Yeah, yeah, yeah. Check it. I’ve got my iPhone, the Neocell 4, real wood plating on the back (in tradition of the custom wood and gold plating of the Neocell 2G and Neocell 3GS).

It’s an extremely thin piece of real maple wood, hand made and perfectly sized to the exact dimensions of the back glass of the Neocell 4. It’s then engraved with a tight artistic design by a local Orlando, Florida artist. The design is of an owl on top, leading into a new world order style pyramid, all-knowing eye. On the bottom and on the sides, it’s got a wood branch, tribal type patterning. It’s very soft to the touch, you can barely feel the engraving when your holding it. But when you run your fingers across it, you can absolutely feel the engraving.

I’m really enjoyin’ it. The contrast of the maple against the engraved areas looks fantastic. It really shows out. The detail looks great. The wood plating is also microscopically thin too, which is great because it doesn’t effect sliding in and out of a dock at all.

The amount of detail that was able to be laser etched is really amazing. The light areas are actually the “top”, untouched areas of the maple. All the dark areas are actually the laser-engraved portions of the wood.

What’s tight about this is that it’s actually sorta’ impossible to engrave this manually by hand, like with a knife or somethin’. The maple is just way too thin. You’d crack the wood or cut it so deep that you’d cut partially through it. And if you tried to engrave with one of those burning tools, that would be just a terrible looking mess.

So it’s pretty tight that technology has come together to create something beautiful. The ability for the wood plating to be carved precisely thin. And then having such finite detail laser-engraved without damaging or disfiguring the maple. On something so organic and pleasing to the touch.

I’ve only had it for a few days, but already people have been stopping me to ask about it. I use the Accounts app every time I use my card at stores, which is pretty much all the time. So I have the Neocell out when I pay for stuff. I’ve been getting comments from strangers. People have been like “Ooo, what is that?” and stuff. A lot of people think it’s a sticker until I let them touch it. “Oh, it’s really engraved!” It’s those kinda’ responses I like gettin’.

This is perfect for the Neocell 4. I had to wait a long time before finding the right customization for the Neocell, but I think this is worth it, don’t you?

Peace, JbB