Disclosure: I am participating in the Verizon Savers Voices program and have been provided with a wireless device and six months of service in exchange for my honest opinions about the product.
The past 6 months have been rough for some of my friends. One friend's iPad had an unsightly accident at the hands of her son - and a hard kitchen floor. She lived with an awful cracked screen for over a week until she and her husband finally gave in and paid Apple over $100 to replace the screen.
My manager at work found out that his smartphone screen is no match for the locker room floor of his health club. He was without his smartphone for over a week while the screen was being replaced by an out of state repair company. He paid over $120 to have it fixed.
And a co-worker recently slipped and fell in the parking lot - which sent her smartphone flying through the air to land face down on the hard asphalt. She paid her insurance company a deductible of $150 to get a replacement unit - which does not work. She has now been without a working smartphone for two weeks as she fights with the carrier to get a replacement smartphone that actually works - plus she is out the $150 deductible.
What all these folks have in common was that they used their smart devices without protective cases - and lived to regret that decision. After seeing photos of cracked screens and broken smartphones all over the Internet, I will not carry a smartphone without first buying a case for it. I recently bought my son a new smartphone and it sat in the box for over a week until the case I ordered finally arrived in the mail.
This past weekend, I traveled to Chicago as part of my membership in a unique blogger program called the Verizon Savers Voices. I am one of a group of 17 frugal bloggers who each receives a Verizon device and Verizon service in exchange for reporting twice monthly on how we use the devices in our day-to-day frugal lives.
The type of device I was to receive was actually a mystery until I arrived in Chicago, although I was given clues that the device would "SAVE you time and predict your next move" and "create STORIES about saving money."
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| My new Verizon Blackberry Z10 - personalized the way I like it ;) |
Based on the clues that were given, I had actually guessed that the device would be a Blackberry Z10 and made sure to do some protective case research before I left for Chicago.
I cannot afford to carry a new smartphone without a protective case. Based on all the money and time my friends have spent replacing and repairing their devices, I think that a protective case is the cheapest insurance I can have for my new Verizon Blackberry Z10.
So here are a few protective and stylish cases that I found for the Blackberry Z10 - and the really good news is that these same cases are also available for other makes of smartphones -
Recently I found out about an online company called MobileFun.com that sells stylish device cases at great prices. Some of the cases are even priced less than what I would pay for the same case on Amazon, which really surprised me.
Two Blackberry Z10 cases that I loved on MobileFun.com are the Zenus Minimal Diary Case and the Case-mate Zebrawook Artisty Wood Case.
See all the Blackberry Z10 Cases on the MobileFun.com website
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I love cases made from real leather and quality materials like thoses sold on MobileFun.com. But I also love a real bargain so I made sure to check out the Blackberry Z10 cases on Amazon.com. My search turned up a "faux" leather case that has excellent reviews.
The Fosmon CADDY Series Faux Leather Wallet Case for Blackberry Z10 (affiliate link) looks elegant, protects the Z10 from scratches and drops, and has room for credit cards and identification - all for less than $10!!!
The reviews on this product are all great so I figured I could not go wrong with giving it a try for only $7.95 which includes shipping. The case comes in two colors - an elegant White/Gray/Black and a fun White/Pink/Black.
Enjoy!
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