tear on it. Okay so now this part of the video I wanted to show you guys my case. So the first little bit are these fingerprints. I'm hoping the camera does a good job at showing but when it gets at least like six months you can see it's definitely used and worn and it really shows the prints on the back of it. Here's a close-up of the wear and tear on the ends. So this is from one drop. I think it hit the door because I was like watching YouTube or something and it hit my door when I dropped my phone and yeah it just automatically started peeling so being myself I peeled the rest off. Earlier I talked about the creases and basically like this is it. I don't know if this is showing up or not and there's a little dent right here from another drop that I made. Yeah right there. There's like a little indent and I know this is being really super nitpicky but I just want to show you guys because it really bothers me. Can you see it? Yeah you can kind of see it right there. You can see it right there. That's the little rip I'm talking about and if you do that you can really see where it is. I don't know how I got this one to be honest but it's clearly there and it really annoys me. The next little thing that I want to point out on this case is this little thing. Oh you can see my reflection. I really want to point out this. That was like a rip that came on the case. It was already defective. It kind of was ripped and then like I made it worse by like picking at it. This side is fine because I babied this thing so much but just recently I have a little tear up here. Okay so I don't know if you can see it but there's a little tiny rip up here. You can see that. I'm trying to see. Yeah there it is. Right there. So this is another place of wear. Overall this case is awesome and doing well for six months considering I had a previous one and it literally failed on me like a week after I got it. Another thing I wanted to show you is the edges where you grab your phone get really shiny because of the wear on the silicone. It happens on both sides as you can kind of see. Yeah there you go. You can see it. It gets really shiny as well as like the corners. That doesn't really bother me. What bothers me is that it rips and like peels off but overall this case is cute and I don't go spending a lot of money on cases so one that I use for six months and then I can replace it's okay for me. I'm going to try to treat my new case that I just ordered better than this one even though I really really tried to baby this thing. I hope this video gave you some insight on this case unlike other videos that people don't really like go into the detail and like show you the flaws and stuff. So yeah anyway that is going to be it for this video. I hope you guys enjoyed it. Make sure to give this video a thumbs up. Don't forget to subscribe and I'll see you guys in my next video. Bye!