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I have only had my saddle brown iPhone 12 mini MagSafe case for a couple of months and the edges have worn off completely. If this is real leather, it’s is black underneath and dyed and the dye is what is wearing off. This is only light use, in and out of my pocket and sat on a desk.
It is just the dye wearing down to the base leather.
 
I have only had my saddle brown iPhone 12 mini MagSafe case for a couple of months and the edges have worn off completely. If this is real leather, it’s is black underneath and dyed and the dye is what is wearing off. This is only light use, in and out of my pocket and sat on a desk.
yeah, those ****ing black cows the reason why we have such a crap cases this year /s
 
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I posted a picture a couple weeks back of my Andar case but realized I never posted it with my phone in it.

FYI: that is a shadow in the bottom left corner of the case when I was taking a picture, not patina haha.
 
Can anyone speak to the durability of the Bullstrap case? I'm about to buy one but would like it to last a year.
 
I haven’t really been following this thread so my apologies, but are there any cases yet which meet all three of these requirements?
- real aniline leather
- no plastic bumpers
- no non-apple logos
 
My decoded case which is one month old had an accident today. It felt from my motorcycle at low speed (around 25mph) and I was in panic about my phone... The case got scuffed and scratched all around but mostly on corners and got a big hole in one of the corners.

No camera or screen protector and for my surprise the phone is 100% intact. Zero damage!!! Thank you Decoded 👍

The case is on intensive care after a bit of glue and leather balm but will get back to business soon.
 

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Wtf, what happened to it? Leather cases should last years…
I do Construction, probably not the best idea to do a leather case but they get so beat up. Usually the leather starts peeling bad around the edges and on some edges rubs through to almost plastic
 
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My decoded case which is one month old had an accident today. It felt from my motorcycle at low speed (around 25mph) and I was in panic about my phone... The case got scuffed and scratched all around but mostly on corners and got a big hole in one of the corners.

No camera or screen protector and for my surprise the phone is 100% intact. Zero damage!!! Thank you Decoded 👍

The case is on intensive care after a bit of glue and leather balm but will get back to business soon.

That's a pretty good test of case durability!
 
I kind of like the looks of this one, but I'm not sure how its MagSafe compatible without the circle. "I'm not sure" by no means means that it isn't, I've asked and will report back.


This looks like the Apple case without the logo, I've asked how its different.

 
I haven’t really been following this thread so my apologies, but are there any cases yet which meet all three of these requirements?
- real aniline leather
- no plastic bumpers
- no non-apple logos
Cases that are leather with apple logos are predominately if not only with apple. Licensing issues and such of course
 
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