My wife's free Bumper arrived yesterday. Here's what we can say about it: don't like it. Firstly, while it's more or less snug, there are a couple spots where you can feel it's not tight and you can press it in a little. Secondly, covering up some of the buttons with buttons built into the Bumper to press those buttons is just lame. The button on the top is now pressed in a bit too easily. There is a cutout for the switch to turn off the audio, but it's rather deep and difficult to get to. And finally… while the Bumper does allow the back of the iPhone to be exposed and aesthetically is somewhat nice in appearance, we're finding it a bit awkward in feeling. We're very much used to our Incase Sliders, and the way the back of the iPhone 3Gs is smooth and contoured all the way from side to side just feels better and more secure in the hand. With the Bumper, there's a gap between the palm and the back of the phone. It just feels strange. We really don't like it. When Incase releases their Sliders finally, an order will be placed.
Oh, btw… despite prior reports to the contrary, the iPhone 4 does fit in at least some docks just fine with the Bumper in place. Both of the ones we use do just fine. When we bought these, we had tested them for function with the Slider on, and we know that some docks didn't work with that on, so most certainly those same ones wouldn't work with the Bumper too. But in that respect, the Bumper seems to interfere no worse than other cases.
![:\](/mac_images/images/smilies/Undecided.png "Undecided :\")
