What Are Your Standards When Buying a Phone Case?

With over a billion phone cases sold globally each year, ranging from $5 to $100, the choices are vast. However, despite being a small accessory, a phone case is something we carry with us daily and interact with for extended periods. It's crucial to evaluate the various impacts it has on our lives with a higher standard.

As a pioneer in military-grade drop protection standards for mobile accessories, RHINOSHIELD sets higher standards for its products. Every RHINOSHIELD phone case meets the following criteria: mono-material design and sustainable material technology, military-grade impact resistance, food-grade and non-toxic standards, and ultra-long lifespan and extreme durability.

Mono material is the key to a circular economy. Once a product's material composition becomes complex, it becomes difficult to recycle and reuse. 

However, while phone cases seem simple, they must meet multiple functional requirements: they must be shockproof, tough, scratch-resistant, aesthetically pleasing, durable, and resistant to degradation. Using a mono material to meet all these requirements is extremely challenging.

Therefore, many phone cases on the market choose the most cost-effective method, sacrificing sustainability. They use impact-resistant materials for the frame, scratch-resistant materials for the backplate, and add decorative materials like mirrors and stickers. Finally, they are glued together. Obviously, even if these phone cases are thrown into the recycling bin, they are difficult to disassemble, sort, and reuse, ending up as plastic waste, betraying your intention to do your part for the planet.

Since 2017, RHINOSHIELD has switched its entire product line to modular, mono-material design. While ensuring functionality, we also prioritize recyclability and reusability. Nearly 20 million users have already used our mono-material and circular products to protect both their phones and the planet.

You might wonder why a phone case needs to meet US FDA food-grade standards. 

For example, not only tableware, but also many products that use plastic materials, such as toys and receipts, are required to meet non-toxic standards. Their common feature is direct or prolonged skin contact. So, the phone case that you hold for 6-7 hours every day must meet this standard, right?

Many plastic products, in order to achieve their shape and for other purposes, often add cheap plasticizers such as BPA, BPS, and BPF. However, these toxic substances can enter the human body through skin contact and cause cancer. 

Unfortunately, the mobile accessory industry is still lagging behind, and the inclusion of BPA and other ingredients is common. Therefore, RHINOSHIELD chooses to set its own standards and include food-grade container standards in our phone case production. While protecting your tech devices, we also safeguard your invaluable health.

You may have had the same experience: after using a phone case for a while, it starts to deteriorate, yellowing after a few months, and then becoming brittle, and breaking, losing its protective function. If a high-energy impact accident occurs at this time, your valuable phone will be the first casualty.

Many people also think that since phone cases are not expensive, they can simply be replaced when they yellow or break. However, the cumulative burden on your wallet and the planet is significant.

The lifespan and durability are closely related to material engineering, and this is where RHINOSHIELD excels: the lifetime anti-yellowing Clear case, the woven cable that can withstand thousands of bends, and the GRIPMAX that can take 200,000 openings and closings. 

In our material tech labs, these products must undergo rigorous extreme testing and improvement to ensure that they can endure your daily use without the need for frequent replacement and unnecessary waste.