Everyone loves a cute case for their smart phone, right?
Wrong! Men do not. They do not want a cute case for their iPhones. Which is why today I am rounding up a few choices for manly iPhone cases.
When uncommon offered me a chance to try their custom iPhone case ordering system, I was excited to create one for my husband. But then it got hard. A picture of the kids? Too cute. A picture of me? Too weird. His favorite sports team? Too logo-y. A solid color? Ok, but not really taking advantage of the ability to do a custom case. So here’s what I settled on.
I used a photo editing program to drop the color out of the photo and then I reduced the contrast a tone so that the design on the phone would be a lot more subtle than a vivid family photo. I know it’s still a bit much for him on an every day basis, but when he travels for business, he takes that cover with him.
Here are a few other manly cases I’ve spotted recently:
For the Spider-Man lover who has outgrown his Spider-Man lunchbox:
by Hard Candy on Amazon.com
For the man who is more daring when it comes to texture than color:
by chilewich, via CoolMomTech
For lovers of hardwood floors. (God, who wrote this copy? Oh, me.)
from J.Crew
Another fun but totally not cute choice:
From incase on Amazon.com
What say you? Do you rock a hot pink cell phone case? I do. What does your partner have? What’s a good choice for a custom case design for a dude?
My husband has a case that looks like a cassette tape. He bought it in Japan on a business trip and it never ceases to be impressive to other men.
I love the cassette tape idea! and the spiderman one. I have a green/yellow frogz case. It saves my phone when my kiddo drops it.
I have a red and white one, my husband doesn’t even use one. He totally lives on the edge like that.
I love the subtle photo case. I think my husband would love that. I honestly can’t think of anything other than black, or the very subtle photo, that he would want to carry professionally.
Do they make one that looks like a briefcase? A laptop? A suit jacket? Wait…those probably just look black.
Mine is fuschia, DH’s has two, a plain black Otter hard case for when he’s on a work site (to protect it-he’s very rough on phones) and a black rubber one that has texture like a tire tread, as he is an avid off-roader.
You are right. Making custom iphone case for dads can be tricky. In fact, my husband didn’t want one when I asked if I could make one for him. I like your hints and I’ll see if he’ll go for one with less vivid color.