Samsung S23 Ultra Hard Case

These covers are under threat of being removed. Although I still use an s23 ultra the 24 and 25 have now graced peoples hands. If you print this, please share an image of a make. It may be the difference between this staying here or being removed. I have never removed a model that had makes shared. I only remove things that are past their time and are getting no feedback.

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If You find this design useful, Please consider sharing a Make or leaving a comment. It's always good to see my efforts in use by others out there and it often inspires me to make improvements where I can. Without feedback I just draw a line under a design and move on to new projects.

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I am always aware how easy it is to break a phone screen while it's in a pocket while I am doing tasks that put it at risk.  I wanted something to give the phone some better protection when out and about. Initially I created a simple sleeve that worked well. But I was always aware that saying ‘pass me my phone’ could potentially see the phone exit the sleeve at speed and put it even more at risk of damage.  As such it wasn't worth sharing the files as I didn't deem it worthy as it stood.

This version uses a magsafe finger grip/stand to securely hold the phone in the sleeve.

To get this out of the way now. This shell was designed around some pretty specific criteria to fit my setup exactly as intended and will only fit phones that also use a bumper case. It's obviously sized to exactly fit the one I fitted But any similar sized bumper case should fit and dimensions are shown below for those considering it.

For reference.:- My S23 ultra is in a Spigen Ultra case/bumper.  The handy finger grip ring/stand is an ESR item from amazon.  The Spigen Magsafe adapter was an eBay purchase. (though any adapter should work providing they are a similar or smaller diameter as the spigen offering).  The phone can still be charged by wire while the phone is in the shell (through the bottom aperture), and also wirelessly if using a puck smaller than 57mm.  I am not a great fan of wireless charging so I use magnetic charging cables with permanently fitted adapters in all my devices where possible and my phone is no exception.  The charge port hole on these sleeve designs is a round 10mm opening allowing the magnetic adapter to slot into that aperture cleanly. This hole is obviously big enough to also allow for a normal charge cable to be used if preferred.

For those using a different case, Magsafe adapter or ring, this info may help you work out if it is s suitable option for you. Inner dimensions of the enclosure are  83 x12.5 x166mm with the magsafe aperture at a little over 57mm.   The additional magsafe adapter clearance is negligible but only uses a small central part of the shell back anyway, so should play little or no part in the size of your phone/case.

In my opinion, the better sleeve designs here are the two that utilise the ESR ring as a locking device, as attaching it to the Magsafe through the rear opening in the hard shell effectively holds the phone and shell firmly together.  I dropped my phone on concrete recently and the phone stayed in the sleeve despite bouncing a couple of times before coming to a rest, so the mag ring definitely helps.

The other 2 files are my original versions and are simply sleeves without the mag ring facility. I included them solely as until I made the magsafe variant, I was using the simple sleeve all the time and it did its job as intended. 

All of the shells here were designed so that the extra half mm of space to allow for the magsafe adapter was only slightly wider than the adapter itself rather than running the space out to the full width of the shell. The 4 corners of the phone case align the phone in the shell meaning a phone with the same or similar bumper/case will fit the hard shells with or without a magsafe adapter fitted and not affect anything. 

As stated earlier, the hole in the back of the magsafe versions is tailored to the ESR ring (57mm). For reference that hole is around a millimeter wider than the spigen magsafe adapter. Any magsafe finger ring of a similar size or a couple of millimeters smaller will still hold the phone in the shell. Similarly, if using a charging puck it will also hold the phone in place.

As already mentioned, of 4 files here. Two are magsafe finger ring options, Two are just simple sleeves. For both types there is a solid faced version to protect the whole screen. with the second variant being identical apart from the opening that aligns with the clock/time on the lock screen when the screen is lit. I have my screen set to wake when I pick the phone up, or just double tap the exposed window of screen to show the time and date.

Sorry the photos are so bad on this one, but my lady's camera isn'tas good as the s23 and my phone was obviously needed to demo it in use with the hard cases. Blurry and pretty awful was the order of the pictures of it in use. 

The aperture for the clock view is not misaligned as it looks in some of  the pictures. The phone camera used for the pictures didn't pick up on the day/date information shown under the time.  The hole was sized specifically for all that info to be quickly checked when needed, something I find myself doing a lot with a quick double tap of the screen in day to day use.