hard to find phone flip cases

Andy From Sligo · 17-01-2018 3:51pm #1

Hello, i want a flip case for my alcatel A3 XL 6" Phone - trouble is , never being one for sticking to the norm I am looking for something like this that flips down:

All I can find are these type that flip at the sides :

- I can find a plethora of them from loads of places including ebay and amazon. I wonder why the market seems to have gone to this , flipping out the front cover to the side rather than flipping out downwards? - i cannot see the benefits if there are

Kristopherus · 17-01-2018 3:53pm

Aliexpress ???

Andy From Sligo · 17-01-2018 3:55pm

Kristopherus wrote: »

Aliexpress ???

ah no, havent tried yet - good idea. Is that the one where you have to wait 3-4 weeks delivery for stuff? - hate waiting , so impatient

GBX · 17-01-2018 4:29pm

Andy From Sligo wrote: »

ah no, havent tried yet - good idea. Is that the one where you have to wait 3-4 weeks delivery for stuff? - hate waiting , so impatient

That or ebay is probably your best option. Depending on the seller on AE, you might get the option to pay for quicker shipping but its generally not a lot quicker and not worth the cost of paying extra.

17-01-2018 4:32pm

the ones that go down look a bit silly imo due to being too long - especially when taking a picture - personal opinion.

17-01-2018 4:43pm

Your problem is that you want an unpopular style case for an unpopular phone.

Maybe this one?

https://www.fruugo.ie/onx3-brown-alcatel-fierce-xl-windows-premium-pu-leather-universal-spring-clamp-flip-case-with-camera-slide-and-card-slot-holder/p-7336448-16023149?gclid=CjwKCAiAhfzSBRBTEiwAN-ysWJuugU-c68J_uVQZyyoVMSVrOxN8-z4dp5GJ4UiJQfNuL95xIMDNgRoCc3EQAvD_BwE

duridian · 17-01-2018 8:08pm

Andy From Sligo · 17-01-2018 9:04pm

Basil3 wrote: »

Your problem is that you want an unpopular style case for an unpopular phone.

Maybe this one?

https://www.fruugo.ie/onx3-brown-alcatel-fierce-xl-windows-premium-pu-leather-universal-spring-clamp-flip-case-with-camera-slide-and-card-slot-holder/p-7336448-16023149?gclid=CjwKCAiAhfzSBRBTEiwAN-ysWJuugU-c68J_uVQZyyoVMSVrOxN8-z4dp5GJ4UiJQfNuL95xIMDNgRoCc3EQAvD_BwE

oh cool - yeah that would be the one .... only in black, not brown .... and for an A3 XL

Andy From Sligo · 17-01-2018 9:12pm

glasso wrote: »

the ones that go down look a bit silly imo due to being too long - especially when taking a picture - personal opinion.

no, i quite understand where you are coming from - thats most probably why they are hard got hold of because people prefer these ones that fold at the side instead

ED E · 17-01-2018 10:20pm

TBH both styles are about as stylish as storing your phone in your waistband

Andy From Sligo · 17-01-2018 10:34pm

ED E wrote: »

TBH both styles are about as stylish as storing your phone in your waistband

thats OK - I never do style ... you should see my wardrobe

Andy From Sligo · 17-01-2018 11:16pm

duridian wrote: »

These are all vertical flip case from either UK or Germany based seller. All the German ones are the same seller i think, just different colours. Not very cheap but they'd probably arrive in a week. Hope something there is of use to you Andy.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/ulk/itm/292409128401

https://www.ebay.co.uk/ulk/itm/382316703539

https://www.ebay.co.uk/ulk/itm/382316703542

https://www.ebay.co.uk/ulk/itm/122875083715

https://www.ebay.co.uk/ulk/itm382316703510

https://www.ebay.co.uk/ulk/itm/382316707194

https://www.ebay.co.uk/ulk/itm/142606795785

https://www.ebay.co.uk/ulk/itm/382098692077

Blimey thanks, how the hell you found them and I didnt! - I was spending ages on ebay trying this kind of case and all I was getting was the side opening cases.

Now, the only other issue (which I may have to swallow if I really want this type) is that the side opening ones are around 4 quid and these ones listed are around 17 quid! - I cant seem to have my cake and eat it at the moment. - but thanks agin , at least now I know they still do them

duridian · 17-01-2018 11:55pm

Andy From Sligo wrote: »

Blimey thanks, how the hell you found them and I didnt! - I was spending ages on ebay trying this kind of case and all I was getting was the side opening cases.

Now, the only other issue (which I may have to swallow if I really want this type) is that the side opening ones are around 4 quid and these ones listed are around 17 quid! - I cant seem to have my cake and eat it at the moment. - but thanks agin , at least now I know they still do them

I found them via the eBay app for Android at the time, but I think it was somehow set to eBay UK as well, because the links I copied from the app had the UK domain. Don't honestly know if that made a difference or not.
(I had to remove some "rover.ebay" stuff to get the basic links, I don't know what that "rover" stuff ebay injects into links is all about, but I find Chrome doesn't like it. Probably some referral/affiliate thing I suppose.)

I think the only cases I could find in the sub 5 or 6 quid price range were all China based, so while in my limited experience eBay or Amazon is a bit quicker getting stuff delivered from China than Aliexpress, it would probably still be a couple weeks longer than you'd like to wait. There's also a possibility with the cheaper cases that you will get some generic type of case that doesn't have the cutouts right, etc. (Despite the ad saying it is for such a phone.) Might be worth the few bob to avoid that.

Andy From Sligo · 18-01-2018 1:25am

duridian wrote: »

I found them via the eBay app for Android at the time, but I think it was somehow set to eBay UK as well, because the links I copied from the app had the UK domain. Don't honestly know if that made a difference or not.
(I had to remove some "rover.ebay" stuff to get the basic links, I don't know what that "rover" stuff ebay injects into links is all about, but I find Chrome doesn't like it. Probably some referral/affiliate thing I suppose.)

I think the only cases I could find in the sub 5 or 6 quid price range were all China based, so while in my limited experience eBay or Amazon is a bit quicker getting stuff delivered from China than Aliexpress, it would probably still be a couple weeks longer than you'd like to wait. There's also a possibility with the cheaper cases that you will get some generic type of case that doesn't have the cutouts right, etc. (Despite the ad saying it is for such a phone.) Might be worth the few bob to avoid that.

yes this could very well be one of those "you get what you pay for" kind of scenarios, although in the past i have bought generic cases for other mobile phones around the 4 quid mark and I couldnt really fault them - apart from questionable when they call them 'real leather' on their listings ! :rolleyes:

hard to find phone flip cases

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