This must be the cheapest iPhone case available — you can pick up a pack of ten recession cases for just $7.99.

If you’ve maxed out buying the iPhone 3G S and a heap of other gadgets, and have barely any money left to protect them, then the recession case claims to be the answer.

It’s made from cardboard, so when it falls off your iPhone it’s easy to recycle.

If you want to be even more environmentally friendly (or cheap), why not visit your local shopping mall and see if there are any old cardboard boxes going for free, then make your own. It’s not like you have to custom fit the cardboard to the nearest millimetre, after all.

Now, a bit of padded cardboard might protect your iPhone from minor drops onto softish materials, but it’s going to be literally rubbish if it gets wet, and as you can’t see through cardboard, don’t bother trying to use it as a screen protector.

I think I preferred it when people used their socks to protect mobile gear.

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