After seeing all the demo ones at the Apple store scratched to oblivion, this is a welcome change. Awful product.
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Apple Reportedly Stops Production of FineWoven Accessories
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Right, I actually went to a NY Rangers game the other day and dropped my phone on the wet, concrete floor a few times and expected the worst. But surprisingly it didn't take any visible damage. Now I've only been using it for 8 days and I have the black color, so damage might not be as visible, but so far so good.
Silicone probably sticks to plastic cards, making it frustrating to slide them out.
It's still a couple feet down the aisle if you want...
Sliding cards in and out of it will do damage to it. A titanium card rubbing against a rubber wallet isn't a good combination.
Curious what your day to day is like....are you in construction or working in sewage? Both of my previous Galaxy S4 and S9+ phones only ever had one case each, both Spigen and held up just fine, in fact the S9+ is still going strong as a 2nd phone next to my iPhone (clear case....hasn't gone yellow). That's 5+ years of longevity...
My Finewoven case was a disaster and dirty and ugly after a few months... after I saw this video on a whim I tried to wash it under tap water with a drop of laundry detergent for 2 minutes and dried it with a hair dryer. IT LOOKED BRAND NEW.
Made me switch to Bullstrap full-grain leather. Nicer than the prior Apple leather cases. I don’t have a problem with leather, and I understand some people don’t want leather animal products but leather is about the most humane thing that comes from the cows we all eat anyways.
Good. FineWoven was nothing more than overpriced and overhyped garbage.
Now bring back leather since this was such an incredibly stupid exercise in the first place.
The clear case may be durable and looks good but it's flawed. It's very slippery if it gets wet, I have dropped my 13 mini several times because of that. It's open at the bottom so no protection there, my phone has a small dent there now. The case is worn/scratched and have small cracks on the corners after a little less than two years. It also collects dust so you have to remove the case and clean it from time to time.
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They should have never gotten rid of the leather cases. People like leather with their premium devices. Time to abandon those recycled case goals and give people what they want.
Called it on Day one. That was by far the worst case material Apple ever put out. Too bad Apple won’t just take the egg on the face and reintroduce leather…
Same thing could be said about their leather cases, I love that natural grip it provides in all types of usage. The patina makes it worth it.
When Apple announced the finewoven I couldn’t get it because I had the 14 pro, but leather cases always outlast all others. In my experience they “were” the most durable accesort I ever had from Apple.
$10 cases make the phone feel like a cheap plastic toy.
However everyone has different needs but after trying otter boxes, slim cases, silicone, 10$ cases from Amazon, the leather one was my favorite ever.
Apple makes mistakes. Unfortunately many are there because they’re not listening to what the customer is saying. Some are from trying to maintain that high profit margin
I'm sure it's the sales going down from the case this past year had more to do with it than actually caring about the consumer.