Samsung has a ghastly cover for you to uglify your Galaxy S8

Is Samsung's Galaxy S8 too beautiful for you, with its sleek lines and huge, nearly bezel-less screen? Samsung's got a fix in the way of the 2Piece cover, an indescribably ugly two-piece cover for the phone.

I mean, just look at it.

The 2Piece cover does not only take away the S8's grace and symmetry, it also appears to be quite useless when it comes to protecting your phone from certain types of falls, so if you decide to buy one of these, make sure you never drop the phone on its side.

On the flip side, the 2Piece cover might make it a little bit easier to find that oddly positioned fingerprint sensor without smudging your camera lens, so at least it's got that going for it.

The price for the 2Piece hasn't been announced, though reports say it's $20. Mercifully, a one-piece, far less ugly case exists (see below), though we don't know the exact pricing for it.

Even if you don't like any of Samsung's S8 protectors, third-party cases will surely appear, so you might want to wait before you spend your money on something you might regret.

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