NOW CLOSED – iPhone XS and iPhone XS Max are two of Apple’s newest flagship devices.

Elite and expensive, the all screen iPhone is a handset that needs superior protection from everyday use. And why just add protection when you can also dress it up a bit!

Thanks to our mates at MobileZap, STG has FOUR cases up for grabs – TWO for iPhone XS and TWO for iPhone XS Max. So, reward your i-device this Xmas with our iPhone XS and XS Max Case Giveaway!

First up is the glittery and flowery SwitchEasy Flash case for iPhone XS. Made using real natural flowers and seashells, the Flash Case from SwitchEasy in pink, provides a unique design for your iPhone XS, while also offering protection from drops, scrapes and other damage.

Also for iPhone XS is the very cool retro gaming case. Remember the days of green-screen mobile gaming. The early version of Gameboy? With the SuperSpot iPhone XS Case your iPhone becomes a classic portable games system. Featuring an original Game Boy styled design, this case in red will keep you entertained for hours while offering excellent protection for the iPhone.

If you opted for the bigger screened iPhone XS Max, we have two cases in this Giveaway.

The UAG Plyo iPhone Case is made from hard wearing plastic. A five star reviewed case the Urban Armour Gear Plyo semi-transparent tough case in ash grey for the iPhone XS Max features reinforced Air-Soft corners and an optimised honeycomb structure for superior drop and shock protection.

Whereas the Spigen Slim Armour CS case for iPhone XS Max is both functional and protective. The Spigen iPhone XS Max Slim Armor CS Case in black features a back compartment that can hold up to 2 credit cards or IDs. It is constructed with the Air Cushion Technology that gives extreme shock absorption and device protection.

One of these cases can be all yours this festive season.

To Enter Mobilezap and STG’s Black Friday Phone Case Giveaway – tell us why your iPhone needs a bit of dressing up this Xmas.

There is no wrong or right answer and you can be as creative as you like. Remember to add in which iPhone XS Case you would want to win in your entry.

You can give us your Answer by placing a Comment below, hitting us up on Facebook, Tweet to us, or Email Us.

To see what Apple iPhone Case deals MobileZap have, check them out HERE.

* Winner(s) will be randomly selected from those that Comment below / Facebook Comment / Email in accordance to the above Question.Winner(s) will receive a new and boxed iPhone XS or XS Max case of their choosing from those included in this promotion. iPhone XS and iPhone XS Max phone / handset is NOT included. Competition ends on the 16th of December 2018. This competition is open to New Zealand and Australian residents only.

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tech21 do phone cases and they do them well.

It’s been their primary focus for years and being that this their only product, they have mastered the art of keeping your prized and expensive ‘extra limb’ safe.

With the release of Apple’s ‘S’ series of X’s tech21 knew that new iPhone wielders would need ultimate protection for the super pricey smartphones.

tech21 sent STG two of their elite cases from their EVO Series, the yellow neon transparent case; Evo Check and my personal favourite and pick of the two the Evo Luxe Active Edition.

If you’re one who likes all to know that you have an iPhone, the EvoCheck is transparent enough to display the iconic Apple logo on the rear of your device while at the same time acting almost like a suction cup as you place your phone inside.

Evo Check – Yellow

Albeit the Evo Check is very yellow. The Evo Luxe Active Edition comes in a dark Blue with red accents around the edges where the Volume and Power buttons are kept.

The Evo Check may suit most as it is an easy to place on and off gel-like casing, whereas the Evo Luxe Active Edition is the more elite, made from a performance fabric.

The EvoLuxe Active Edition encases your iPhone in to a mix of both hard and soft rubber-like constraint with air padding cushions on either side.

These lip over the depth of the front of the iPhone, so if you have a mishap and drop your phone on it’s screen the casings edges should protect it.

tech21 test their cases, and test them thoroughly. Each design is drop-tested from a 12 foot free fall on to hard surfaces.

Evo Luxe Active Edition

The mix of performance fabric and flexshock means that the Evo Luxe Active Edition will absorb almost any impact at the same time of being hard wearing.

The Evo Luxe (I did say this was my favourite of the two) Active Edition is also super slim – no crazy sized pockets needed for bulkiness of the phones housing.

Both the Evo Luxe Active Edition and the Evo Check allow wireless charging (thankfully).

tech21 know smartphones and they sure do know casing and protection better than most, they are your smartphones guardian angel.

And with Black Friday coming up – what better time to invest in a tech21 armour for your i-device.

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Further to the iPhone XR, Apple went further with two other new models of their all-screen notched iPhones for 2018.

iPhone Xs and iPhone Xs Max, slated to be the most advanced iPhones ever, takes Apples vision for the future of the smartphone to a new level. The 5.8-inch iPhone Xs and 6.5-inch iPhone Xs Max feature stunning Super Retina displays, a faster and improved dual camera system that offers breakthrough photo and video features, the first 7-nanometer chip in a smartphone — the A12 Bionic chip with next-generation Neural Engine — faster Face ID, wider stereo sound, a beautiful new gold finish and introduce Dual SIM to iPhone.

“iPhone Xs is packed with next-generation technologies and is a huge step forward for the future of the smartphone. Everything is state of the art including the industry-first 7-nanometer A12 Bionic chip with 8-core Neural Engine, faster Face ID and an advanced dual camera system that shoots Portrait mode photos with Smart HDR and dynamic depth of field,” said Philip Schiller, Apple’s senior vice president of Worldwide Marketing. “iPhone Xs is not one, but two new iPhone models, and iPhone Xs Max offers the biggest display ever in an iPhone with the biggest battery ever in an iPhone, delivering up to an hour and a half more battery life in your day.”

iPhone Xs and iPhone Xs Max build on the all-screen design of iPhone X and feature the sharpest displays with the highest pixel density of any Apple device.

Now offered in 5.8-inch and 6.5-inch sizes, these Super Retina displays with a custom OLED design support Dolby Vision and HDR10 and have iOS system-wide colour management for the best colour accuracy in the industry. iPhone Xs and iPhone Xs Max offer a million-to-one contrast ratio with remarkable brightness and true blacks while showing 60 percent greater dynamic range in HDR photos. iPhone Xs Max delivers a more immersive experience with over 3 million pixels for videos, movies and games, offering the largest display ever in an iPhone in a footprint similar to iPhone 8 Plus.

A surgical grade stainless steel band now in gold joins finishes in silver and space grey. Wider stereo playback creates a more immersive soundstage. The front and back glass design features the most durable glass ever in a smartphone with improved scratch resistance, while the glass back enables faster wireless charging. iPhone Xs and iPhone Xs Max reach a new level of splash and water resistance of IP68 for up to 2 metres for 30 minutes and protect against everyday spills including coffee, tea and soft drinks.

The Apple-designed A12 Bionic, the smartest and most powerful chip in a smartphone, features the first 7-nanometer chip ever in a smartphone that delivers industry-leading performance in a more power-efficient design. A12 Bionic features a six-core fusion architecture with two performance cores that are up to 15 percent faster, four efficiency cores that are up to 50 percent more efficient, a four-core GPU that is up to 50 percent faster, powerful Apple-designed Image Signal Processor (ISP), video encoder and more. A fast storage controller can deliver iPhone storage up to 512GB. All of this unlocks new experiences for games, photography, video editing and graphics-intensive apps. Even with all this power, iPhone Xs offers 30 minutes longer than iPhone X, and iPhone Xs Max offers an hour and a half longer than iPhone X, between charges.

The next-generation Neural Engine is built for advanced machine learning in everything from photography to augmented reality. A new eight-core design allows it to complete up to 5 trillion operations per second compared to 600 billion in A11 Bionic. This enables new capabilities like faster plane detection for ARKit and new features that use real-time machine learning. For the first time the Neural Engine is open to Core ML, empowering developers to build apps that utilise this highly efficient machine learning engine. Core ML running on the A12 Bionic Neural Engine is up to nine times faster than on A11 Bionic, with as little as one-tenth the energy usage.

iPhone Xs continues to bring innovations to photography, things not possible before iPhone. Capabilities like advanced depth segmentation using the Neural Engine, Smart HDR creating photos with high dynamic range and great image detail, advanced bokeh quality in Portrait mode photos and dynamic depth of field that is user adjustable in the Photos app, are all huge improvements in state-of-the-art photographic techniques that everyone can use.

The 12-megapixel dual camera system features dual optical image stabilisation with 2x optical zoom, while a new sensor is twice as fast. Smart HDR creates photos with more highlights and shadow detail. Larger and deeper pixels improve image fidelity and low-light performance.

New Depth Control allows users to dynamically adjust the depth of field in the Photos app both in real-time preview and post-capture to create portraits with a beautiful background blur. Portrait mode with Depth Control is also available on the TrueDepth camera for selfies, which includes Memoji and faster face tracking support for third-party ARKit apps.

iPhone Xs and iPhone Xs Max deliver the highest quality video capture in a smartphone. The larger pixels and larger, faster sensor enable improved low-light performance and video stabilisation, as well as extended dynamic range for more highlight and shadow detail in video modes up to 30 frames per second. Using the four built-in mics, users can also record stereo sound to get the most out of video recordings.

Face ID, the most secure facial authentication system ever in a smartphone, is now even faster. The TrueDepth camera system uses precision depth-sensing technology that goes far beyond the capabilities and security of two-dimensional facial scanners and enables users to unlock iPhone, use Apple Pay, gain access to secure apps and many more features with a simple glance.

iPhone Xs and iPhone Xs Max introduce Gigabit-class LTE for even faster download speeds and Dual SIM through the use of a nano-SIM and digital eSIM.

iPhone Xs and iPhone Xs Max come with iOS 12, the world’s most advanced mobile operating system. iOS 12 introduces new AR experiences, helps people rediscover and share photos, and makes communications more expressive and fun with new Animoji and Memoji. Screen Time helps customers understand and take control of the time they spend interacting with their iOS devices, Siri Shortcuts give any app the ability to work with Siri and new privacy features help protect users from being tracked on the web.

iPhone Xs and iPhone Xs Max will be available in 64GB, 256GB and 512GB capacity models in space grey, silver and a new gold finish starting at RRP NZ$1899 inc.GST (64GB) and NZ$2099 inc. GST (64gGB), respectively, from the official Apple website and in the Apple Store app and is also available through Apple Authorised Resellers and select carriers (prices may vary).

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