Wolf iPhone Case

A wolf iPhone case puts the design somewhere you look more often than anywhere else in your life. Most people check a phone dozens of times a day, which makes a case the highest-contact piece we sell after a keyring. It is also the cheapest way to carry a design that would cost considerably more on any other object.

There is one thing to settle before anything else on this page, and it matters more than which artwork you prefer.

Check your model before ordering a wolf iPhone case

Phone cases are the only item in our entire range with a hard compatibility requirement. A case that does not match your exact model is not merely a poor fit, it is unusable, because camera cutouts and button positions move between generations.

This range covers earlier iPhone generations. The model options run across iPhone 5S and SE, iPhone 6 and 6S, iPhone 6S Plus, iPhone 7 and 7 Plus, and iPhone 8 and 8 Plus.

If you are carrying a newer handset than those, nothing on this page will fit, and we would rather tell you that plainly than have you order and return it. If you are still using one of the models listed, these are increasingly hard to find elsewhere as retailers drop support for older phones, which makes this collection more useful than it first appears.

Check the exact model in your phone settings rather than going by memory. The difference between a 6 and a 6S is invisible from the outside and fatal for a case.

How a printed case wears over time

Cases live a harder life than almost anything else, and it is worth knowing what to expect from a printed one.

Print on a case sits on a surface that is handled constantly, set down on tables, and pushed in and out of pockets alongside keys. Expect gradual softening of the finish at the corners and edges first, since those are the points that contact every surface the phone is placed on.

The flat back panel, which carries most of the design, wears far more slowly because it is rarely in direct contact with anything abrasive. That is convenient, since it is the part you actually see.

A case is a consumable rather than a permanent object. Judged on that basis, a year of daily use from an inexpensive case is a reasonable return, and it is why buying two designs and swapping between them is a more sensible approach than expecting one to last indefinitely.

Protection, and what a printed shell does not do

Be realistic about what this kind of case is for.

A slim printed shell protects against scratches, minor scuffs and the wear that comes from setting a phone down on hard surfaces. It also stops the phone sliding off angled surfaces, which prevents more damage than people credit.

What it does not do is absorb a serious drop onto a hard floor. That requires a thick shock-absorbing case with raised corners, which is a different product with a different priority. If your phone leads a rough life, a printed shell is the wrong choice and no design makes up for it.

The one habit worth adopting either way is checking that the case lip sits slightly proud of the screen, so that a phone placed face down rests on the case rather than on the glass.

Artwork that survives a small canvas

The back of a phone is a small canvas, and the designs that work are the ones that account for that.

Close portraits dominate, because a face fills the space better than a scene does. The Wolf iPhone Case Blue Eyes and the Wolf iPhone Case Observer rely on the eyes, which are the feature that reads at small scale. The iPhone Case Ferocious Wolf and the Wolf iPhone Case Howling take the more dramatic approach.

Paired designs form the second group. The Wolf iPhone Case Inseparable Brothers and the Wolf iPhone Case Couple Alpha place two animals together, and these are frequently bought as matching pairs by couples, which is a use we did not anticipate and now see regularly.

For something more restrained, the Wolf iPhone Shell Grey and the Wolf iPhone Case Alpha White keep the palette narrow, and the Siberian Wolf iPhone Case sits between the two.

Getting a case on and off without damage

Two small points that prevent the most common problems.

Fit the case from one corner rather than pressing the phone in flat. Starting at a corner and working around the edge lets the shell flex where it is designed to, and it avoids the pressure on the screen that comes from pushing a phone into a case face down.

Take it off occasionally and clean inside. Dust and grit work their way between case and phone, and trapped grit is the single most common cause of scratches on the back of a handset. A case is protecting the phone from everything except what is underneath it, and a wipe every month or two solves that entirely.

If you use wireless charging, check the case sits flush rather than leaving a gap, since thickness and any trapped debris both interfere with it.

Other pieces at this scale

For something with no compatibility question attached, our wolf keychain collection is the small everyday item that fits everybody, and it makes a natural companion gift to a case.

Our wolf temporary tattoo collection sits at a similar price for something with no fit requirement at all, and our wolf cake mold collection covers the most unexpected corner of the range.

Everything here is gathered in our wolf accessories collection.