I ordered one to try it, but it hasn't arrived yet. It is US$11.99
Keep us posted on how you like it...I bought the sprint branded case holster combo for my tmobile 9900 and couldn't be happier with it. The stock case seem fairly scratch resistant but I guess if you had to change 1 thing about the build quaility this would be it (Bold 99xx 2nd best build quality of any phone on the market...I grudgingly give best built to iphone 4s)
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...Not sure if the NFC works yet but it does have the connections...
My NFC functioned perfectly with my OEM battery cover - with this pleather cover, no response. The antenna is present but it will not respond to any of my NFC tags.
Anyone else experience this? I agree that it looks great and feels great - also no scratching or scraping of the back of the phone when setting it down on a desk or counter top. But, looks aren't everything - I need my NFC function.
My NFC functioned perfectly with my OEM battery cover - with this pleather cover, no response. The antenna is present but it will not respond to any of my NFC tags.
They're not to bad. I ordered one from true supplier & it still had nfc as well. But after just a few weeks the leather started peeling off. Only paid 12 bucks but I guess you get what you pay for ! If only there was an OEM battery leather cover !
i ordered one from trusupplier but i found it to be very cheap quality! the leather is glued on to very thin plastic, your fingers catch on the leather whenever you pick up your phone plus there is a lot of flex in the plastic whenever you type!! i used it for all of five minutes before switching back to the original cover!
The oem battery cover fits the phone more idd, i've recently changed back to the OEM carbon fiber battery cover.
Though it's scratched it's rather okay since it's cover in the Black OEM BB softshell case.
Just to clarify, WIFI/bluetooth/3G etc all work fine with this cover, and only NFC is affected? Thanks.
That is correct farmurr - my TrueSupplier battery cover does not work with NFC on my Verzion 9330. Everything else is fine as the other systems are built into the phone itself, as LordCrankyPants states above.
If anyone has any tips on how to make NFC work with these, I'd appreciate the help.
I was looking for a leather backed battery cover, not for the aesthetic but I hate fingerprint smudge (my screen protector is non-glare too). OEM cover is too smooth. I was simply going to glue a thin leather myself and in preparation, I sanded the cover. It turned out that it became sort of like a matt finish, which is much nicer to grab (for me). If/when I sell the phone, I simply buy a new OEM cover.