An elaborate new protective case for your iPhone 4/4S will turn the device into a pretty realistic-looking retro camera which you can wear around your neck.

In fact to call this polycarbonate covering a phone case at all seems like something of an understatement.

Manufacturers Gizmon iCA boldly claim “you’ve never seen an iPhone case like it” and this is no empty sales hype…you really will never have seen anything like it before.

So here is how it works.

Take an iPhone 4/4S

Enclose it in the case like this:

And you end up with this:

The case, which costs US$65  has 32 separate components – and even has a magnetic mount in the corner which lets you swap lenses which you can also buy for $45 each. (the big central one is a mirror for self-portraits.)

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