Twelve South Launches SurfacePad Case for iPhone 6 and 6 Plus

[Westside guy]

Can you link me please I have been looking for one.

Here ya go!

 

[nick42983]

I'm offended the ad didn't also feature a Mexican, an Asian and a transgendered Eskimo.

 

[3goldens]

No edge protection? No thanks. But it looks nice

yep, forget it, there are better ones available with corner protection!

 

[shenan1982]

yep, forget it, there are better ones available with corner protection!

Such as?

 

[SonicSoundVW]

Well, this is a disappointment. I want a nice wallet case for my iPhone 6, since I pretty much am never going to leave the house with one but not the other, and I'd rather just have one thing in my pocket.

After doing a survey of what my options are, I decided that the hypothetical BookBook for iPhone 6 would probably be the closest to my ideal case--at least 3 card slots, an ID window, a little thicker so some room for cash without bulging horribly, and provides a bit of edge protection in case I drop it. So I got one of those cheapie $20 cases and waited patiently to see what TwelveSouth would come up with.

And... this is not it.

Given that they sent out an email recently explicitly saying that they're working on a BookBook case for the 6, I assume that one is still in the pipeline, but I'd sure like to at least know what it's going to look like, even if it won't ship for a while, so I'll know whether I should be waiting for the damn thing or buying something else.

It's the "It's coming, but we aren't telling you what it's going to be like" that's starting to me--I understand not being able to buy it, I just want to be able to comparison shop, and surely they have an idea how many credit card slots it's going to have by this point. Other companies, at least, have pre-orders up for their competing products, even if they weren't going to ship for a couple of months, so I know now whether to write them off or not.

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I've thought about it, and I have no idea why this would be a problem. Perhaps you don't understand how flash memory works? As in, it is not magnetic, and magnets won't affect it?

If you want some evidence, you might have a look at that whole "Smart Cover" thing Apple itself sells for the iPad. You know, the ones that use strong magnets to both attach themselves to the iPad, and to keep closed? The iPad, in fact, even includes a sensor to detect the magnet so it knows when the cover is closed.

What amuses me is that it's been 16 years since Apple started shipping computers without magnetic floppy drives, and nearly a decade since non-magnetic flash memory became standard in cameras, and people still think that magnets somehow affect all storage.

I would also like to add that magnets are used in Apples laptops to shut the screen on and off, same for the iPad i believe.

 

[Makosuke]

I would also like to add that magnets are used in Apples laptops to shut the screen on and off, same for the iPad i believe.

If you want to get down to that level, the plastic iMacs also had a fairly strong magnet over on the side that you could stick the remote control to to store it. Most people did not realize it was even there, since it wasn't marked.

And that was on a computer that did, in fact, have a magnetic hard drive in it (as did Apple's earlier, magnetically-closed laptops that you mentioned, both MacBook and MacBook Pro). The fact is even magnetic hard drives, while not immune, aren't nearly as susceptible to magnetic fields as most people think. While I haven't read up on it and done the math, I assume it's a combination of the fact that a very strong magnetic field is required to disrupt the data on the surface, and the metal hard drive case acting like a faraday cage.

 

[marmiteturkey]

Magnets... directly touching a phone with an HD in it..

Think about that for a moment.

BL.

I've quite happily used Apple's smart covers and cases for years, which have magnets in them (as do the devices themselves) without issue.

 

[Klae17]

Here ya go!

Thank you buddy!

 

[daboybk]

Unless those buyers have AppleCare+ that drop will cost more than a few of those SurfacePad cases to repair.

Any other options?

 

[macfoxpro]

I'll wait for the Hex Solo Wallet. They are sweet!!

 

[bweech]

No magnets. From the bottom of page https://www.twelvesouth.com/product/surfacepad-iphone6

How does SurfacePad attach to the iPhone?

The SurfacePad attaches to your iPhone with a SurfaceGrip, a modern adhesive that has been used on our SurfacePad for MacBook for years.

They also say

Will SurfacePad for iPhone protect my screen if I drop my iPhone?

Probably not. SurfacePad for iPhone is not designed to protect iPhone from falls, drops, being run over by a car or dropped in the loo. SurfacePad is meant to guard your iPhone from scratches and scrapes from things like car keys, nail files or concrete park benches.