I hope this is not true. I always buy the leather case.
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Apple May Not Offer Leather Cases for iPhone 15 Lineup
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Maybe Apple thinks Titanium and Leather don't go two together?
I have had the same one on my iPhone XS for 4 years. Lots of dents and scratches but nice patina and still going strong.
Maybe they are moving to a non-animal based leather type material?
Vegan Leather? So, plastic. “Unapologetically Plastic” that is.
I used to love the saddle brown leather cases until they changed how the cases are colored (iPhone 12?) and it started looking like absolute garbage with time instead of developing a patina. It’s like the color just rubbed off instead of staining.
Why? Besides those sucking anyway
(I bought 3 ... lol)
You can basically watch them fall apart over time, especially if you are living in humid climate like Miami
The Silicon Case is not much better though, as others have already pointed out, the edges always start to peel off (revealing the plastic underneath) after a while. Ironically my 2 EUR fake from AliExpress is still going strong (I have to admit it does not have the same "feel" to it though)
(I bought 3 ... lol)
You can basically watch them fall apart over time, especially if you are living in humid climate like Miami
The Silicon Case is not much better though, as others have already pointed out, the edges always start to peel off (revealing the plastic underneath) after a while. Ironically my 2 EUR fake from AliExpress is still going strong (I have to admit it does not have the same "feel" to it though)
Could be a supply chain shortage:
Nicaragua: leather shortage causes footwear prices to soar by up to 80%
The Nicaraguan Chamber of Leather and Footwear reported that footwear prices rose by 40% at the beginning of the year and another similar increase is in the pipeline, resulting in an 80% price increase for a pair of leather shoes
Import inputs shortage paralyzes leather industry output - Capital Newspaper
Shortage of import inputs renders 10 out of 28 leather factories /tanneries to halt production as the remaining 18 work under minimal capacities, the Ethiopian Leather Industries Associations (ELIA) reveals. “The sector is challenging to operate since almost 99 percent of inputs like chemical...
www.capitalethiopia.com
I had the white one. Those cut out holes certainly collected a lot of lint, dust, dirt, fluff etc. etc. But i liked the phone.Do you guys remember iPhone 5c cases?
Vegan leather doesn’t have this problem
Will they call it the Impossible Case like they call Vegan burgers the Impossible Burger LOL
Soy plastic? keep your rats away.
neighbor has rats eat through the wire insulation on his tesla because they use soy plastic insulation. Rats love it
Isn't vegan leather typically vinyl? Or usually it's just a polymer of sorts. (I always laugh at the thought of calling it 'vegan' leather. Let's just call it vinyl and not attach the vegan name to it ;-) )
I hope they do an alternative. I always get the leather case on launch for Fall and Winter and then to mix things up half way through the year, I get the silicone for the Spring and Summer
I stopped using the leather cases when they jacked up the prices. I think that was when the iPhone 12 launched. Been using the silicone cases ever since and honestly I prefer them now. They seem to hold up much better and the color has never faded on mine. I just wish Apple offered better colors at launch.
The only 'premium' thing about these cases was a price. Case quality was atrocious.
iPhone socks, perhaps? 😁
I know you're joking, but I would buy iPhone socks in a heart beat. I always used those socks on my old iPods. And I loved them a lot. So much more protection than a normal case.
They don’t patina well and are the antithesis of durable. And drops cause scuffing, avulsions, etc. which then lead to peeling. The plated coating on the buttons wear away.
Not strange. They’re overpriced and, anecdotally, suck.
Silicone sucks, it gets sticky in the pocket and chips to hell if you drop your phone.
I like the feel of the silicone case better than the leather when the silicone is new, but it falls apart (chips) too fast and easily so I choose leather. Aging leather looks nice, aging silicone looks like something to throw away and replace. Both silicone and leather feel better than hard plastic. Whatever they do had better be as good or better than the leather or they will lose their case sales to third parties.
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hopefully this does (as the article posits) end with a replacement that’s vegan and just as premium. I made the very bold decision to not have a case on my 14PM, and I’m currently typing on it with a shattered back…gotta get to the Genius Bar at some point + get a case for it. it will definitely be a leather case that matches the Deep Purple—that “Ink” color is gorgeous. they’ve been reliable cases since they came out.