1 month in and mine still looks brand new. I have no idea WTF you guys are doing to get them so gross lol.
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Leather Cases - Patina Proud Photos
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That looks like you dragged it behind a car.
Problem is in saddle brown its also ugly brand new lol, sorry. it's dull and waxy out of the box, I have one. people are used to distressing it/wearing it to get it a nice looking patina. But it doesn't work because it's some kind of gross coated nubuck, not like in previous years.
even the people who found some magical mixture of leather polish and fairy dust to get it looking ok for now, it will eventually rub to black. And so will yours.
This looks terrible but sorry to report that everyone's is going to look like this eventually, he's just sped it up lol. It can't turn out any other way.
Sorry, but that looks disgusting. But whatever floats your boat I guess… If you like it, don’t let anyone else tell you otherwise
Yeah this new case is strange it ages as if paint is chipping off. I don’t really care right now I’m not wasting money on a new case so I’m just waiting for it to turn black basically
Don’t like it but don’t hate it. I thought I would share it because the new cases age really different than my last one
Like what happened to mine, but it does get to that leather feel once you use it which is what I care about
Sumn wrong with these cases man haha. I drop my phone a lot but my old one never looked like this.
I do, I have the Barlow in antique distressed leather. I posted some pictures in the “which case” thread I believe, when it was new and again after a couple of weeks. I’ll post the links if I can find them in a bit. Just fantastic quality leather and finish.
After seeing photos of how great the previous generations of leather Apple cases have worn in, I decided to get my first leather case for my iPhone 12 (coming from an iPhone 7).
Have to say, while I don't hate it, it is definitely not wearing like some of the beautifully darkened older generations I've seen in this thread.
I've used a Weiman leather wipe on it occasionally; it feels decently soft after 1.5mo of use, but I'm not seeing the darkened patina I was hoping for. Not sure if I'm going to cut my losses at this point and go BullStrap, or just ride this one out.
Have to say, while I don't hate it, it is definitely not wearing like some of the beautifully darkened older generations I've seen in this thread.
I've used a Weiman leather wipe on it occasionally; it feels decently soft after 1.5mo of use, but I'm not seeing the darkened patina I was hoping for. Not sure if I'm going to cut my losses at this point and go BullStrap, or just ride this one out.
The more and more I see the 12 version of the Apple Saddle Brown Leather patina look or lack there of, the more I don't like it. It just shouldn't be this hard to achieve a decent patina look. I was really looking forward to purchasing a Saddle Brown Leather for my 12 Pro Max, but I will probably pass this year.
This was the last year I had a Saddle Brown Leather case and the patina was naturally achieved from day to day wear.
This was the last year I had a Saddle Brown Leather case and the patina was naturally achieved from day to day wear.
Yeah I'm not even sure if patina is the right word to describe what is happening with the Apple leather cases this year. Disappointing compared to previous years.
Extremely dissatisfied with my apple leather case this year too. I got a little impatient and decided to use a magic eraser and it got most of the paint i suppose off. But honestly it looks terrible. I ended up tossing it while waiting for my bullstrap case.
This is after daily use since November 27th. I’ve also been using clorox wipes to disinfect and all but i don’t think that really did anything.
I don't know if I read this correctly (or if it was even a credible source), but I remember being told years ago to turn the phone off whenever I put it in a case, so I still have a tendency to do that. So, I completely forgot about the animation. I'll have to see if mine does that when I get home.
I agree. Here’s my old saddle brown on an se2 that’s still in use by a coworker on her se2. This is probably one of the last saddle brown iPhone 8 cases that is actually genuine. Purchased from Walmart about 5-6 months ago.The more and more I see the 12 version of the Apple Saddle Brown Leather patina look or lack there of, the more I don't like it. It just shouldn't be this hard to achieve a decent patina look. I was really looking forward to purchasing a Saddle Brown Leather for my 12 Pro Max, but I will probably pass this year.
This was the last year I had a Saddle Brown Leather case and the patina was naturally achieved from day to day wear.
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