Leather is superior in many ways, is natural, feels natural, and good cases develop a patina. Plastic is just that.
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Apple Reportedly Stops Production of FineWoven Accessories
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Nomad is making money on Apple’s silly religious decision
No, but the ringtone would be SUPER annoying.
They'll never go back to leather. To do so would anger the small minority of the population that they ditched leather for in the first place.
Me to tbh
They last long on my phones, not sure what other people do with them to have them destroyed after a months or even days
It would be ideal for Apple to use genuine apple leather made from the leftovers of apple processing, i.e. the fruit:
Apple Leather - What is it? How is it made? Why use it?
Read about one of the natural fibres used in our products, apple leather. Find out how and where it is made, as well as environmental benefits of apple leather.
olivercompanylondon.com
This is a PU hybrid and likely not the best for the environment either.It would be ideal for Apple to use genuine apple leather made from the leftovers of apple processing, i.e. the fruit:
Apple Leather - What is it? How is it made? Why use it?
Read about one of the natural fibres used in our products, apple leather. Find out how and where it is made, as well as environmental benefits of apple leather.olivercompanylondon.com
Leather use a lot of nasty of chemicals to make it and get it to a color.
Great thread. Lots of passion about a phone case. I have the Finewoven case and wallet in black and like the combo. I was never a fan of the leather case and used the silicone case so for $10 more the Finewoven was worth to me and the Finewoven is better than the silicone IMHO. Certainly understand why people are pissed, though.
Is an Apple case overpriced? Yep... all of them are overpriced. Kudos to Apple for listening and responding with the production halt. Onward to the next iteration!
Is an Apple case overpriced? Yep... all of them are overpriced. Kudos to Apple for listening and responding with the production halt. Onward to the next iteration!
I agree. They didn't grip the phone very well, either. Mine popped out of the case far too easily.
I went back to Nomad leather cases, happily.
That’s good news. I saw a Finewoven case once at an Apple Store and it looked horrible. I’m sure there were a lot hands on it but it was not worth what they are charging. I still have my leather case on my 14 pro from launch and it’s holding up just fine.
This was definitely 2 missteps:
1. Stopping leather products and
2. Fine woven just doesn’t seem to be a good product. Some say it is and that’s fine, everyone has their own experiences and opinions, but the overwhelming negativity definitely seems to be a “where there’s smoke there’s fire” situation.
1. Stopping leather products and
2. Fine woven just doesn’t seem to be a good product. Some say it is and that’s fine, everyone has their own experiences and opinions, but the overwhelming negativity definitely seems to be a “where there’s smoke there’s fire” situation.
Apple clearly thought that by not using leather, they would reduce the demand for cowhide, but my point is that as long as people eat beef, cows are going to be raised and slaughtered for their meat as well as their skins. I don't think some cows are killed only for their leather and other cows are killed only for their meat. So as long as cows are being eaten, we might as well use their hides.
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About 85% of all the carbon emissions from leather come from raising the cattle, which is going to be done anyway for meat so Apple are falsely inflating their "impact" on climate change here by ditching leather. That's fine, that's their choice as a business to choose what materials they use or don't use, but we shouldn't pretend at all it's for anything except another delusion they try to sell to the public for their image that they are a "green" company when in practice they really aren't. And the FineWoven material is not a suitable durable replacement, so back to the drawing board they go!
I think the vegans want us to use 'Vegan Leather', which is very noble of them to offer up their skins for phone cases, but I'm not sure what we'd do with the rest of them. Maybe feed them to crocodiles and use crocodile leather when we run out of vegans?
They still don’t feel good, according to me at least. Basically makes $1000 phone feel like junk, or a toy.
Pass.
I have been using the Leather cases from Apple since the iPhone 5. I have been impressed with their quality and therefore value.
I still have my Leather case on my 14Pro. I will struggle to find a good case when I upgrade to the 17Pro.
I still have my Leather case on my 14Pro. I will struggle to find a good case when I upgrade to the 17Pro.
Actions speak louder than words. Apple clearly stated it with their actions. Sometimes you have to read between the lines.
I couldn't agree more. It's all about virtue signaling.
So it’s what you think that might have been would they could have meant when they changed a product line. Okay, good point. Nice way to read between the lines. Very artistic of you.
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People buy bibles and don't just steal them from hotels?? Surely car seats would have been a better example? as most modern car seats are fake leather and indistinguishable from real.
With this and the awful Apple vision pro, I wonder if the apple cultists might wake up soon that not everything Apple makes is the best?
I love many Apple products, but my gosh they do make some awful bad quality stuff as well. (Butterfly keyboard for example,
)They better not bring leather products back, this was a huge step forward for a massive company to stop ordering materials from animal agriculture industry