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Does anyone feel like they have a line on the aesthetic sense of fourteen year old boys? I'm buying my nephew a cell phone case for Christmas (on the request of my sister), and I have no idea what to pick. In terms of clothes, he's a jeans-and-t-shirt dude, and shows no color sense to speak of; he's a Boy Scout, and kind of outdoorsy; and he's in marching band.
My family swears by OtterBox for our cell phone cases. Well, *I* don't have one, but on the nagging of my brother, he, my mother, my wife, and my mother-in-law all do. And I tried one, but I didn't like it. I, on the other hand, have a variation on the Speck Candyshell, which has served me well the past year and a half. In terms of color, I'm thinking something in the green or black family. The blues and reds all seem too femme.
Or, I could go Etsy. I think this wood one but I don't know if the design is too weird. He plays video games, and I like this one a lot. The dot design on this one is pretty cool. And this Sriracha one is pretty hip.
What I am saying here is, halp, plz to be preventing me from being Uncool Aunt.
My family swears by OtterBox for our cell phone cases. Well, *I* don't have one, but on the nagging of my brother, he, my mother, my wife, and my mother-in-law all do. And I tried one, but I didn't like it. I, on the other hand, have a variation on the Speck Candyshell, which has served me well the past year and a half. In terms of color, I'm thinking something in the green or black family. The blues and reds all seem too femme.
Or, I could go Etsy. I think this wood one but I don't know if the design is too weird. He plays video games, and I like this one a lot. The dot design on this one is pretty cool. And this Sriracha one is pretty hip.
What I am saying here is, halp, plz to be preventing me from being Uncool Aunt.
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So, you know, if that's a concern at all, OtterBox wins hands down. (It's why I picked one in the first place, they're known for incredibly durable cases.) But style-wise, good grief, they're awful.
Of the Etsy cases you linked to: that wood one is definitely the coolest. If you don't feel comfortable with it, though, the dot one would be a pretty safe bet in terms of being neat without being much of a risk. Definitely better than just a basic black case!
(Caveat: I am, admittedly, a 27 year old woman without access to a teenage boy to run this past (my standby for that in years past is, well, no longer a teenage boy himself anymore), so you may take these opinions with however much salt you deem appropriate.)