Incipio Octane Review – iPhone 6

Design – We’re allowed to drop our iPhones in this case?

During our testing period for this Incipio Octane Review, we were constantly surprised at the texture of the case. The Plextonium back is very slick but the Flex20 bumper makes up for the lack of texture. The bumper does feel a little sharp and from our usage, it feels like the hexagonal texture digs into your palm so that iPhone feels pretty solid in your hand with this case.

In terms of the build quality, the back of the case scratches quite easily so the Incipio Octane is going to show a lot of wear and tear. We will note that the bumper held up fairly well with the drops that we did in our review video.

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Protection – Slim protection that protects your iPhone from 4 ft drops

We’ve been surprised at how few iPhone 6 cases are actually shock proof up to 6.6 ft. Many case manufacturers talk about how tough their cases are but don’t actually post how high you can drop their product. That’s not the case for the Thule Atmos X3. As you can tell in our review video, we have no problem dropping our iPhone 6 in the Atmos X3 from 6.6 ft.

In terms of screen protection, the lip of the case extends past the touchable iPhone screen by approx. 3 mm’s. This lip is a little higher than other cases (it’s quite similar to the lip of the Speck CandyShell) so it will provide a decent amount of clearance for your iPhone screen. If you’re looking to install one of the curved screen protectors for the iPhone 6, we’d recommend that you don’t use the Incipio Octane since the lips of the case seem to go up a little higher than other cases which may bump up against your curved screen protector.
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Functionality – Like a naked iPhone 6

We didn’t have any trouble getting to the iPhone 6 inside the Incipio Octane. The Octane does have a larger cutout for the headphone input so you’re able to use slightly larger than Apple EarPods with the case.

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