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Apple Warns MagSafe Charger Can Leave Circular Imprints on Leather Cases
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No, it wasn't a 'case', the Pre had a removable back plate, unlike the iPhone, so basically you'd buy this back cover, and replace the stock one. The video below shows how you'd attach/detach it:
Edit: Rewatching that video is so interesting, that was 2009! They were truly ahead of their time.
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I share your sentiment. At the same time, it appears that Apple released a product that pretty much damages the case right away (and will possibly damage the phone as well, if one doesn’t use a case. That doesn’t seem right to me. I expect my case to get damaged through normal use by protecting the phone. However, if I buy an Apple made accessory that damages the case through correct usage, I consider that a fault of the vendor and would seek restitution from Apple, as well as immediately stop the specific accessory usage.
Trying to understand the actual advantage. You connect and disconnect a lightning cable and you’ll attach and detach this thing due to its magnetic strength, with either technique you’ll fumble and have to hold both the phone and MagSafe to detach - what’s the solid advantage of this product? That you simply feel cooler charging wirelessly ? I don’t get it...
From the looks of things the sides of the 12 are easily scratchable so I guess having an indentation on the case is better than scratching up the phone.
I'm still a little baffled as to why Apple would put polished stainless steel on the edges of the 12. I think a brushed finish would look so much nicer or even a matte finish. They would be less prone to scratches at least. The sides of people's phones are going to be massacred in a very short period of time with the route Apple took here.
I'm still a little baffled as to why Apple would put polished stainless steel on the edges of the 12. I think a brushed finish would look so much nicer or even a matte finish. They would be less prone to scratches at least. The sides of people's phones are going to be massacred in a very short period of time with the route Apple took here.
You are on MacRumors. Many people here fret and have to take medication if they see fingerprints on the phone after normal use. This place is a breeding ground for Apple hypochondriac syndrome.
Great question. And I honestly don't think there really is a clear advantage right now. Its a gen 1 product and we will see major improvements in it over time.
If Apple are issuing that sort of statement then the goods are not fit for purpose. Might buy one, use it for 6 months and then use my consumer rights under the ‘Sale of Goods Act 1979’ to get a free replacement lol. If you can prove there is a design flaw, you’re covered 
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do people really care if the case is scratched?
Apparently they do judging from this discussion having more than 200 posts already.
There is none. Apple without Jony Ive designs pure tech bling without the courage to test it in the realm of the living.
Nah, the imprint is a token of you using latest technology.
Now you can scorn at people who don't have that imprint.
It's just like wearing torn jeans. You either buy them that way or you wear them down.
Apple is a genius. One of the most beloved now-defunct features of Apple products has been the MagSafe connector on Macbooks. They were so tired of hearing the praise about it and the demands to bring it back that they decided to attach the name to something that will cause so many problems that the name "MagSafe" will evoke different feelings.
Bonus, in typical parental fashion, Apple is telling customers, "MagSafe? You want MagSafe?! I'll give you MagSafe!" (in a way that was NOT intended by the requester) 😅
Bonus, in typical parental fashion, Apple is telling customers, "MagSafe? You want MagSafe?! I'll give you MagSafe!" (in a way that was NOT intended by the requester) 😅
I hope so. Quality control should’ve caught this let alone designers should’ve foreseen this and made the entire contact area non touching any metal for any potential.
just pure laziness and half-stepping! Necks should be smacked with much enthusiasm at Apple to those involved with MagSafe’s design (wallet included)
On the other hand this could be a tempest in a teapot, similar to the iPhone bending issue of yesteryear.
Has anyone here came across leather before?
Leather weathers, it gets marks and such. The very nature of it doing so adds to the look and appeal of leather.
Of course placing an object to it which compresses the leather will leave a mark, but so will the other bumps and such it will take. In time the circle mark will be less visible and just a part of it’s overall look.
Leather weathers, it gets marks and such. The very nature of it doing so adds to the look and appeal of leather.
Of course placing an object to it which compresses the leather will leave a mark, but so will the other bumps and such it will take. In time the circle mark will be less visible and just a part of it’s overall look.
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I thought that was the POINT of the case.
I really don’t get using a case in the first place, but the only reason i can see to do so is to have something cheap and replaceable to absorb whatever damage the phone might otherwise have taken (and having owned iphones since the original, the only time a phone has been damaged in our household is when my wife ran her’s over with her car, and no case was probably going to help that
So they took MagSafe away from things that really needed it like laptops and put it on a phone that doesn’t need it, and that will now potentially damage your case?
There is no denying the iphone 12 looks great but I sometimes think they release some accessories as a joke and take bets on how many gullible people they can convince to buy them.
There is no denying the iphone 12 looks great but I sometimes think they release some accessories as a joke and take bets on how many gullible people they can convince to buy them.