LifeProof has proven to be one of the best protective cases available for iPhones when considering it’s waterproof and dirtproof capabilities, and with the high cost of our mobiles, it’s completely understandable why a protective case like this one is so popular.

Although the original pricetag for a LifeProof iPhone case is justifiable, you can’t help but wonder if there are any better deals on the market, however if you’ve considered buying a LifeProof case before, or are looking for an extra protective case for your iPhone, then now may be a great time.

Right now you can bag yourself a LifeProof iPhone case for just under $50, saving you a respectable 39%. The LifeProof waterproof case can fit both the iPhone 4 and 4S and will protect your phone from receiving water damage or getting dirt inside the handset.

Despite the protective capabilities of the LifeProof case, I was surprised to find out that the case is very slim, and although it may not have the sturdiness of cases like the Ottobox defender, it certainly is very lightweight and comfortable in the hand.

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What Trey DeArk and Terence Green have done here is create a case for the iPhone 4 and iPhone 4S that effectively reflects the light from the LED flash so that it envelopes the outside of the phone. In effect, your iPhone lights up to let you know that you’ve got a new text message or Facebook update to read. Because the light is reflected in multiple directions around the phone, you’ll see the notification regardless of orientation.

But what if you actually want to use that LED flash to take a picture? There is a small cover that allows the LED light to reflect back into the case for the notifications, but you can slide that cover open to reveal the LED light again. This way, you can take photos as you normally would. Check out the Kickstarter page for more information. They plan on doing multiple colors and the early bird special gives you a free custom combo case with a minimum pledge of $30.

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Yeah, it’s just another cell phone case with a solar panel on the back. The press release had some bold claims about how you’d never have to charge your iPhone again, but your mileage will certainly vary. It also means that you’ll need to dangle your iPhone out in the world for the solar panel to get its juice. I suppose that’s why it has a hole near the top.

It definitely looks a little on the bulky side, so that’s the tradeoff you’ll need to make for the convenience of some extra juice for your iPhone. The good news is that it’s compatible with all generations of iPhone and there’s even a built-in backup battery to store some extra power. The Solacase follows the same philosophy as the Solapad for iPad and the Solafire for the Kindle Fire.

The Solacase comes by way of Solawerks, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Domark International. It retails for $29.95 and comes in a variety of colors, including four glow in the dark varieties. Yes, becase you want to attract even more attention to the iPhone carelessly dangling from your messenger bag.

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Currently a project on Kickstarter, MagniCase is a case for the iPhone 4/4S that comes with a built-in magnifying lens. It swings out from the back with an attached arm and it effectively gives you the experience of using a 5.3-inch display, which would be the same size as the Samsung Galaxy Note. The flip-out magnifying Fresnel lens enlarges your display by 50%.

The flip-out design means that you don’t add too much bulk to your iPhone and because the Fresnel lens is made from a shatter-resistant acrylic glass, it can also be used to prop up your iPhone and work like a stand. The retail price for the MagniCase will be $40 and it’ll come in six different colors, but if you pledge $30, you’ll get a free MagniCase with free shipping within the US.

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The idea is beautiful in its simplicity. The case has a built-in fingerprint reader to protect your security and the kit comes with a credit card reader attachment. You use that to register your various credit cards and you use the iPhone’s camera to take pictures of all the barcodes for your loyalty cards. When you want to collect those points, you set the loyalty card and its barcode is displayed via the embedded e-ink display on the back.

When you want to pay for something, you choose the credit card via the app and the included universal credit card gets temporarily programmed to clone that card, both via the magnetic strip and the chip. You hand over the card and proceed with the transaction as normal. Yes, the Geode is a little bulkier than your typical iPhone case, but it’s a heck of a lot more functional too.

They’re expecting to starting shipping the Geode (which works with the iPhone 4 and 4S) in May or June with a retail price of $199, but if you give at least a $159 backing on the Kickstarter page, you’ll get a Geode for “free.”

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Right now it’s being offered as a Kickstarter project, but it looks like Cellpig is well under way with getting these ready for market. The Cellhelmet case is meant to be a ruggedized case for your iPhone without being overly bulky or ugly. They use TPU (thermoplastic polyurethane rubber) that has the “feeling of hard rubber, yet it’s not rigid like plastic.”

The case itself isn’t the story; it’s the insurance. So long as you register the product within 30 days of purchase, you’re covered for a year. Go ahead and stomp on it, drop it, or hit it with a baseball bat. With the exception of water damage, you’re covered. They’ll fix your iPhone if it’s fixable; otherwise, they’ll just replace it. The catch is that you have to pay a $50 handling fee each time you send in your phone.

The MSRP on the Pittsburgh-made Cellhelmet will be $44.99, but if you help fund the Kickstarter project, you’ll get it for less. The $40 level includes one of the first Cellhelmets (including the one year of insurance), plus a ticket to their launch party. Go up to $75 and you get two cases and so on. While you can probably find cheaper TPU knockoffs on eBay, none of them will come with this kind of insurance. Not a bad deal, I’d say.

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The outward appearance of the Case-Mate Tank doesn’t look all that special with a thicker rubberized housing, but there’s a special protective and retractable screen cover to keep the display protected. They say that cracked screens make up 67% of damaged iPhones. I’m not sure if I like the aesthetic of the almost corrugated-looking retractable screen cover, but you can’t argue about its added utility.

In addition to its screen-cracking resistance, the Tank also meets or exceeds US DoD standards for sand, dust, shock, drop, wind, rain, and vibration. The textured polycarbonate exterior is said to be 2.5 times more impact resistant than the leading competitor. Bold claims, but the embedded video below helps back those claims. In any case, the Tank is available now for $60.

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