Contest: Win one of 10 cases from Seidio

[anon(23784)]

Always use protection!

Accidents happen, and if you're not prepared for the unintended outcomes you'd better use protection.

My wife and I were preparing for some "exercise" and our Evos' did not have protection. When it took a "tumble" on the ground, one Evo was laid out in a pile of crushed glass.

It's Seidio Active for both of us. No more unprotected "exercise".

 

[todivefor]

I was out to eat at a restaurant with my 2 week old EVO. I thought I would take a quick look at my emails while on a rest room break. My naked EVO slipped from my hand while removing it from my pocket. I caught it in mid air between my legs on its way to a tiled floor. Good reflexes!

 

[Android_Architect]

I was getting out of my car to go to work and i pulled into the parking lot and started to get out of the car, and my i had got a call as i went to go answer the phone my arm got caught in the seat belt me not paying attention stop up and my arm jerked and my evo went flying out of my hands across the parking lot i got my self untangled quickly one i saw there was another car about to pull out luckily i got out in time enough to flag the car down before my evo became road kill.... the only damaged it suffered was some minor scuff marks to the battery cover and the top of the screen

 

[kenjancef]

I am an IT guy, and I have been sporting my EVO naked since birth... and I had a VERY near miss last week....

Me an one of my guys were doing some work on some servers for a client, and I was talking on my phone, then put it down on top of a server sitting on the floor. So my guy wasn't paying attention, and all I see (in slow motion, mind you...) is him stacking another server on top of the one that was there... WITH MY PHONE STILL SITTING THERE!!!!!

Luckily, the height of the legs of the server gave literally a fraction of an inch clearance between my phone and the server.

It was almost an EVO sandwich!!!!

I REALLY need a case for my EVO!!!!!!!


Ken

 

[bullet317]

I keep my EVO phone in my front shirt pocket right now as it seems to be the most convenient place so far. One day as I was bending over to pick up some trash my phone slid out of my pocket and struck the hard tile floor in my kitchen. My heart stopped momentarily as i picked up the phone and saw that it was still working. I need something that's not bulky to put my phone in ASAP.

 

[wrecklass]

Sitting in my wifes car trying to read something when I decided I needed to clean my glasses.

I balanced the EVO on my leg while I pulled the cleaner out of the center console. Everything was fine until we hit a bump in just the right direction sending the EVO skittering between the seat and the console. Lots of sharp metal parts down there. I didn't hesitate for a second, I abandoned my glasses and grabbed for the EVO plucking it up just as it was about to strike the metal railing holding the car seat. Naturally I figured replacing the glasses would be far easier than replacing this phone.

While there are no visible marks on the EVO, I really wasn't to have it in the best case available.

--
Sent from my EVO 4G with Tapatalk

 

[temotoren]

When running in my towns annual marathon I wore baggy shorts with my EVO in my pocket. i was listing to my ipod so I don't fell my evo slip out. 5 minutes later I slapped my pocket nothing was there so I retraced my steps and found out it was run over by contestants and water had been spilled on it. my only back up phone was a OLD Motorola phone that can't even support sms which I need for my soccer team.

 

[pdub110]

2 years old knew better

Ever since I got my EVO, been training my nephew, don't touch the EVO, play with the iPhone and you can break and play with that one.
Unfortunately, wasn't watching and my nephew threw the phone across the room, it missed the kitchen tile by half an inch and landed on the carpet.

 

[ellsswhere]

I purchased the Evo on launch day, obviously excited to play with my new toy. After work I met my girlfriend at the pool to relax and get to know my new baby. After a short while I wrapped the phone up in my towel so she wouldn't get a sunburn, set it on a chair and wet for a swim. About an hour later my girlfriend went to dry off and before I realized what was going on I watched my phone go flying from the towel. Luckily I had the body glove case which took the initial blow. Sadly that first hit popped the case open and sent the naked Evo tumbling through the air until it finally came to rest 2 feet from the pools edge. Of course I immediately brought back the case and purchased the gel case but have been less than satisfied.

 

[BigKenW]

Almost dead

I dropped my Evo 4G four feet, screen first, onto a tile floor. Luckily nothing happened to the phone. I almost had a heart attack. It was the second day I owned the phone. Thank goodness it wasn't an iPhone, it would have shattered to pieces.

 

[dcmasta]

4th of july

My EVO had a close encounter with a mortar on the 4th. I had just set the phone down to grab some more explosives, sure enough my idiot friend decides to light the mortar thats in the tube right next to my evo. Sure enough the thrust from the mortar (Tripleshot) knocked my evo on to the ground. at first I thought my phone just went to Android heaven. Luckily there were just embers from the fire and my phone lived. Definitely need a rugged case for any future explosions.

 

[crown7521]

i have not had any close encounters, but why not submit a post to see if i get one of the cases. i'm not going to make up this incredible story where everything is in slow motion and when my evo is within a inch of hitting the ground a bird swoops in and saves it from an untimely death.

i wouldn't mind having the case for when something like that happens

 

[coolmanqazi]

Near Miss

I had my EVO 4g on my couch's armrest and I knocked it off when I sat up. I caught it just before it hit my tile floor. I really need a case please. Thanks

 

[derek5l]

Running between offices today, going from VP's cubbie hole "office", the training room and back, I stopped by our Presidents office at her request to see my "new toy". She does a few swipes here and there on my EVO, smirks (I like to believe thats because she's jealous ) and then politely hands my phone back and says "Not bad, but it's no iPhone", and she then pulls out her CrApple iPhone as I am putting mine back in my pocket. She says to me, "Can your phone do this? Can your phone do that?", as she performs some lame brain tasks on apps that no one in their right mind could ever possibly need or want. I am trying to be cordial here and not be a smartass, I mean she is the president of our company and all.

Then she holds her phone towards me and says, "I bet you wish you had multitasking like this bad boy..."-this is where my heart begins to studder. I grin, go for my phone, and as I am pulling it out, it starts ringing and startles me a bit. I guess it was the sweat on my hands, or the nervousness of trying to one up my boss (finally), or just being surprised at the ringing, but as I pull the ringing phone out, it slips out of my palm in a forward motion, flying in slow motion towards the edge of her desk corner. I lunge forward, trying to break its fall, and end up doing one of those horrendously awkward fumbling grasps with my EVO, not able to firmly grip it, and it hits the tile floor and bounces three times, corner to corner, to devastating corner, and lands smack dab on its face.

Boss produces an evil grin...

Luckily, there were no cracks on the glass, no dings on the corners, but there is now a jagged cut on the side of the EVO, that has been reminding me of my clumsiness since 1pm today, every time I take a call. GRRRRRRR...

Its bad enough I got owned by my boss, but if I had a badass case from Seidio, I could have outshined her iPhone with the cracked windshield from her clumsiness by showing that I know how to take care of my "toys".

 

[Robbie317]

On a long drive I had placed my EVO in my lap... Totally forgot it was there and when I got out of the car it went sliding across my garage floor....

 

[wwrad]

5 year old + puppy = disaster

My 5 year old grabbed "daddys new big screen tv" which is what he refers to my evo as and started to do a little dance. My 7 year old decided he wanted to join the dance party and tried to grab the phone away from the little one.

Little one takes off running which in turn gets our 1 year old boxer pup (who weights about 70 pounds) to chase after him. Kid stops running, dog running full speed takes his legs out causing my son to do a backflip landing on his head and throwing my evo backwards. My boy ended up with a headache and the evo luckily flew into the front window blinds, scraped the window edge and fell onto the carpet.

 

[jmanon]

I must have some really bad phone karma. My Motorola Q was repaired three times due to keyboard issues, my Blackberry 8830 survived my contract term but not without several scratches, cracks and dents and then my Palm Pre was replaced three times in less than a month. Oops I dropped it again. Now I have my amazing shiny new HTC Evo. It's beautiful and powerful and the best phone I have ever owned. I need to protect this phone from me and since I don't have any Jedi powers I know a Seido case would be the answer. I have been comparing options and the Seido covers are definitely the best. They not only provide protection but they look amazing too.

 

[edisepic]

hearing that the zagg invisible is the way to go i ordered my first one before the EVO was released so i could put it on it the first day i got it. One night when i was leaving my girlfriends house and saying my good bye i put my EVO on top of my car and drove off not knowing. i look in my rear view mirror and see my girlfriend waving her arms so i turn back around and see my EVO in her hands all beat up. the invisble sheild was peeling off. the front was all scratched ,the battery cover was cracked, and the trim was all ruffed up. the invisible shield makes your phone look all cute and shiny but cant take a hit. luckily i have a buddy at radioshack who replaced it

 

[meangreengdub]

After a few too many drinks, I was in dire need of facilities. In a rush I laid my phone on the edge of the sink while I opened the lid of the toilet. Without a case on my phone there was not enough grip and my phone slid right off the sink and into the bowl!

 

[Jae_Bucks]

At work I sometimes place my Evo in my vest, and when I bend over my Evo sometimes slips out of my vest pocket. With one of these cases, my Evo could potentially be saved from a catastrophic fall.