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Apple May Not Offer Leather Cases for iPhone 15 Lineup
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Apple leather perhaps?
So they can continue to call them Apple leather cases.
Apple Leather – Vegan Leather Made from Apples
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I like a nice leather case, but I've always felt you can get better quality leather for the same money from various 3rd parties.
That said, I plan on not buying a case for my 15 - I hear that's what the rich people are doing these days.
That said, I plan on not buying a case for my 15 - I hear that's what the rich people are doing these days.
I've been using third party faux leather for a while now. They last better then the two Apple cases I've had.
The silicone one was the worst, started peeling in less than 6 months.
Additionally it go stuck to my pockets every time I tried to take it out or put it in. I actually hated that case and was glad it started to break down. 🤣
With dropping T levels in our country I’d love to get away from putting less plastic on/in my skin.
I do like their leather cases for the most part, but the phone has a tendency to pop out on the corner every once in a while. Maybe I'll check out other brands.
That's always been my problem with silicone cases too - I think they look cool and feel good in my hand, but too much of a PITA to slide in and out of my pocket.
A year is a pretty good lifespan for it though IMO
I thought you were joking and referring to fruit roll-ups LMAO.
Kind of a joke on two fronts.
I'm a fan of any faux leather. The quality has gotten better and better.
Very glad to see this. For a while leather has been ignored as a HUGE contributor to greenhouse gas emissions (livestock farming is very bad, but then creating the leather adds a whole chunk on top of this).
Companies like Apple and Microsoft have made a lot of being carbon neutral, but then offered leather accessories like keyboard covers for tablets and cases. It's never made sense.
Companies like Apple and Microsoft have made a lot of being carbon neutral, but then offered leather accessories like keyboard covers for tablets and cases. It's never made sense.
Meh. Apple charges way too much for a useless case anyway.
I typically use otterbox-style plastic cases in a relatively cheap leather belt holster.
And I'm sorry, there's no such thing as "vegan leather" - it's just naugahyde, aka vinyl. And it's about as far from a premium material as it gets.
It's a real shame that car manufacturers have gone back to that garbage. Vinyl seats used to be properly considered the low-end cheap option, with a nice cloth seat being the good option and leather being an honestly not as good but high-end option. Now they're selllng vinyl seats as a high end option, and the cloth seats that do exist are typically a horrible course weave nylon that's just as bad.
I typically use otterbox-style plastic cases in a relatively cheap leather belt holster.
And I'm sorry, there's no such thing as "vegan leather" - it's just naugahyde, aka vinyl. And it's about as far from a premium material as it gets.
It's a real shame that car manufacturers have gone back to that garbage. Vinyl seats used to be properly considered the low-end cheap option, with a nice cloth seat being the good option and leather being an honestly not as good but high-end option. Now they're selllng vinyl seats as a high end option, and the cloth seats that do exist are typically a horrible course weave nylon that's just as bad.
Excellent move, if true! Apple should be able to make something better and just as premium feeling without using the hide of dead animals; they are generally very good with materials. Leather has had its day IMO
Figures leather is the only one I ever buy.... I still wonder why they even bother with phone colors most of the time they are covered by a case...
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its better then throwing the leather away from the already dead animals in my opinion.Excellent move, if true! Apple should be able to make something better and just as premium feeling without using the hide of dead animals; they are generally very good with materials. Leather has had its day IMO
Haven't Apple's leather covers gotten less and less sturdy tho?
They used to be good, and now I only see shabby/threadbare ones that don't seem to age well at all instead of developing a shined/aged look as one would expect.
They used to be good, and now I only see shabby/threadbare ones that don't seem to age well at all instead of developing a shined/aged look as one would expect.
It would be interesting to know just how many of these cases they sold over the years and how many cows had to die as a result?
From what I understand, the leather for this stuff is not derived from cows slaughtered for meat anyway but rather from cows specifically raised for this purpose - and usually in SE Asia under sometimes questionable conditions.
Also, I still see product recalls for leather products due to increased level of hexavalent chromium, so I'm not too keen on real leather either anymore (and I'm not vegetarian...).
Additionally, their push into India (where people think differently...about cows) might be helped by this is just all cases are vegan and there is no chance someone accidentally buys a leather-case - same reason a lot of people from that region only eat in vegetarian restaurants because only there can they be sure to never eat the "wrong" kind of meat...
From what I understand, the leather for this stuff is not derived from cows slaughtered for meat anyway but rather from cows specifically raised for this purpose - and usually in SE Asia under sometimes questionable conditions.
Also, I still see product recalls for leather products due to increased level of hexavalent chromium, so I'm not too keen on real leather either anymore (and I'm not vegetarian...).
Additionally, their push into India (where people think differently...about cows) might be helped by this is just all cases are vegan and there is no chance someone accidentally buys a leather-case - same reason a lot of people from that region only eat in vegetarian restaurants because only there can they be sure to never eat the "wrong" kind of meat...
I had an iPhone 5C White 32GB with the blue silicone case.Do you guys remember iPhone 5c cases?
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In Brazil I paid R$2400 (around $1,200 in 2013), I was completely obsessed with that phone.
The 5 lineup was the best classic iPhone, I miss how light phones were back then.
What a find! This would be hilarious and fantastic at the same time if they did that.Apple leather perhaps?
So they can continue to call them Apple leather cases.
Apple Leather – Vegan Leather Made from Apples
RIGHT?
I have a silicone case since I bought my 13 PM on first day, I got another apple case on prime day but only because it was very cheap.
as long as the white silicone case comes back... i'm good.
I agree, I don't know why we don't go full plant based for everything.
I know we have to ratio land between food for people and byproducts, but come on, using apples instead of killing animals? Always
When I was in middle school these were ALL THE RAGE for everything. Every cool girl on my class had cellphone socks and those phone straps and stickers. My mom had an iPod with a sock and I thought it was so cool.iPhone socks, perhaps? 😁
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iPods were awesome, we should bring them back