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Apple May Not Offer Leather Cases for iPhone 15 Lineup

MTD's Mac said:
I'd love to see them talk at length about how vegan leather reduces carbon emissions and doesn't require animals to die
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The animals won't die cause they are already dead. After being harvested for the meat, they use the rest for leather. I guess you'd prefer to see the rest go in the trash can. I'd love to hear you explain how that reduces carbon emissions.
 
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CarAnalogy said:
All leather is vegan leather. Cows don’t eat meat or meat byproducts.

Unless you mean leather made from living things that identify as vegan, let’s just call it what it is and say imitation leather or artificial leather.

I know it doesn’t have that warm and fuzzy about it but it’s far more accurate.
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Easier to upcharge 25% or so by calling it Vegan leather. Also gets the army all riled up to promote it. Companies aren't stupid.
 
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Silverstring said:
You might be right, but how would you know that accessories alone are "significant"?

In Apple's earnings reports, "Wearables, Home, and Accessories" are all grouped together—how would you know how much of that is from "accessories" alone, and furthermore cases, and even further, specifically the leather case line?

You're so confident in your projection that I'm guessing it's not based on anecdotal inference?
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You basically have a valid point here. Anyhow, if I am remembering correctly, the group report for "Wearables, home and accessories" is something that Apple did not do a couple of years ago. Back then, accessories revenue was reported separately, but I'm not 100% sure about it. As Apple steadily tries to diversify its offered accessories with adding more and more products overall in that segment, it lead me to the conclusion that this surely is a profitable and growing segment for them. But I do not have any specific numbers on the profitability of their micro segments such as the leather case line-up. So, as you have already pointed out in another post, there definitely is a chance that Apple makes a micro-level decision (such as cutting the leather case line up altogether) in order to satisfy their macro-level interest of increasing shareholder value.
 
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You basically have a valid point here. Anyhow, if I am remembering correctly, the group report for "Wearables, home and accessories" is something that Apple did not do a couple of years ago. Back then, accessories revenue was reported separately, but I'm not 100% sure about it. As Apple steadily tries to diversify its offered accessories with adding more and more products overall in that segment, it lead me to the conclusion that this surely is a profitable and growing segment for them. But I do not have any specific numbers on the profitability of their micro segments such as the leather case line-up. So, as you have already pointed out in another post, there definitely is a chance that Apple makes a micro-level decision (such as cutting the leather case line up altogether) in order to satisfy their macro-level interest of increasing shareholder value.
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And there my friend is where a great Apple will go bad >>>> "satisfy their macro-level interest of increasing shareholder value
 
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ProfessionalFan said:
The animals won't die cause they are already dead. After being harvested for the meat, they use the rest for leather. I guess you'd prefer to see the rest go in the trash can. I'd love to hear you explain how that reduces carbon emissions.
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You don't just lift the skin off a cow and drape it over your phone, my dude. It has to be processed, it has to be tanned, cut, dyed, formed over a plastic frame... all processes that use energy and other materials.
 
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I converted to the leather cases exclusively when I accidentally dropped my iPhone 11 Pro onto concrete, it landed on the corner, and the case got a little scuffed but there wasn't a single scratch on my phone. It's a sleek look, and doesn't latch onto dust & lint the same way the silicone cases do.

If they discontinue leather, I'll have to start looking at third party cases.
 
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my wife loves these things... I personally find them to be on the bulky side... But then again I find like 99% of cases to be bulky.. I hate them
 
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My Apple leather case has been pretty garbage. In my opinion, Apple's leather quality is pretty poor versus other premium leather cases.
 
ignatius345 said:
You don't just lift the skin off a cow and drape it over your phone, my dude. It has to be processed, it has to be tanned, cut, dyed, formed over a plastic frame... all processes that use energy and other materials.
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Erm… yes there are industrial processes to manufacture a case just like any other case. What point are you trying to make here?
 
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japanime said:
iPhone socks, perhaps? 😁

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Believe it or not, I still have these lmao and the original box!
 
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CarAnalogy said:
All leather is vegan leather. Cows don’t eat meat or meat byproducts.

Unless you mean leather made from living things that identify as vegan, let’s just call it what it is and say imitation leather or artificial leather.

I know it doesn’t have that warm and fuzzy about it but it’s far more accurate.
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Vegan means not made from animals. Like, say, cows
 
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Pleather is a lot more durable, but it will not patina like natural leather. For people that are into that look it would be a disappointment. I don’t really care so long as they don’t expect to charge the same price for it.
 
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