Overview: The TUCH for iPhone 4 is a thin, leather sleeve that is meant to carry 2-4 credit cards, as well as your phone. The benefits of this sleeve over others are that you can charge your phone while the phone is still in the sleeve as well as hear your phone ring, thanks to the well placed cutouts. It sells for $25 prior to shipping.
Construction: The sleeve is constructed out of a single piece of sturdy, but thin (1mm), leather and does NOT use glue or stitching. Although there is not glue or stitching, never once have I felt the case would come apart. The outside texture is smooth and the inside is described as “suede.” It is not micro-suede, so it probably won’t clean your screen, but it is soft enough not to scratch it. All the edges of the leather have been very neatly singed to prevent fraying. There are also speaker holes at the bottom that have been laser-etched in a perfectly symmetrical and clean manner. As of right now, it feels like the leather is breaking in very nicely.
Functionality: I am a girl who carries a very large wallet around with her in a very large purse. Sometimes, when I’m going to grab coffee etc, I just want to bring my I.D., a credit card and my phone. This, very obviously, puts these items in a convenient little package for me to grab and go. The sleeve easily fits 2 credit cards. TuchMade expresses that overtime the leather will stretch and you can fit up to 4 credit cards comfortably. I have had the sleeve for 5 days now. I can easily put in 3 credit cards and a bill or two, but it is hard to remove the phone if I do so, w/out removing the third credit card first. Since I often only need 2 cards, this is not an issue for me.
The most unexpectedly useful function that I absolutely LOVE about this sleeve is that I can charge the phone w/out removing the phone. I do not have a dock (my guess is it wouldn’t fit in a dock) but instead use the generic cord. Often times I put my phone someplace that is potentially hazardous while it’s charging (i.e. the floor of my living room). Thanks to the TUCH sleeve I am now confident that during charging, my phone is safe from being scratched by our out-of-control, iPhone-loving cats.
Colors: They offer two colors, Naked and Obsidian (black). The Naked will supposedly darken overtime and develop a nice patina. In the past they have featured special edition colors for their iPhone 3G sleeves. I imagine they will do the same in the future for their iPhone 4 cases.
Company: The Company initially started selling its products on http://www.etsy.com (a craft website) and is based out of Spokane, Washington. They have recently launched their own website (http://www.tuchmade.com) where they sell other sleeves/cases for different mac products.
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Construction: The sleeve is constructed out of a single piece of sturdy, but thin (1mm), leather and does NOT use glue or stitching. Although there is not glue or stitching, never once have I felt the case would come apart. The outside texture is smooth and the inside is described as “suede.” It is not micro-suede, so it probably won’t clean your screen, but it is soft enough not to scratch it. All the edges of the leather have been very neatly singed to prevent fraying. There are also speaker holes at the bottom that have been laser-etched in a perfectly symmetrical and clean manner. As of right now, it feels like the leather is breaking in very nicely.
Functionality: I am a girl who carries a very large wallet around with her in a very large purse. Sometimes, when I’m going to grab coffee etc, I just want to bring my I.D., a credit card and my phone. This, very obviously, puts these items in a convenient little package for me to grab and go. The sleeve easily fits 2 credit cards. TuchMade expresses that overtime the leather will stretch and you can fit up to 4 credit cards comfortably. I have had the sleeve for 5 days now. I can easily put in 3 credit cards and a bill or two, but it is hard to remove the phone if I do so, w/out removing the third credit card first. Since I often only need 2 cards, this is not an issue for me.
The most unexpectedly useful function that I absolutely LOVE about this sleeve is that I can charge the phone w/out removing the phone. I do not have a dock (my guess is it wouldn’t fit in a dock) but instead use the generic cord. Often times I put my phone someplace that is potentially hazardous while it’s charging (i.e. the floor of my living room). Thanks to the TUCH sleeve I am now confident that during charging, my phone is safe from being scratched by our out-of-control, iPhone-loving cats.
Colors: They offer two colors, Naked and Obsidian (black). The Naked will supposedly darken overtime and develop a nice patina. In the past they have featured special edition colors for their iPhone 3G sleeves. I imagine they will do the same in the future for their iPhone 4 cases.
Company: The Company initially started selling its products on http://www.etsy.com (a craft website) and is based out of Spokane, Washington. They have recently launched their own website (http://www.tuchmade.com) where they sell other sleeves/cases for different mac products.
If people are interested in seeing a video review, let me know
