Spotlight: This case turns your phone into a Polaroid

Let’s face it: smartphone cases are boring. They add extra protection, style or battery life to your device, but most usually stop right there. Now, a small French startup called Prynt is kicking it up a notch.

By: SILADITYA RAY
| Updated on: Jul 21 2015, 15:14 IST
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The Prynt smartphone case.

Let's face it: smartphone cases are boring. They add extra protection, style or battery life to your device, but most usually stop right there. Now, a small French startup called Prynt is kicking it up a notch.

Prynt's case, which was born from a Kickstarter campaign that raised over $1.5 million earlier this year, lets you print Polaroid-style photos directly from your device. The case slides onto the back of your phone and plugs into the bottom. Hold your phone horizontally and you'll find a conveniently located hand-grip and trigger button on the right. Use the button to snap a photo and watch in amazement as it slides right out of the case in about 30 seconds.

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The fun doesn't end there, however. Prynt also has an augmented reality app. If you click a picture using the app, Prynt actually records a little video. If you print out the picture you clicked, you can hold up the printed photo to Prynt's app where it will be overlaid with a print button and start playing the video in place of the picture itself.

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The case itself weighs in at a little over 200 gm — not something you want strapped to your phone all the time, but not exactly hefty — and is about as thick as two iPhones glued together. The images themselves are printed on Polaroid's compact 2 x 3 inch ZINK papers.

On the flipside, the case doesn't connect to your phone over Bluetooth or WiFi but plugs in physically — which means it's restricted to the iPhone 6, 5S, 5C, and the Samsung Galaxy S5 and S4.

At $129, approximately 8,000, the Prynt case don't come cheap — but hey, if you fancy a portable photo printer, it's worth it. Its sheets of paper will run you about 1,500 for a set of 50.

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First Published Date: 21 Jul, 13:32 IST
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