little decisive vulnerability

When I unpacked the case, it made a very stable and high-quality impression. It's clean and processed accurately. The S4 detects the lid automatically and then goes into the special S View mode. Here you can then accept or reject calls by the window. So one must not open the case to answer calls and even with closed Case is perfect for nice phone. All buttons can be pressed easily and always solve the desired function. The lid is a little awkward if you want to use the phone and make the photos he is even disturbing.

As I said, at first I was blown away by this case, but then:

The case has a double-hinges, one is right on the cover, the other is incorporated in the lower shell. The first hinge is held together with a metal bar. In the first days of this metal rod has worked out repeatedly and threatened almost completely rauszurutschen. No problem I thought and the rod fixed by gaaaaanz little superglue so that the lid still remained flexible to me. For such an expensive case, the manufacturer would have also been able to make. But no matter, because now held all the parts.

Now to the absolute no go of the case:

After a week of normal use the poorly processed hinge is broken.
If you want to use the S4 normal while the lid flips once, so that the lid on the rear side of the case is, the lower hinge, consisting of only about 1mm thin plastic cones, so pressurized that these pins are broken. Glue helped not much. For this, the voltage occurring is too large.
Remedy in use would be to create, for example the index finger between the cover and back, you do not dammit yes spans the hinge. Or to keep the smartphone so that the lid is on the bale from the thumb. Both quite cumbersome. I do not understand why that was so poorly thought out. Had the hinges are each about 1mm longer game, and the lid could completely turn around.

The hinge remains a significant weakness. I guess when the case really falls down times, the hinge would first believe it. But what I could not test the Case.

Price - performance = Unsatisfactory
Longevity = Unsatisfactory
Function and operation = satisfactory
Design and other processing (other than the hinge) = excellent
Schanier = unsatisfactory