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Leather Cases - Patina Proud Photos
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Thanks I did. Looks like they won’t be in stock for a while now. Ended up ordering the Platinum case from Best Buy. I can always easily return it.
I don’t really trust MagSafe car mounts anyway and they always will make an ugly circle on the back. We shall see if they are legit horween leather and if so then this should tickle everyone’s fancy when it comes to patina.
I've done some digging by looking at current and past listings on ebay to try to get an idea about when such an update might have occurred. I'm looking for a 12 mini case, and I was not able to find any listing or picture of one of the original cases that was made any time other than 10/2020. The only case I found that wasn't made last October for the mini was the Deep Violet, which had the expected 03/2021 date. I'm guessing that since sales of the mini were lower than they expected, they probably only did a single run of these cases for the mini. Perhaps the larger phones got additional runs.
The wallet I picked up at the same time as my case, has a 03/2021 date. The leather look, feel, and smell between my case and wallet are identical.
At this point, I'll be calling of my search and just use the case I have.
For clarity, the platinum is as pictured on the inside picture of the product page. They are VERY proud of the horween, at least the branding, lol.
So, no magnet at all. There is a horween stamp on on the interior (can be seen better on the black one). There is also an obnoxious horween display on the back of the packaging.
No experience with best buy products but it does say "lifetime warranty"
Yes, it definitely took some of the oil. I applied a few coats. Besides the superior feel of it I think it is less bright and a tiny deeper orange/more brown which is great. I will continue applying coats now and again. But for now I love it.
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I returned the platinum cases twice and now ended back with apple. I really like the horween leather and was excited for it to age. The fitment was great but after a day or two, I can hear like a creaking noise when I applied pressure to certain area of the back of the phone cases. It was almost like the case and phone weren’t sitting completely flushed.
The worn spots on the sides are pretty smooth, but the case feels fine otherwise. I’ve never really cleaned it or done anything special to it otherwise.
I’m certainly a little frustrated that it hasn’t developed the patina like prior cases have, but it still holds up well if dropped and seems to provide plenty of protection. The corners have not poops off or anything, so it’s getting the job done.
Yeah! I stole my fiancés criket decal cuter machine thing while she was sleeping and made them lol
In my experience at least, there seems to be some variations from case to case. I have had a few of the leather offerings for the 13 PM. Buttons are not consistent and it seems the leather feel/smell is also different amongst them. One of my cases (which I returned) the volume down button didn't even click. Not sure if it was misaligned somehow over the button but strange nonetheless of the noise I am used to.
One of my cases has a good power button with less clicky volume buttons. And the other has awesome volume buttons with a garbage power button. I ended up just pinching the buttons between my fingers and wiggling back and forth for like 3 minutes. They all seem good now
I put neatsfoot oil on mine and it isnt sticky at all. It's more supple and has a nice grip but no stickiness at all.
Ya, try working out the buttons when the case is off the phone. This helped make my volume buttons “clicky” when they were not initially.
I did…it didn’t age well for me. I didn’t like the dark edges. While taking off the case to send my 12 Pro Max back to VZW, the case snapped around the volume buttons. I trashed it. It did look more purple to me; but, lots of people say they saw blue when they saw it.
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Pinching as in press the power and volume button inwards towards each other? With the phone inside the case or just the case itself?
The top one for sure assuming all else is equal (no issues w/ fit, finish etc.)Posted this earlier but what do you think about the 2 cases I have? Which would you choose? (The colour is the same by the way, just the light is different)
It has been one week. The case looks and feels great.
