I ordered a brown and black Mozo cover for my 950xl back in 12/8, and they finally came in. They look great, but I do have a couple of complaints. First of all, the brown does not look anything like the picture on the website. I was hoping for the distress/sunburst look and instead got just flat, dark, brown. It still looks good, but nowhere as near as nice as the website shows. The second issue is that the side buttons are not as responsive as the original cover. You have to really push the power/unlock and volume buttons to get them to work. This could be a good thing if you unintentionally unlock your phone a lot, but I think it is a bit of a problem. Oddly enough, the camera button is fine.
A major issue I noticed with these covers is that they only have one mic hole at top and bottom instead of 4. I have tested recording live music with both covers, and there is a noticeable difference. You get much better audio with the original cover. I don't understand why you would only notch two holes for four microphones? EDIT: Upon further inspection of the original cover, the other "holes" on the original back cover are not full through the case holes. Interestingly enough, the extra holes at the top are blocked by a rubber grommet. I don't know what the purpose for this grommet is, but it is strange. No matter what, there is a noticeable difference in recording. I am now wondering if part of that is because of the different material and what passes through.
One other thing to note is that they add quite a bit of weight over the original cover. I actually like this as I was accustomed to the weight of my icon and the 950xl with the original cover just felt too light in my hands.
The black cover looks VERY good with this phone - and you can't help but love that leather smell!
I never had the creaking problems with my original cover, so I will go back to it when I know I will be using the recording mics, which is unfortunate. The phone looks much better with Mozo covers, but I may actually send the black cover back since I feel like I need to use original back cover when recording anyway.
A major issue I noticed with these covers is that they only have one mic hole at top and bottom instead of 4. I have tested recording live music with both covers, and there is a noticeable difference. You get much better audio with the original cover. I don't understand why you would only notch two holes for four microphones? EDIT: Upon further inspection of the original cover, the other "holes" on the original back cover are not full through the case holes. Interestingly enough, the extra holes at the top are blocked by a rubber grommet. I don't know what the purpose for this grommet is, but it is strange. No matter what, there is a noticeable difference in recording. I am now wondering if part of that is because of the different material and what passes through.
One other thing to note is that they add quite a bit of weight over the original cover. I actually like this as I was accustomed to the weight of my icon and the 950xl with the original cover just felt too light in my hands.
The black cover looks VERY good with this phone - and you can't help but love that leather smell!
I never had the creaking problems with my original cover, so I will go back to it when I know I will be using the recording mics, which is unfortunate. The phone looks much better with Mozo covers, but I may actually send the black cover back since I feel like I need to use original back cover when recording anyway.
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