I am delighted with this flip cover. It incorporates in the back of the phone, so do not represent a troublesome extra thickness. The phone will 'wake up' automatically when it is opened, but can be seen without opening it if you have a text message or an email. Negative: not easy to take pictures with the flip easily past camera! Other small bug: the cover is magnetized I feel, and suddenly the magnetic field sensing application is quite disoriented ...!