QUOTE(sigheart @ Mar 26 2012, 12:17 PM)
To a certain extent of "whether it is worth it" is kind of true actually when it comes to iPhone cases.
I have 2 original Vapors, a Pro and a non pro and 3 fakes, 2 Pros and a Vapor Comp. Yet here I am preferring and currently using a fake Vapor Comp.
If you can get your hands on high quality fake Vapors they feel, look and protects your phone almost as good as the original at like, 1/4 of the price?
the same can be said about fake LVs, and fake Rolexes. it will function almost as good as the original. in fact, a fake Rolex with a Quartz movement is
more accurate in timekeeping than a real Rolex. the price of an original Ralph Lauren can buy 10x fakes. And its just a Polo shirt right, why buy the real thing? both also made of cotton, both also cover body, both also got the kuda logo.
alas, this is what separates cheap bastards from the rest. justify all you want, you might be able to afford the real thing but you would never buy it, making you a cheap skate with no class. and don't call it OEM la, OEM my ass, just say its fake and I'm smart (or cheap, use whichever word you like) and its not worth paying for the real thing.
in your case, you own both so you can say whatever you want about the real thing and the fake. but a lot of people, having never owned nor used the real stuff would justify and say their fake shit is as good as real.