You just can't replicate the physical properties of real leather. One of the appeals is how it ages over time. Maybe apple can give both as an option and make everyone happy.
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Hands-On With Apple's New Find My-Enabled MagSafe Wallet
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PETA is amazingly efficient at cramming as much misleading information into a statement as possible.It doesn't have to be made of plastic:
Vegan Leather: What It Is and Why It Belongs in Your Closet | PETA
There's nothing faux about how vegan leather benefits animals and the planet.www.peta.org
I have used Tile Slim, which is a credit card sized tracker. Unfortunately, the battery is not replaceable about more than 3 credit cards thick. Of course, that was then and technology will find ways to improve.
Article needs to call out that this does not work on the Apple clear cases.
There are airtag magnet cases on Amazon. I’ve been waiting for a sale to try one.
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Unfortunately these are not magsafe and don't hold. They do seem to be vinyl which the vegans on here might be happy about.
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I impulse bought the wallet when I heard Find My support, ordered it alongside my new 13. By the time I actually read about how it is supposed to work, it was too late to cancel. Its sitting at my house right now. As I already have the first MagSafe wallet, it will be getting returned.
I actually really like the MagSafe wallet... as a slim wallet. Most of the time it lives in my right pocket and my phone is in my left pocket. I keep my state ID and two CC in it. The only time I will attach to my phone is if I am paying at a sit down restaurant and waiting for the waiter to bring my card back. The most use I get out of the MagSafe function is that I have a metal shelf right near my front door that I stick it to when I get home.
I actually really like the MagSafe wallet... as a slim wallet. Most of the time it lives in my right pocket and my phone is in my left pocket. I keep my state ID and two CC in it. The only time I will attach to my phone is if I am paying at a sit down restaurant and waiting for the waiter to bring my card back. The most use I get out of the MagSafe function is that I have a metal shelf right near my front door that I stick it to when I get home.
Ditto. I don't understand why this is a software thing either, with the exception that the NFC chip in the Wallet would be able to provide contact information. But aside from that, it would seem useful that 1st gen wallet would be "given" the feature that if the wallet detaches from the phone, the last location would be marked.
Hmmmm… I would rather have a wallet made from a byproduct, rather than a material bound with plastics, that are not biodegradable - leather has such a bad reputation in todays world - but no one is educated in the actual facts comparing leather to synthetic alternatives.
You can make leather without milk or eggs?
Certainly not a big issue if your wallet is attached to your phone. Certainly not enough reason to upgrade lol
They are MagSafe compatible, which given the limited options would be good enough for me.
I'm a member of the other PETA. People Eating Tasty Animals.
As for the Apple Wallet, I'm just disappointed that the color choices don't include Product RED. Unless I just missed it.
I have never gotten the concept. Why would anyone want a mini wallet that can fall off of your phone? Why would you want to flash your wallet every time you take your phone out of your pocket?
It's right there in the article: "compared to last year's version, there doesn't appear to be an improvement in magnetic strength."
Good question. I also don't get why the wallet only holds 2 to 3 cards. Why so few? If so few, don't bother.
If by them having magnets makes them magsafe compatible, than yes. I guess my Dominos pizza magnet on my fridge is also?
The bs about the wallet falling off continues… that was done for youtube popularity points or whatever. You have to really try to make that happen, holding the phone in a particular unrealistic way. Just hold the phone like you normally do when using it, and when you put it in your pocket the same way you’ve probably been doing it for 14 years, there’s no way for it to pop off.
“You’re holding it wrong”, but, like, really. Who dangles their iPhone with 2 fingers by the very bottom edge when putting it in their pocket?
“You’re holding it wrong”, but, like, really. Who dangles their iPhone with 2 fingers by the very bottom edge when putting it in their pocket?
If my wallet can't fit all my receipts since 2000, it isn't worth buying
I can understand why people need more cards, but I am hopeful that more and more of them can be moved to the wallet app.
For me I have three cards in my physical wallet: DL, door ID badge, and one credit card (in case I need a physical one). That's not to say I don't have more things I could carry, and I have friends that use other cards often enough to justify more stuff (corporate credit card, corporate ID, alternate door badges, etc.).
I think multiple sizes would be a good idea, but so would additional pressure on organizations to support the wallet app.
I wonder, what would George Costanza say? Gimme some quotes that might come out of his mouth!
I am really satisfied with mine! I previously used one from AliExpress but it wasn’t tight at all. The one from apple holds super strong compared to that one. I don’t see how it can actually fall off