Fundamental case
The Apple Silicone Case is a grippy case with full protection and a microfiber inside. The case totally covers the Digital camera Management button whereas nonetheless letting you press and swipe as regular. Sadly, it’s a magnet for mud and lint, and it prices practically double the value of our high choose.
The ESR Tender Case with Stand is a silicone-based case with ample protection and a stable kickstand constructed into the digital camera bump, but it surely doesn’t present a lot grip.
Spigen’s Skinny Match case is made primarily of laborious plastic, with a TPU border to offer some flexibility for set up and elimination. It affords MagSafe help and a cutout for the Digital camera Management button. Though it’s a pleasant case, our picks offered higher general protection for drops.
Spigen’s Liquid Air is a particularly fundamental TPU case that gives easy accessibility to the Digital camera Management button. It lacks MagSafe help or any distinguishing options to make it value your cash.
Zagg’s Manhattan Snap and Milan Snap are superb circumstances that present ample protection, MagSafe help, and a cutout for the Digital camera Management button. They merely didn’t stand out in opposition to our choose.
Leather-based case
Moft’s Snap Case Movas is a vegan-leather choice with a microfiber inside and an choice for lanyard help. Its metallic buttons are stable, and it handles scratches higher than most leather-based circumstances. Nevertheless, the leather-based doesn’t really feel as good as that of the Mujjo case.
The Torro Slimline Bumper Case is made totally of top-grain leather-based, but it surely nonetheless permits for a cushty grip. The aluminum buttons really feel good and clicky too, and the within of the case has a microfiber lining. However it isn’t as protecting as different circumstances we’ve examined, and it isn’t drop-rated. Though it has a digital camera bumper on the again, its entrance lip isn’t particularly excessive. It protected our display screen from scratches, however the sides of the show cracked barely after we by accident dropped the cellphone on concrete.
Pockets case
Mujjo’s Full Leather-based Pockets Case is made totally of leather-based, together with an aluminum digital camera bump and clicky aluminum buttons, with a canopy for the Digital camera Management button. The cardboard pocket can match two playing cards, however inserting a 3rd makes including and eradicating them troublesome. We have now considerations that the pockets portion will put on out over time on account of being leather-based. Additionally, this case is accessible just for the 17 Professional fashions.
The Smartish Pockets Slayer Vol. 2 is a slimmer model of the corporate’s Vol. 1 pockets case with ample protection and safety and a cutout for the Digital camera Management button. However I had problem when including a couple of card to its pockets sleeve, in addition to when eradicating them.
You may also discover MagSafe pockets equipment that snap to the again of a MagSafe case. However we examined two choices that turned out to be worse than our wallet-case choose. Apple’s FineWoven Pockets with MagSafe has a robust magnet and may comfortably match two playing cards directly. However like final 12 months’s FineWoven iPhone circumstances, it’s product of suede-like microtwill supplies that scratch simply and may shortly look worn. The Mujjo Full Leather-based Magnetic Pockets, which has openings on the underside and the rear for simply including and eradicating playing cards, can comfortably match as much as three playing cards. It additionally has silicone stripes on the rear which can be meant for slip resistance, although they didn’t work. The pockets would continuously detach from the iPhone once we added or eliminated playing cards.
Extra-protective circumstances
Apple changed its FineWoven iPhone circumstances with a brand new TechWoven Case for some members of the iPhone 17 lineup. It feels high-end and premium, and the woven materials holds up properly in opposition to scratches. The anodized aluminum buttons really feel good and clicky too, and the Digital camera Management button is roofed. Due to its built-in magnets, you should use it with MagSafe equipment and wi-fi chargers. Whereas it’s a nice-looking case, it doesn’t supply a lot to face out in opposition to our high picks — particularly at such a excessive value. As well as, it’s accessible just for the iPhone 17 Professional fashions.
Casetify’s Bounce Case has thicker borders, an built-in digital camera lens overlaying, a hard-shell backplate, and thick bumpers for nook drop safety, in addition to the choice to customise it. However it’s costly, and our protective-case picks price lower than half its value. It’s additionally not particularly straightforward to retailer in a bag or pocket.
The OtterBox Commuter and Defender Professional XT present a substantial quantity of safety — together with a considerable quantity of bulk. The Commuter combines a TPU case and a hard-plastic shell, and the Defender Professional XT has a shiny rear again. Whereas each circumstances present a substantial quantity of protection, they’re costly in contrast with our high picks.
The OtterBox Sole Collection is a rugged case with grooves constructed into the perimeters, a textured again that permits for a safe grip, raised edges on the entrance and on the digital camera bump, and a built-in (however detachable) lanyard that you should use to hold your iPhone. It additionally has button covers, together with an built-in Digital camera Management cowl, and help for MagSafe. However homeowners have reported that the case doesn’t align correctly with their iPhone 17, inflicting unintended triggers on the amount rocker and the Digital camera Management button. We haven’t skilled this difficulty.
Speck’s Presidio2 Grip with MagSafe does a superb job of defending in opposition to drops with ridges alongside the rear and sides for a greater grip, plus a well-placed cutout for the Digital camera Management button. However it’s laborious to justify paying the total retail value of this case when you possibly can pay lower than half that for comparable safety from Smartish’s Gripzilla.
The UAG Civilian affords a hard-shell rear with TPU sides, together with a slim profile and a lanyard. It protects your entire iPhone’s buttons and has a cutout for the Digital camera Management button. However its lanyard factors are positioned on the underside corners of the case, which may expose them to break and particles.
The UAG Pathfinder is one other protecting case with a hard-shell exterior, TPU bumpers, tactile buttons, and raised sides alongside the display screen and digital camera module. It additionally helps MagSafe equipment. It’s slim and light-weight, particularly for a rugged case. However as with the UAG Civilian case, the lanyard anchors are positioned on the underside, which may expose the cellphone to break. The iPhone 17 case choices are additionally restricted when it comes to design, as they aren’t accessible in stable or muted colours; you’ve solely a selection between two prints.
ESR’s HaloLock Cyber Powerful Case consists of two items: a TPE gentle shell and a plastic scratch-resistant laborious shell, the latter of which has a built-in MagSafe ring. It affords loads of safety for each the show and the again of the cellphone, and the magnets have a robust maintain. Though we admire that it’s light-weight, its clean again feels slippery regardless of the built-in grooves on the perimeters, so it doesn’t enable for the perfect grip.
OtterBox’s Symmetry Collection is available in a wide range of kinds, together with a leather-like choice that the corporate says is comprised of cactus. It additionally has a microfiber lining, MagSafe help, a raised digital camera bump, and button covers, together with one for the Digital camera Management button. However it’s double the value of our different picks in comparable designs, such because the Smartish Gripmunk and the Mujjo Full Leather-based Case, which give the identical quantity of safety.
Clear case
Apple’s Clear Case with MagSafe protects the Digital camera Management button with a pressure-sensitive, responsive button constructed into the case that allows you to swipe, press, and half-press to regulate the digital camera. However it doesn’t supply the perfect grip, and it leaves the whole port and speaker part uncovered. The iPhone 17 Professional variations even have a white sq. on the again that isn’t aesthetically pleasing.
The ESR Hybrid Case with Stand has a stable kickstand constructed into its digital camera bump with a canopy for the Digital camera Management button, but it surely doesn’t present the perfect grip.
The Smartish Gripmunk with MagSafe case within the Clearly Clear shade choice has a raised digital camera bumper and thick, frosted edges with textured grips round all the edges, plus an uncovered however accessible cutout for the Digital camera Management button. Nevertheless, a earlier model of the case turned yellow notably quick, so we’ve comparable considerations about this one.
Speck makes a number of clear circumstances, together with the Presidio Lux, Presidio Lux Glitter, Presidio Excellent-Clear Grip MagSafe, and Presidio Excellent-Clear MagSafe. We’d advocate Speck’s Grip variations, as a result of the non-Grip variations might be slippery within the hand. The Grip variations, with plastic grips raised alongside the sides and inverted on the again, supply a special appear and feel than some other clear case. We’ve discovered that the non-Grip variations have a smaller cutout for the Digital camera Management button, which may make it troublesome to achieve for folks with bigger arms.
Spigen’s Extremely Hybrid T MagFit case is a good clear choice with MagSafe help. It affords hard-plastic TPU borders together with a raised digital camera bumper and corners for extra safety. With this case, Spigen covers the motion and Digital camera Management buttons, the latter of which stays aware of swipes and half-presses, as with Apple’s case. However this case is accessible just for the iPhone 17 Professional.
The UAG Plyo is one other protecting clear choice with a thicker profile, nook safety, and digital camera safety, in addition to an accessible Digital camera Management cutout. However the bigger MagSafe magnet ring design is polarizing.
The Zagg Crystal Palace is a stable clear case with textured edges, a raised digital camera bump, an built-in Digital camera Management cowl, and help for MagSafe. Zagg additionally has a kickstand model, if you need a case that means that you can prop the iPhone up. However Spigen’s Extremely Hybrid case is cheaper and affords the identical options, and we choose the additional safety it offers across the plateau for the Professional fashions. Zagg does supply a Lite model of this case that’s extra inexpensive, but it surely doesn’t have a Digital camera Management cowl or MagSafe help.
Superthin case
Caudabe’s Veil is our earlier superthin choose. It has pebbled dots on the perimeters for a greater grip, a bump to guard your iPhone’s digital camera lenses, and skinny button covers. Nevertheless, the case is accessible just for the Professional fashions of the iPhone 17.
Pitaka’s Extremely-Slim Case is a stable choice, but it surely affords minimal general safety. Though the iPhone 17 variations have a Digital camera Management button, the rear shell leaves the remainder of the buttons, and the USB-C port, utterly uncovered. It does have an aluminum digital camera bump and MagSafe magnets, but it surely doesn’t offer you sufficient protection all-around to make this case value shopping for.
This information was edited by Arthur Gies and Caitlin McGarry.
