Griffin's ugly-ass ClearBoost iPhone antenna booster hits the scene

Griffin's antenna-stub sporting ClearBoost case for the iPhone just hit the streets, and opinions are already pouring in. The case involves the antenna, a bumper and a screen protector, and while the resulting combination is not much for loooks, iLounge found it to improve performance in certain situations. Apparently in very low coverage areas the ClearBoost isn't much help, but in wonky two or three bar situations ClearBoost added one or two bars. Sounds like a win to us, but you're going to have to have some serious need of signal to sacrifice iPhone aesthetics this totally.

[Via iLounge]

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 4th 2008 2:23AM]

U-G-L-Y you ain't got no alibi... yeah... that's plain hideous.

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 4th 2008 4:49AM]

This would go great with a white short sleeve shirt, pocket protector and horn rim glasses. Geek-O-Rama! Ma Man Gonna get some leg tonight fo-sure!

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 4th 2008 6:40AM]

What? An ugly Griffin 3rd-party accessory that totally destroys the beauty of the product it was made for?

Imagine that.

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 4th 2008 10:43AM]

Meh, I have no real opinion of the iPhone's looks anyway, they're just like any other LG mobile anyway (viewty,prada,etc)

Plus this thing isn't THAT ugly, as far as silicone cases go, I've seen worse

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 24th 2008 7:33PM]

anything, and i mean ANYTHING to help clarity on the iPhone is welcomed here. calling it the i"phone" is the biggest joke off all.. it's worthless. i love apple, been with them since 93, but using AT&T was a huge mistake. turned mine in after less than a week of use. family members would hang up on me because of the lack of quality in the calls. waiting to see if number 2 is any better.