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Review: 4 Big Reasons To Consider The Amzer Crusta Case for your iPhone.

03/23/2015 By Reginald Agenor

Amzer Crusta Case

Is Amzer Crusta the right rugged case for your iPhone 6 or 6 Plus?

Concluding three months ago in Las Vegas, Nevada, the Consumer Electronics Show, better known as CES, attracts gadget makers of all shapes and sizes showing off the latest in consumer technology. But, it’s not just the gadgets that attract the masses to this omnipotent trade show at the Las Vegas Convention Center. Case makers such as Amzer utilize the trade show to showcase their newest offerings. Case in point (no pun intended), their newest offering is the Amzer Crusta (spelled Crüsta™) iPhone 6 Plus case.

While not a household name just yet, Amzer manufactures one heck of a rugged case. Don’t allow your unfamiliarity with Amzer brand to prevent you from considering the Crüsta™ case as a viable option for protecting your treasured investment. The question you iPhone 6/6+ owners have to ask yourselves is ‘would you protect your expensive investment with this case?’ Based on our lengthy testing, we can answer your question for you with an unequivocal ‘Yes.’ We came away impressed.

The recently released Crüsta™ case offers 4 layers of military grade protection. This multi-layer military grade protection consists of the following:

  1. A tempered glass screen protector
  2. An embedded tempered glass hard shell casing
  3. A thermoplastic rubberized ring with textured finish
  4. A 360 degree swiveling functional belt clip holster

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Amzer’s own Kristäl™ tempered glass offers complete edge-to-edge protection with easy installation. We came away impressed by the hardness of this glass, which ensures protection from unwanted scratches and scrapes. According to Amzer, Kristäl™ provides “maximum touch sensitivity and optically clear adhesive for HD quality.”

The case also features a 1.1 mm thick tempered glass backing along with an inner hard shell. This inner shell and outer bumper ring have cutouts to ensure no unwanted dust particles or other foreign substances enter the device’s orifices by happenstance. It incorporates precise cutouts for easy access to all your iPhone’s critical ports and buttons. All the device’s physical buttons are easily accessible and functional.

The belt clip conforms to various positions and comfortably fits on your belt or pant waist without any noticeable discomfort. The iPhone 6 Plus case even comes with a handy microfiber cloth (a necessity for cleaning any fingerprints from the fitted tempered glass.

After our thorough review, we strongly suggest this case for those who are accident prone or severely paranoid. This covers a lot of you folks. We grade this case with high marks and believe that it suits most working professionals who look for that serious mobile phone protection. How many brands boast about 6′ drop protection? Off the top of our heads, we’re only familiar with two. This level of protection comes from the “high impact resistant thermoplastic material with nano air cushion technology.” Amzer tells all “it’s okay if you let go.”

The Crüsta case is available in a wide array of color combinations, 42 to be exact. Watch the video below to see the color lineup or visit www.amzer.com/crusta. We prefer the Black on Yellow color combination as it resembles the colors of our NHL franchise Boston Bruins.  The Crüsta™ case is available on the Amzer website as well as on Newegg at a cost of $45. If you’re looking to buy it for a little less, wait and check around a holiday. Amzer currently has a 20% off sale for Mother’s Day. Use Code MEMORIAL at checkout. The Crüsta™ case is available for use with the following mobile devices:

  • Apple iPhone 5/5S/6/6+
  • Apple iPad Mini 1/2/3
  • Samsung Galaxy S5
  • Samsung Note 3 & 4
  • Amazon Fire (Why? We have no idea.)

FTC Disclosure: Amzer provided BR with a Crüsta™ case to review during CES2015. 

Filed Under: Mobility, Phones Phablets Tablets Tagged With: Amzer, Crusta, iPhone, Kristal, review 10/21/2015

Pre-PAX East 2015 Kickoff at Microsoft Store

03/02/2015 By Hakan Can

Larry Hyrb of Xbox One

Celebrate the kick-off of PAX East at the Microsoft Store in Boston

Per Larry Hyrb’s blog, Larry himself will be kicking off PAX East 2015 with a pre-party this Thursday from 7-9 PM showing off the new Xbox One titles Ori and the Blind Forest and Screamride.  There will be prizes along with the opportunity to play games and meet others in the Xbox One community.  Most importantly, you get you meet Larry.  How cool is this?  And I can say from first hand experience that he’s a great guy and easy to talk with.  You’ll enjoy meeting him.

Screamride for Xbox One

Screamride for Xbox One

“In anticipation of one of the biggest gaming events of the year, I will be at Microsoft at The Shops at Prudential Center on Thursday March 5 from 7-9 p.m. The Microsoft store and I will be hosting this free event with in-store gameplay and a sneak peek at games like Ori and the Blind Forest and ScreamRide along with the chance to win some great prizes. No PAX admission is necessary – this event is free and open to the public. In addition to hands-on game play, we’ll have some food and of course prizes including a pair of tickets to attend the sold out PAX East show.

Ori and the Blind Forest for Xbox One

Ori and the Blind Forest for Xbox One

The Facebook event page has complete details about the event as well.  As a bonus for those of you who get there early (by 6 p.m.) The first 50 people in line at 6 PM will win a free digital copy of ScreamRide for Xbox One. Open only to event attendees who are legal residents of the 50 U.S. or D.C. and 13+ years of age. Winners must be present to win. Game ends 03/05/15. For Official Rules, see a sales associate.”  Full Terms and Conditions are here.

All images are the courtesy and property of Microsoft Studios.  Watch the trailers for both games here:

Ori and the Blind Forest is developed by Moon Studios and published by Microsoft Studios.

Screamride is  developed by Frontier Development Ltd and published by Microsoft Studios.

Filed Under: Beantown Gaming Tagged With: Gaming, Larry Hyrb, Microsoft, Ori, PAX East, Screamride 04/12/2017

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