Meanwhile, I have the Flipcase in daily use for 3 months. It still looks very good. Maybe I was lucky, but some of the problems described in other reviews I can not understand: Also new smelled the Flipcase barely, and the smell was by no means unpleasant. The recess on the back of the speaker fits snugly to the speaker, is easily recognized as the basis of the accumulation of dust on the phone back when the phone is removed. The plug my headphones from third-party fit through the hole in Flipcase into the socket. That the Flipcase must be opened to access the USB port (eg for charging), I have not felt as a disadvantage. Most importantly, the phone is firmly seated in the case, and with a film on the touch screen is well protected. My mobile phone has fallen before on the ground, the Flipcase stayed but the phone and luckily undamaged.