What do you not like about the back specifically, I'm curious..
The Smart Cover is ok. I think the 4 panel Smart Cover for previous iPads was better. However, the smart case is pretty bad. How do they even justify having a strip sticking out the right side instead of being flush with the iPad body? Just lazy design work..
I'm not a big fan of the amount of mass it adds to the back of the iPad Air... not really bad in weight though.
Not the most rational thing to dislike... but I've been carrying my iPad Air in a leather sleeve (that was made for the iPad 3) that I snagged for 99 cents last year on a fire sale It retailed for like 50 bucks or something originally and also had the Smart Cover for the Air attached... I hated the smart cover for the iPad Mini that they had last year and I thought I would dislike the Air's as well but I actually like it a lot. The magnet holds MUCH better... so I've been carrying it around and it's a lot less bulky with a naked back and just the cover. I do have a Skinomi skin on the back of mine as well so I'm not worried about scratching the shell... I don't drop things... especially not iPads so I'm not too worried about drop-age.
My current set up just works better for me. I prefer my iPad nice and slim... hate having that extra back. If Apple had made the Smart cover with the folds like the Origami case that would be perfection for me.
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Obviously but while I can also buy a polyurethane garden hose I wouldn't expect the hose manufacturer to describe it as being PU leather.
PU leather means fake leather.
It's polyurethane disguised as leather.
But that's just it about the Roocase -- it isn't disguised as leather.
It's a simple clean honest sheet of polyurethane.
Why they felt the need to dress it up with the false (and to me deceptive) leather claim I just don't get.
It's a left over description from the iPad Mini version they had LAST year. It was Pleather and wasn't slim... lazy cut and paste job by the seller on the description is all.
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One thing about the Roocase is that there are no magnets in the cover that keep it in the rolled-up tri-fold position.
It can still be used this way but it relies on the weight of the iPad itself to stay rolled up.
I personally would have preferred some magnets.
There are magnets, though, for the v-fold origami position.
Also, they say that the cover is PU leather but there's nothing even remotely leathery about it. No imitation grain or anything.
My last case was the Marware Microshell Folio and the cover very much reminds me of that one.
I personally like it but I do think they should be more honest in their advertising.
This is also another dislike of mine... also the flap doesn't stay when you're holding it back... it flops around a little bit when folded over... I'm probably going to keep mine and only use it when I know I'm going somewhere I need a little more protection but I'm going to keep my Smart Cover set up as my standard.