Mobile phone case is not only an accessory that can provide protection for phones. It can also change the appearance of mobile phones. Making consumers' mobile phones more personalized. The materials of mobile phone cases concludes engineering PC materials, silica gel, TPU and other materials.
Who invented the mobile phone case? This problem can be traced back to the morphological evolution of mobile phones. Before 2000, many mobile phone housings were black. Then in nearly 2000, major producers abandoned the thick feeling of the past mobile phone case. In order to make the color of mobile phones brighter or cool. The earliest bright mobile phones were Motorola's 328-338. It has a variety of color shells. Ericsson 798 lower flip uses various colors that are closer to the aesthetics at that time. And Nokia designed a mobile phone, its name is 5110. It comes with a black shell. But Nokia will give a color shell that can be changed at will in the mobile phone sales package. This is the earliest concept of "mobile phone case".
Nokia's promotion ad at that time was to give you a mobile phone with a mobile phone case. It can change the appearance. You can change the appearance of your mobile phone at home without any screwdriver tools. As soon as this idea comes out, it provides a huge business market for manufacturers. Nokia has directly opened up its ten-year hegemonic position, which is invincible. Other handset producers are watching Nokia's sales fall behind. Subsequent manufacturers introduced a shell that can replace 8210 with 8250. And with special keys, the sales volume climbed all the way. There are producers with both technology and creativity that have introduced 8210 to 8850, followed by 8310 to 8910, etc.
This is the earliest mobile phone case on the market. The accessories to protect and change the appearance of mobile phones.
In the era of Nokia's smart phones, there are fewer and fewer models that can be changed at will. At that time, many manufacturers that produced and sold mobile phone cases were eliminated. There are some manufacturers who think of not making mobile phone shells. But can make protective shells for mobile phones. That is the mobile phone shells we saw today.
In 2008, the iPhone gradually became popular all over the world. Of course, the manufacturers of mobile phone protective cases did not miss this opportunity. They designed various kinds of protective cases with varied shapes and colors for iPhone.
The various forms and technologies of the iPhone protective case were extended from the Nokia case. Even if you see many new mobile phones launched by manufacturers at present. Their innovative shell design is basically the technology that many manufacturers have done in the past. In the early years, some mobile phones promoted what kind of skin feel. In fact, the rubber oil coating process already mastered around 2000.