I wanted to get the Simplism DockCarabiner Neo for iPhone during the PC Show 2011 back in June 2011 but the black color was sold out on the second day. I went back on the third day but there was no re-stock. It was only selling for S$13.20 at Epicentre.
Ever since then I have been checking out various branches of Epicentre, but all of them do not have the black color. I also saw it at DG Lifestyle Store at VivoCity but they do not have black as well. But I left my name with them and ask them to call me when they have re-stock for black color.
They didn’t call me as expected but I happened to drop by VivoCity 2 days ago and saw the black color! Of course, I got it immediately!
It was retailing for S$18 but CitiBank credit card have a 10% discount, so after discount is S$16.20.
Don’t be fooled by the dock carabiner, once it is plugged into the iPhone’s dock connector, it is pretty strong, you can lift your iPhone with the dock carabiner and it will not drop.
I know the carabiner is strong and able to hang on the iphone, but I don’t recommend for long term usages. The reasons are the phone constantly swing back and forth. It is create too much frictions on the connector itself eventually it will damage the connector. Also the connector pins where all electrical signal are used for charge and data sync will fail.
my 2 cents opinion.
I agree, I still put it on my pocket though, I don’t really hook it out, I just use the carabiner to hold the phones when my hands are occupied as I can hook it on just one of my fingers/