iPhone 4, or 4s bumper - currently £26 at Apple stores

The Bumper is a band that goes around the edge of the Apple iPhone 4 or the iPhone 4s covering the metal edge of the phone. The bumper is available in six colours -- white, black, blue, green, orange or pink.

It slips around the edge of the phone with a rubber overhang that overlaps on both the front and back of the phone (only by a very small amount so it will not affect your viewing pleasure). The bumper has buttons integrated into it, to ensure that you can press the relevant buttons on the edge of the phone.

When I first got the bumper I had a black iPhone, and a black bumper which for me wasn't the greatest combination, as it made my phone that much harder to find in my handbags.

It did however offer a degree of protection when it was dropped so the concept is a good one. I negated the issue of the totally black phone by getting a brightly coloured bumper. Although I personally feel thay are not the most attractive of phone accessories, I am very clumsy so it was worth it's weight in gold to me, to ensure that my phone stayed in one piece.

I would recommend the bumpers to people, but I would also say no need to buy the original from the Apple store, I have bought a perfectly good coloured rubber cover for much less than the £26 that these cost. They not only do the same job, but some of them look better than the originals, and with the cost being so much less I can have one in every colour to go with different outfits.