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First Hands-On With iPhone 12 MagSafe Leather Cases Shared Online
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Black as had brown on my 6+ and 7+ and it discoloured awfully from my hands.
The Black from XS has stayed neat, and contrasts with the bright Red (corporate colour) of my work 7.
The Black from XS has stayed neat, and contrasts with the bright Red (corporate colour) of my work 7.
This is now a feature for the leather cases
“Interaction with MagSafe accessories will leave a slight imprint (as shown in last image of the gallery).”
“Interaction with MagSafe accessories will leave a slight imprint (as shown in last image of the gallery).”
Sena case has a good option. https://www.senacases.com/. Check it out. I just ordered one. Plus, no MagSafe ring to ruin the appearance.
I am boring with colors so only wanted to go with blue or black. The saddle brown looks really nice in person, but just not my thing.
I was initially set on the navy blue silicone case with a black wallet but after seeing the leather one today, I decided to go with leather.
Took some photos for a couple of combonations with blue and black leather cases with the wallets attached. Let me know what you guys think. I think I will most likely go with the blue case with a black wallet.
Weight wise, IMO the leather is actually slightly lighter than the silicone, but you get more color options with silicone.
I was initially set on the navy blue silicone case with a black wallet but after seeing the leather one today, I decided to go with leather.
Took some photos for a couple of combonations with blue and black leather cases with the wallets attached. Let me know what you guys think. I think I will most likely go with the blue case with a black wallet.
Weight wise, IMO the leather is actually slightly lighter than the silicone, but you get more color options with silicone.
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Does the leather case add much bulk to the phone? Sounds like you tried silicone, too. Which one has the slimmer profile? Thanks!
Shouldn't they also have individual speaker holes just like the silicone cases? Maybe you got a dud?
Edit: You're right. The leather cases don't have individual speaker holes. They look a bit tacky to me.
The big cut out is what’s been shown in all hands on videos and other pics.
I would think that the leather is too malleable to have small holes punched directly next to each other or it will just rip easily or peel off.
I thought they were just gonna be like the old leather ones for the iPhone 5 and 5S and I'm pretty sure they had individual speaker holes.
This is merely often repeated misinformation; leather is a byproduct of the meat industry. There is always an excess surplus of hides (more animals are butchered to meet the demands of meat sales than is used by the leather industry). Commercial meat industry practices are atrocious, don’t get me wrong, but throwing away all the hides instead of making durable goods with them that can last decades, even centuries if cared for properly (iPhone cases are not an example of this, for obvious reasons), is the more sustainable thing to do. “Vegan” leather is comprised of petroleum based plastics, typically Vinyl (which is highly toxic and environmentally devastating).
Now, if your beef (sorry, couldn’t resist 😏) is with the unsustainability of the majority of modern meat production practices, then I can agree that reforming our habits and practices is absolutely called for. In general we need to consume less meat globally, but more importantly, need to rethink how we produce that meat.
Meat animals are an essential component of almost any sustainable polyculture in smaller scale diversified farm settings (ruminant animals like cattle are essential for conversion of low nutrient-density grasses to concentrated, readily available nitrogen and phosphorous necessary for organic vegetable production, for instance). Pigs and chickens can be raised on the food we throw away—in fact it’s how they were domesticated, and their species have co-evolved alongside humans by foraging through the food we cast away. There are sustainable ways to produce highly nutritious meat in humane ways. It is very hard, if not impossible to sustainably and organically produce intensive vegetable crops on the same piece of land repeatedly without animals in the system.
I will not claim that Apple really gives a sh*t about any of this, or that there aren’t fundamental problems with current meat and leather industry practices in the majority of cases (oops, I did it again 😏), but I do think there is a lot of fad-vegan/vegetarian misinformation that gets parroted and “vegan leather” is just clever marketing of toxic plastics to people who don’t know any better. It’s also an inferior product, plain and simple. Leather ages beautifully, absorbs natural oils, developers a nice patina, and is just a much nicer experience than any faux leather I’ve ever seen. It also isn’t a carcinogenic toxic petroleum based substance, and can be produced in much more sustainable ways than “vegan” leather ever can.
They did used to have them. They were tiny laser cut holes and very premium. My issue with the 5/5s cases was that I cracked a few of them right above the lightning cable cutout, where it was super thin. I’m hoping these are stronger/thicker in that area, which I’m assuming they will be since the phones are thicker now.
I’m glad they brought back the 360º coverage, and find it funny that people are complaining about this because so many complained when they went to the open bottom with the 6/6s. I just like the symmetry of this design, and I think/hope the lip will be subtle enough not to interfere with up-swiping like other cases. We shall see. I ordered the blue and saddle for my 12 Pro Max.
I ordered the blue and saddle along with my gold 12 pro max today. I have had both colors for my past 3 phones, and I expect these will live up to the quality I’ve come to expect from my apple leather cases. Also, I don’t think the MagSafe wear will be a big deal since these cases develop a pretty worn look after about a month or even less in my experience (a look which I really like).
My dad wanted the 12 pro max and doesn’t care about the color so I ordered him blue because I was so torn, so I still don’t know which I’ll be going with... Serious first world problem. An even bigger first world problem was that I was really looking forward to having a slightly smaller phone than my 11 pro max (first plus/max size phone), and the 6.1 with thin bezels seemed like the perfect size. I had an X before my 11 pro max, and was so excited to have a bigger screen in a similar footprint, but decided the larger camera sensor since that and the new Qualcomm modem are the only real reasons I felt the new phone was a worthy upgrade, so felt a bit forced into the Max size. We have terrible service even just on LTE here in Vermont, and I’m really hoping the new Qualcomm modem helps with signal strength on LTE as much as early tests seem to indicate.
I know I’m not the only one who was torn by the feature splitting by size this year... I didn’t like it when they did that with the 6s Plus, and I don’t like it now. I don’t buy that they “didn’t have space” for the better camera in the 12 Pro, since the cameras appear to occupy the same physical dimensions.
My dad wanted the 12 pro max and doesn’t care about the color so I ordered him blue because I was so torn, so I still don’t know which I’ll be going with... Serious first world problem. An even bigger first world problem was that I was really looking forward to having a slightly smaller phone than my 11 pro max (first plus/max size phone), and the 6.1 with thin bezels seemed like the perfect size. I had an X before my 11 pro max, and was so excited to have a bigger screen in a similar footprint, but decided the larger camera sensor since that and the new Qualcomm modem are the only real reasons I felt the new phone was a worthy upgrade, so felt a bit forced into the Max size. We have terrible service even just on LTE here in Vermont, and I’m really hoping the new Qualcomm modem helps with signal strength on LTE as much as early tests seem to indicate.
I know I’m not the only one who was torn by the feature splitting by size this year... I didn’t like it when they did that with the 6s Plus, and I don’t like it now. I don’t buy that they “didn’t have space” for the better camera in the 12 Pro, since the cameras appear to occupy the same physical dimensions.
Currently typing this from my 12 in the blue (Baltic?) leather case that I picked up this evening. Have a few comments:
The case looks good, feels great, fits very well, it’s pretty much what you expect if you’ve used previous Apple leather cases...but the bottom of the case is completely closed.
Sure others noticed this in the press photos, but coming from iPhone X with a saddle brown Apple leather case that had the bottom cut out, this one is much less pleasant to use with the swipe up.
My X with leather was not treated very gingerly and lasted 3 years with 0 repairs and only died after I was pushed off a boat into the Gulf. From experience, the cutout doesn’t compromise case integrity.
The case looks good, feels great, fits very well, it’s pretty much what you expect if you’ve used previous Apple leather cases...but the bottom of the case is completely closed.
Sure others noticed this in the press photos, but coming from iPhone X with a saddle brown Apple leather case that had the bottom cut out, this one is much less pleasant to use with the swipe up.
My X with leather was not treated very gingerly and lasted 3 years with 0 repairs and only died after I was pushed off a boat into the Gulf. From experience, the cutout doesn’t compromise case integrity.
Just picked up the black leather case for my 12 Pro today at my local electronics store for $48 bucks. They were having a 20% off all phone cases sale. I’m liking it much better than the clear case. It’s not as bulky, the buttons click much nicer and most importantly the grip is much better + the smell of leather bonus. Very nice!
