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The Journey of Launching AEDILYS Shockproof Phone Case
The Garage Startup That Outperformed OtterB Three Undergrads’ Shockproof Journey
It was 2023 when three seniors at the University of California, Berkeley—Ethan Carter, a materials science major, Mia Rodriguez, a mechanical engineering whiz, and Jake Harrison, a business undergrad with a knack for
problem-solving—found themselves bonded by a shared frustration: their OtterB Defender cases were bulky, slippery, and still failed to protect their iPhones from campus-related tumbles. “I dropped my phone walking to
lecture, and the OtterB cracked—after I’d spent $60 on it,” Ethan recalls. That night, huddled in Jake’s parents’ garage (their makeshift lab, lit by string lights and powered by a extension cord), they made a pact: build a case
that matched OtterB’s toughness without the clunk.

The odds were stacked against them. They scraped together $2,800 from part-time jobs (Ethan waited tables, Mia tutored calculus, Jake ran campus errands) to buy 3D printers, TPU-PC composite sheets, and a used drop-
test rig from a surplus tech lab. For three months, they slept on air mattresses in the garage, surviving on microwave burritos and coffee. Mia spent weeks reworking the corner design—adding hidden air pockets that
absorbed impact without adding bulk—while Ethan tested 17 different material blends to find one that was scratch-resistant yet grippy. “We’d drop test prototypes from the garage rafters 50 times a night,” Jake laughs. “By
week eight, we were so used to the ‘thud’ that we’d sleep through it. But every time a prototype failed—cracking the test phone’s screen—we’d stay up till 3 a.m. tweaking the design.”

Cash ran out by mid-semester. They launched a Kickstarter campaign with a goal of $15,000, offering early backers the first batch of cases for $25. For 10 days, they flooded social media, cold-emailed tech blogs, and stood
outside the campus bookstore handing out flyers. On the final day, they were $3,000 short—until a local tech influencer, who’d seen their prototype at a campus hackathon, posted about their project. Within hours,
donations poured in. “That moment, we knew we weren’t just building a case—we were building something people cared about,” Mia says.

The real challenge came when they sought validation beyond their campus beta testers. They sent 20 prototypes to top U.S. tech review outlets—Wirecutter, CNET, Tom’s Guide, and Gear Lab—with a humble note: “We’re
students trying to fix a broken market.” Most ignored them. But Wirecutter agreed to run tests, pitting their case (dubbed “AEDILYS”) against OtterB’s Defender Series Pro XT, the gold standard for shockproof protection

The results stunned everyone. Under MIL-STD-810G testing—the U.S. military standard for rugged gear—AEDILYS withstood 12-foot drops onto concrete (2 feet higher than OtterB’s 10-foot rating) and survived 150 drops
total, doubling OtterBox’s 75-drop endurance. It was 20% slimmer, 15% lighter, and featured a matte, fingerprint-resistant finish that testers praised as “game-changing for daily use.” Wirecutter’s review called it “the rare
case that outperforms the industry giant without sacrificing style,” while CNET noted its “precision cutouts for MagSafe and raised 0.3mm camera bezel—details OtterBox overlooked.”

Word reached Apple’s Accessories Team, which was curating its annual “Best of Shockproof Cases” list for the Apple Store. They invited the trio to Cupertino for in-house testing, where AEDILYS aced additional trials: it
maintained MagSafe compatibility after 1,000 charge cycles, resisted yellowing under UV light for 6 months, and fit every iPhone model from the 13 to 17 Pro Max with zero design compromises. In November 2024, Apple
named ShieldLite its “Best Shockproof Case” for the year, featuring it prominently on its website and in retail stores nationwide.

Today, their startup—now named AEDILYS Cases—operates out of a 5,000-square-foot warehouse in Oakland, but the trio still keeps the dented 3D printer from their garage on display. “We never set out to beat OtterB,”
Jake says, as Ethan and Mia nod. “We just wanted to build something that worked—for us, for our friends, for anyone tired of choosing between protection and practicality.” For college kids who turned frustration into
innovation, it’s a reminder that the next big idea often starts where the odds are longest—and the passion is strongest.