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You know that feeling when you get a new iPhone case and find yourself wondering why it couldn’t be just a little — maybe even a lot — thinner? Sickening, right?
After all, the iPhone was designed to sit in your hand like a slender sliver of shiny wonder. The more it gets sheathed in armor, the less it feels like the sleek, tactile technological marvel that it is.
The team of iPhone case makers at Totallee agrees. A California startup based out of South Pasadena, they’ve developed a trio of cases that range between 0.06 and 0.02 inches thick, offering the choice to prioritize toughness or slimness. They’re all rugged enough to provide a necessary layer of protection to your fragile phone, and they all go for the same price — an utterly reasonable $19.
From slim to slimmer to slimmest
The Doberman
Each Totallee iPhone case variant goes by a distinct and wryly clever name. At 0.06 inches, the Doberman is Totallee’s thickest and toughest case.
It’s a matte black TPU shell that’s ultra-durable, with a slight lip to protect the phone’s face and a bit of texturing that adds a nice grip to the phone. Somehow, though, it doesn’t change the iPhone’s profile enough that you’ll notice that the device is encased in a layer of armor.
The Spy
The Spy, by comparison, is a little more slim and sly at 0.04 inches. Made of transparent TPU, this one’s great for those of you who salivated over the rose gold iPhone and don’t want to obscure it’s gorgeous finish with a needlessly bulky and opaque case.
This is the protective jacket you put on your iPhone and forget — until it saves your precious phone from another scrape.
The Scarf
Slenderest of all — coming in at an impossibly slim 0.02 inches and weighing just 0.01 ounces — the Scarf is one of the world’s thinnest iPhone cases. Seriously, it’s as thin as your fingernail and has the mass of about three juicy blueberries.
Slip the polypropylene Scarf around your phone and it’ll be tougher and easier to grip, thanks to a brushed finish, without adding any noticeable heft. Plus, this one lets you choose among a quartet of colors: white, gray, black and navy blue.
Totallee thin iPhone cases
Each case comes in a super-minimal packaging that further demonstrates Totallee’s attention to detail and design. Each item is a genuine pleasure to open, and is accompanied by a warranty card signed by the actual person who carefully inspected and hand-packed your shipment. (Totallee backs its slim iPhone cases with top-notch customer service and a 90-day, no-questions-asked return policy.)
It’s worth repeating that these lovingly crafted, super-thin iPhone cases cost less than 20 bucks. If you’ve been chafing at the overly noticeable, underwhelmingly designed case you’ve been carrying around, pick up a Totallee iPhone case and see if you even remember you’re using it.
