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I wish Benks would list the material in their product descriptions.
Agree completely...It seems like they are upgrading some of the models to aluminium camera rings which I think are the silver ones.
The black ones are plastic afaik and it seems like a crap shoot at this stage as to which one you will get. All the recent reviews on YT of the Golden Tide have the black plastic, and the photos on the website are all black plastic as well except for the main photo and that Sync one you showed earlier. Confusing to say the least.
Wow, this looks very good with Desert Titanium. I can't resist 😄This case looks even better in person 🔥
Great choice the Pitaka is and this colorway company branding isn’t so in your face …very subtle in person
EDIT: After 48 minutes after my order I received 15% Christmas discount from Pitaka 🤣🤣
For anyone interested: Code: MC15 expires Dec 11.
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Nomad shipping and customer service is also in the toilet as of lately. Ordered a couple things, paid for express shipping, 3 days later no signs of shipping at all 
Emailed them and the only response I received was BS from their new Ai robot. I'm getting sick and tired of all this new Ai crap. Don't think I'll be ordering much from Nomad in the near future.
Emailed them and the only response I received was BS from their new Ai robot. I'm getting sick and tired of all this new Ai crap. Don't think I'll be ordering much from Nomad in the near future.
Is that the only color that offers aluminum camera ring ? Can’t seem to find in the site , just says enhanced lens protection
Well, sort of. Nowhere does it say “Camera ring: Material”. Through a process of elimination it is possible to make an educated guess, but the first and third list both PC and Aluminum, so which is it? The one that doesn’t list aluminum we can probably assume is using PC. Clear as mud though…
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Nomad shipping and customer service is also in the toilet as of lately. Ordered a couple things, paid for express shipping, 3 days later no signs of shipping at all
Everything I order from nomad a week later gets sent back. The bigger they gotten, the shytty their products have become. Two years in a row. I’m out on them come the 17 series.
I gave up on Otterbox several years ago.
I was a diehard Otterbox fan. I used the Defender on my first few generations of iPhones, and, for Mr. Klutz, they were perfect.
By my 7 Plus, I wanted a less bulky case, as well as never really liking the built-in screen protector. So I switched to the Otterbox Commuter.
The trouble with the Commuter was that it wore through by the home button after a year. And the "lifetime warranty" requires a $10 shipping and handling charge.
Not having learned my lesson, I got the Commuter for my 12 Pro. It, too, wore out. It wore out at the bottom near where I flicked up for "Home." After the second one wore out, and wanting a Magsafe case, I went through several cases before finding the one I really, really liked - the Caudabe Sheath.
Loving the Sheath, and given the wear issues of the Commuter, I bought a second Sheath for when the first one wore out.
And now that I've upgraded to the 16PM, I still have a brand new in-box Caudabe Sheath for the 12 Pro. The first one never wore out!
Now if only Caudabe would add a CC button cover to the current Sheath, I'd be happy. (Currently I'm back on the Apple Silicone for its excellent CC button cover.)
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Not really. What do you make of the two out of three that list both PC and aluminum? There are no PC parts other than a camera ring on these cases. So again, which is it?
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Yea but the ArmorAir 600D, ArmorAir Aurora and ArmorTint are all plastic camera rings (which there is nothing wrong with that, I kind of prefer it honestly) the only one that’s an aluminum camera ring is ArmorPro Aurora. I can at least confirm all of those. So their site is definitely not super clear when it comes to the material used or even slightly false advertising the aluminum camera ring on a lot of their cases.
Thank you! The black iPhone is definitely my favorite with this particular finish.
This seems to be true for most case manufacturers.
My guess is, if it’s black it’s not aluminum. Best bet is to ask Benks directly to clear all doubts.
Refund issued by Otterbox after I emailed advising I’ll be going down the chargeback route. Thanks @Zensō.
The PC part will be inside the case for structure like the Pitaka I guess.
Either way, if it states aluminium then you can be sure it's the camera ring.
Which ones have aluminium in the specs that don't have an aluminium camera ring?
You must be thinking of leather cases where PC frames are used? PC is not used in the body of these cases; they’re constructed solely of epoxy-impregnated aramid fiber. In the materials list, both PC and aluminum are in reference to the camera surround, hence the confusion.
Benks could easily make this clear, but I’m with @JBlass421 in thinking they’re likely being vague on purpose to hide the fact that they’re using more plastic in place of metal this year. Either that or they need to fire their copy editor… lol.