New iPhone Leather Case

[michial]

Did they improve the leather quality on the 8 cases?

Unless the 7 case I had was fake, the leather felt very cheap and almost plastic like

Some are much better than others even within same color. I’ve asked reps to open a few and could see how each was different. Over time they all get better and that plastic feel goes away with natural hand oils. But ask to open the one you want if you’re in the Apple store and then tell them you don’t like it if you don’t. They’ll comply.

 

[danny8200]

How is the front lip on the new batch of leather cases?

 

[michial]

How is the front lip on the new batch of leather cases?

Great as usual. Plenty of lip for screen protection.

 

[PBz]

Many very convincing fakes on Amazon.
[doublepost=1507805035][/doublepost]The Saddle Tan ages so well. I love the color changes. Got compliments on it all the time with my 6S+. Just started fresh with my 8+.

 

[danny8200]

Great as usual. Plenty of lip for screen protection.

Even with a tempered glass SP?

 

[kingston73]

If the newest ones are the same as last years there is enough lip even with a tgp.

 

[bgis]

Gold 8+ with Geranium leather case.

 

[Hater]

Tan SE case, the colour flaked off within a few months so I applied brown leather dye. The first application went well, the second application was way too thick. It's thinning down on the edges and looks normal, but will be a few months of use yet before the rest of the case is looking... "normal" again. Totally crap at the moment, but no more crap than how the flaked off tan case looked.

Might scrape it down and re-apply watered down again, it's a bit dire.

 

[PBz]

Gold 8+ with Geranium leather case.

Same case for my black 8+. Love it. Ages so well.

 

[michial]

I’ve seen all the cases age well
If it’s just natural oils they look good. Dirt and grime is another story.

 

[Rosewood23]

Hey everyone, thanks for all the great pics of the 8+cases! One question, can you wirelessly charge the phone with the leather case on?

 

[danny8200]

Hey everyone, thanks for all the great pics of the 8+cases! One question, can you wirelessly charge the phone with the leather case on?

Yes.

 

[salazr]

I had a gold 7 plus and rotated between black, saddle brown, a lighter Browne one , red, light blue and dark blue

I now switched to the 8 plus and bought the Aubergine and charcoal grey to add to the rotation


They look as good as the others but definitely softer leather

Good change

 

[wolfboy]

My sapphire blue leather after 2.5 weeks. I kind of the like the color where it's currently at. Hopefully, it doesn't turn black like the midnight blue.

 

[eagleglen]

My sapphire blue leather after 2.5 weeks. I kind of the like the color where it's currently at. Hopefully, it doesn't turn black like the midnight blue.

Is that cosmos blue? I didn’t think Apple sold a sapphire blue right now.

 

[wolfboy]

Is that cosmos blue? I didn’t think Apple sold a sapphire blue right now.

It's sapphire, discontinued now. I bought it on clearance at Wal-Mart a few weeks ago.

 

[eagleglen]

It's sapphire, discontinued now. I bought it on clearance at Wal-Mart a few weeks ago.

That’s great you got it at a discount. The Apple leather cases are nice but expensive.

 

[SRLMJ23]

My sapphire blue leather after 2.5 weeks. I kind of the like the color where it's currently at. Hopefully, it doesn't turn black like the midnight blue.

Looks exactly like my Apple Blue Cobalt Silicone case for my iPhone X. Very nice!

 

[Boardiesboi]

Many very convincing fakes on Amazon.
[doublepost=1507805035][/doublepost]The Saddle Tan ages so well. I love the color changes. Got compliments on it all the time with my 6S+. Just started fresh with my 8+.

Any pics of your aged tan case? Would love to see how different it is to aged saddle brown.

 

[Nisaja]

My sapphire blue leather after 2.5 weeks. I kind of the like the color where it's currently at. Hopefully, it doesn't turn black like the midnight blue.

That looks beautiful! Good choice. Goes well with the black.

 

[ru-e]

As a leather lover (lol that sound weird) I think the problem with Apple leather cases is that they are not made of vegetable tanned leather. So the colours used is artificial and also destroys the leathers ability to age well. Instead they are tanned with chrome and solutions of chemicals, acids and salts to dye the hide. Also it smells very bad the chrome dyed ones.

It gives an other quality to the leather and maybe its a matter of taste, but in my opinion chrome dyed leather does not look good when aged, compared to vegetable tanned ones.

I have several leather products made of beautiful italian vegetable tanned leather but I have not gotten any cases yet. I have found 2 interesting brands that makes vegetable tanned cases, will try them out instead of Apples cases.