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FineWoven Accessories May Get One Last Outing Before Apple Pulls Plug

Ael_MR said:
Oh, another finewoven case hate thread that will reach 15 pages and not a single photo of poster's cases after 6 months. :rolleyes:
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I do not own a fine woven case, but I was able to see how bad the ones on display at the nearby Apple Store looked within two weeks of being handled by the public and that leads me to not need to see photos. The display at the Apple Bayshore store that I saw is all I needed to convince me that they are not durable at all. Since then I have been in other Apple stores and they always look equally as worn merely from being on display and handled by shoppers. No thank you, these are obviously junk.
 
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MrWeenus said:
Laugh all you want, but I've had my FineWoven case since November and have never had a problem with it. It still looks the same as it was brand new - minus the normal hand oil/whatever that's on it, which I clean regularly using soap and a toothbrush.

I would buy one again. I definitely prefer them over the silicone cases.

To each their own.
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Mine is in quite good condition too, its not as bad as some people make out.

Second that about silicone too!
 
chucker23n1 said:
"Over the weekend, Apple leaker and prototype collector Kosutami claimed that Apple has decided to halt production of FiveWoven accessories over durability concerns. In a further update, the leaker has now suggested we might yet see one more round of FineWoven products in a season of new colors before Apple finally says farewell to the material for good."

Those seem like two very different statements. One implies that they're stopping sales of the existing product soon. The other that sales will continue for at least half a year…
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It makes sense if Apple manufacturered stock of the new colours before the decision came to halt production: they can launch / market the new colours to clear stock and see if the take-up is any better.
 
Too bad, I was looking forward to seeing what Apple were going to introduce as a replacement. In any event, I'm all about the leather cases and that ship has sailed for Apple.
 
Ael_MR said:
Oh, another finewoven case hate thread that will reach 15 pages and not a single photo of poster's cases after 6 months. :rolleyes:
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because we tried and returned them.
Look at Joanna Stern's case:
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AlexESP said:
I disagree, I think this was precisely too much about saving the environment over customer satisfaction.

Sure, following that logic, the best way to “save the environment” would be to stop producing new iPhones completely. But it turns out people prefer getting new designs to reducing emissions. And that’s why keeping the iPhone design as it is, or more radical approaches, are bad ideas.

The only realistic way to sell more environmentally-friendly products is to make them better or at least as good as their predecessors. That’s the reason why FineWoven cases are a disaster, because they’re worse than the leather cases. And it’s the reason why keeping the iPhone design wouldn’t “save the environment”.
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It was about profits, and using the environment as a way to sell something.
 
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techcboy said:
You do know they don’t expect users to upgrade annually, the users that do upgrade every year would probably buy a new case whether it the old one fits or not. At least these case were using majority recycled material
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Yes.

And I'm someone who upgrades every few years and would like to use my old case because I'm cheap, not because of the environment.
 
StuBeck said:
It was about profits, and using the environment as a way to sell something.
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It’s always about profits. And companies hit the nail on the head when they provide products and services that align with their customers interests. For the most part apple does that quite well. There are people who don’t want leather or silicone.

I happen to like my blue fine woven. I didn’t at first but after some usage I grew to like it.
 
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I don't have access to the sales\return figures but I'm guessing these will have a higher co2 cost due to the return rate than leather.

It's obvious that most apple environmental decisions are based on making more money that saving the environment, finewoven products, earpods and charger removal mentioned as evidence to my belief.
 
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The last Apple branded case I bought was the clear case for my XR. It didn't stay securely clipped onto the back of the phone. What a poor design. I never gave Apple cases a second thought again.
 
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