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Review: Marware SportGrip for iPhone 3G

Last updated: May 15, 2021 2:29 pm UTC
By Jeremy Horwitz
Review: Marware SportGrip for iPhone 3G

Officially less than a week old, Apple’s iPhone 3G already has its first collection of protective cases, designed to shield the device against scratch and scuff damage, as well as fingerprints and smudges. Today, we’re doing brief reviews of the first dozen iPhone 3G cases, some of which are modestly redesigned versions of original iPhone designs, and others completely new to this device. This review covers Marware’s Sport Grip for iPhone 3G ($20).

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Review: Marware SportGrip for iPhone 3G

Unfortunately price bumped from its award-winning iPhone predecessor, the redesigned Sport Grip still includes the same combination of one silicone rubber case, a clear film screen protector, and a cleaning cloth.

Three colors, white, black, or pink, are available; each is opaque rather than transparent or translucent. A frosted clear version, originally offered in last year’s model, is unfortunately not yet sold for iPhone 3G.

 

Review: Marware SportGrip for iPhone 3G

The premise behind the original Sport Grip was to make the first iPhone more grippy, a great idea that users told us again and again that they appreciated. For whatever reason, perhaps because the iPhone’s curved back is inherently more contoured to one’s hand than before, Marware’s new Sport Grip design really isn’t grippy: this case now features a smoother, ridgeless back that matches iPhone 3G’s natural rear curves rather than augmenting them.

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Here, the rubber is as smooth as the iPhone 3G’s glossy plastic, and the only ridge you feel is a mold line on the case’s right side.

 

Review: Marware SportGrip for iPhone 3G

Review: Marware SportGrip for iPhone 3G

Otherwise, the new Sport Grip is much like the last one; none of the device’s functionality is impacted by this design. Marware exposes the camera, headphone port, bottom Dock Connector, speakers, and microphone, as well as the ringer switch, screen, ear speaker, and sensors. It covers the Home, volume, and Sleep/Wake buttons, and includes a decent clear film screen protector that covers the iPhone’s entire face, optionally including its three proximity and ambient light sensors.

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