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Nomad Launches iPhone Wallet With Find My Integration
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Exactly. I have a basic wallet like this and I use it all the time detached from the phone. It slips into the front pocket nicely. Really it only gets attached to my phone when I’m sitting in a restaurant waiting for the waitress to return with my credit card (god bless America).
My favorite feature of wallets like these is when I come home I stick it magnetically to the metallic base of a lamp on my desk, so I don’t misplace my wallet around the house anymore (I wish I could do that with my shoes). FindMy integration would be nice. The “chirp” using the FM app is key.
I have a three-card MagSafe wallet. I routinely remove it and carry it by itself, and leave my phone in the car or at home.
That said, I'm not buying this at $79, even if I was in the market for one.
I’ve only been able to hold two cards in my Apple wallets. I bought a second after the first wore out. I could force a third card in but it was a struggle to get cards out so not practical at checkout.
I wanted to like the Apple wallet so bad but I was limited to one card plus my driver’s license. For the price it was cheaply made and the lack of any Find My support was inexcusable especially since it would be added to your devices on Find My.
This might be the wallet Apple should have made. If it can hold two credit cards plus a driver’s license it’s actually usable for me. Find My and real leather is something that should be included for this price.
I do have two leather Apple-made wallets, one with Find My and one without. Three cards was tight but didn’t make me concerned. Tried four once and it took five minutes to wedge them out again.
The more I look at this, the more tempted I am to get one.
Made out of leather and with Find My?
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Reviews are pretty mixed on the one you shared durability-wise, plus it isn’t leather.
After Apple dumped leather products, I’m willing to pay a little more for that. I’m sure that one you shared is pretty decent for the price, don’t get me wrong, but some of the reviews…
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Apple doesn’t make theirs in leather anymore, right? Just the terrible FineWoven stuff that most people can’t stand. Also, as others have mentioned, apples only shows you the last location when removed. This will continue tracking.
My original apple magnetic wallet is finally falling apart after using it very day since release. This is expensive but for the people that do use it, they use it every single day.
If it helps, as far as I’m aware only AirTags themselves have precision finding.
These however actually will update their location and also make noise like an AirTag does. So this will be a LOT easier to find.
I just broke down and ordered one. We’ll see if I just wasted $80!
Gen X. Now get off my lawn.
But seriously, there's FUNCTION in the classic wallet design. What else am I going to keep in a back pocket anyway? And mine is leather, with RFID shield layer, has places for a half dozen credit cards, drivers license, health insurance card, business cards, and 3 separate pockets for cash, including a zippered pocket that's handy for keeping an extra hundred just in case. And I've even stuck an AirTag in that, because I hate it when I misplace my wallet.
The reason these wallets support Find My is because they’re always falling off because they’re just held on with magnets.
LOL, I gotcha - gen x here too.
I still carry a slim leather card case for my DL, car registration/insurance cards, a couple CCs and a little cash. Can't stand thick folding wallets that carry everything, including junk receipts.