I have one of these shiny cases, and I only bought it because it was the ONLY shell case I could find at Best Buy (and because I'm notorious for destroying electronics through 'normal' use). It looks cool when you first buy it, but the only way to get it to work is to have the backlight on. I've gotten used to this now, but I used to take for granted just glancing at the screen to see how far along a song is or, if on shuffle, which song is playing. The other commenter is right; if it's a sunny day, you can forget even TRYING to see your screen.
It's cool at first, but it's way overpriced for a product that's very limiting.
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I have one of these shiny cases, and I only bought it because it was the ONLY shell case I could find at Best Buy (and because I'm notorious for destroying electronics through 'normal' use). It looks cool when you first buy it, but the only way to get it to work is to have the backlight on. I've gotten used to this now, but I used to take for granted just glancing at the screen to see how far along a song is or, if on shuffle, which song is playing. The other commenter is right; if it's a sunny day, you can forget even TRYING to see your screen.
It's cool at first, but it's way overpriced for a product that's very limiting.