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Built from aerospace aluminum, resistant to both heat and fracture, Designed By M AL13 Aluminum Bumper is as tough as it is feather-lite. Slim and discreet protection for your phone, it boasts a stylish anodized finish and features a high-impact, anti-scratch, anti-fingerprint and anti-glare polyurethane screen protector along with anti-scuff rubber lining. It's akin to surrounding your phone with airbags, basically, but far less cumbersome.

A neat little idea to keep your life a little neater. The Station iPhone Caddy is a cool desk de-clutterer, with various slots to take care of your keys, loose change, pens, sunnies and smartphone. Its understated elegance will add style to any surface, and for all the green-warriors, it's eco-friendly, too, made from 100% bamboo. Just don't let your pet panda near it.

A case with both style and substance, the Italian designed V-Moda Metallo is solid and lightweight, can stand upright and houses inner foam and a clear film to offer untold protection for your phone. It's also been designed to work in conjunction with the firm's VAMP VERZA mobile Hi-Fi amplifier, to turn your phone into a portable disco, but what we like best is the cool sword-like unsheathing sound it makes you when you lock in or out the back metal plates.

Revolutionize the way you use your iPhone with the Hitcase Pro, a case to truly put your mind at ease. Not only has it been used in high vibration environments such as motocross and race tracks, but it's waterproof to 33 feet - the deepest of any iPhone case out there. Your touchscreen can be used with ease and the free Vidometer app enables you to instantly upload your adventures to YouTube.

Oh how we wish that there was a "middle-finger" button instead of the thumbs-up "like" ones for all of those attention-seeking statuses, smug dating pictures or annoying Facebook updates. Well, Hater is the next best thing. An app that allows you to share all the things that get your goat, whether it be politicians, self-obsessed celebrities (yes, you Justin Bieber) or the French. Get hating. Humorously, we don't condone cyber-bullying -- though we'll make an excxpetion for Bieber.

Normal screen protectors do an admirable job, but, they just don't feel the same, not to mention the odd annoying air bubble. The Spigen GLAS.tR Slim Screen Protector may just set the bar when it comes to guarding your phone. Smudge, shock, heat and chemical resistant, it's not only tough, but so slim that it looks and feels as though there's absolutely nothing there.

If Michael Bay decided to add a camera case to the Autobot clan in another Transformers movie, then trust us, he'd chose the 4thdesign Trigger. Forged from premium metals, it incorporates 10 separate parts that mechanically lock together in a titanium gray finish. You'll never have to worry about your iPhone again, but the Decepticons will be quaking in their wrought-iron boots.

You'll be pleased to know that the design of the Mophie Juice Pack Air hasn't strayed too far from the previous model other than to incorporate the changes to the layout of the iPhone 5. There's a great textured rubbery grip and mesh over the front-facing speakers for an enhanced sound. Most impressive of all, it'll provide an extra 8 hours of talk and internet time, 10 hours of Wi-Fi web and video and a mammoth 40 hours of audio playback.

Modern music meets premodern style with the Volta Sound Block. A finely crafted block of Northwest Alder wood paired with a Bison horn creates an au naturale phonograph into which you can dock your iPhone. It's like Fred Flintstone bought a sound system. The dock is lined with wool to protect the delicate electronics from the harder elements.

A case that protects and enhances your smartphone - both in terms of its looks and picture-taking capabilities. The Gizmon iCA 5 Case, constructed from polycarbonate, is tough and lightweight and comes complete with shutter button and rangefinder lens. Available with a silver or black finish and a host of colorful straps, we're absolutely loving the classy, retro look.