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Not as good as the old apple leather cases
I bought this product based on reviews I’ve read about apple leather cases for older iPhones like the IPhone X. Unfortunately, apple has changed how they make these cases since the iPhone 12. I bought the golden brown hoping it would patina nicely and get darker with time. Upon receiving the product, I could already tell this wasn’t going to happen.I am a bit of a leather worker and make wallets and holsters so know a bit about types of leather and finishing leather products. This product appears to be a thin layer of chrome tanned leather with a sort of paint finish. As such, the leather won’t absorb oils and naturally patina. The paint like coating can wear off exposing the leather underneath over time, but this won’t look very nice like a natural patina. I applied neatsfoot oil to the case but none of it was able to penetrate the coating apple applies to the leather. I wish apple used a nice dyed vegetable tanned leather for this product that would naturally show wear over time. My guess their reasoning not to do this is that vegetable tanned leather should be maintained with oils over time.I would recommend this case to someone who enjoys the factory colors offered and are not wanting a natural patina. I am not overly happy with the golden brown color as it is more orange than brown. Knowing now that it wouldn’t patina, I wish I brought another color.This case will protect your phone, but the leather is somewhat fragile and very thin. With only about 10 days of using it, I already have some scratches on the case. I think in a year of use, it is going to show some serious wear.Update: I have now had the case for about a month and a half. The second picture is the wear on the case now. It is pretty substantial wear and I expected it to look like this in about 6 months, not 1.5. The “patina” appears to be the paint type coating to be wearing on the edges. This case doesn’t patina like normal leather would.I dropped my phone once during this period from about 4 ft onto tile. The bottom left corner hit the ground. There was no damage to the phone besides a cracked screen protector. The case didn’t show much damage either. However there is a bare spot in my second picture where you can see the leather is missing. I’m not sure what caused this. I just noticed that one day the leather was loose here like it’d been scraped up against something. It’s possible that something I had in my pocket (like my keys) scratched it substantially. I tore off the hanging leather little piece and now have I kind of bare spot on the case. There are a few other little pieces where the leather is kind of fraying like this from nicks. I had hoped the leather would be more resistant to this type of wear. The main culprit is that the leather is extremely thing and has a hard backing.
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Reviewed in the United States on March 16, 2022
Material Type: LeatherColor: Golden BrownVerified Purchase
This Apple case is not as good of a material compared to previous Apple iPhone cases from Apple. I previously had the iPhone 6s Plus leather case and the leather before feels more genuine. This iPhone 13 case feels more plasticky to me. Also the patina that has developed over the past 6 months doesn’t look the greatest as it’s only on the very edge and doesn’t peep over. It comes with the different phone shape I guess.
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Reviewed in the United States on October 2, 2021
Material Type: LeatherColor: Golden BrownVerified Purchase
Reviewed in the United States on November 30, 2021
I am a bit of a leather worker and make wallets and holsters so know a bit about types of leather and finishing leather products. This product appears to be a thin layer of chrome tanned leather with a sort of paint finish. As such, the leather won’t absorb oils and naturally patina. The paint like coating can wear off exposing the leather underneath over time, but this won’t look very nice like a natural patina. I applied neatsfoot oil to the case but none of it was able to penetrate the coating apple applies to the leather.
I wish apple used a nice dyed vegetable tanned leather for this product that would naturally show wear over time. My guess their reasoning not to do this is that vegetable tanned leather should be maintained with oils over time.
I would recommend this case to someone who enjoys the factory colors offered and are not wanting a natural patina. I am not overly happy with the golden brown color as it is more orange than brown. Knowing now that it wouldn’t patina, I wish I brought another color.
This case will protect your phone, but the leather is somewhat fragile and very thin. With only about 10 days of using it, I already have some scratches on the case. I think in a year of use, it is going to show some serious wear.
Update: I have now had the case for about a month and a half. The second picture is the wear on the case now. It is pretty substantial wear and I expected it to look like this in about 6 months, not 1.5. The “patina” appears to be the paint type coating to be wearing on the edges. This case doesn’t patina like normal leather would.
I dropped my phone once during this period from about 4 ft onto tile. The bottom left corner hit the ground. There was no damage to the phone besides a cracked screen protector. The case didn’t show much damage either. However there is a bare spot in my second picture where you can see the leather is missing. I’m not sure what caused this. I just noticed that one day the leather was loose here like it’d been scraped up against something. It’s possible that something I had in my pocket (like my keys) scratched it substantially. I tore off the hanging leather little piece and now have I kind of bare spot on the case. There are a few other little pieces where the leather is kind of fraying like this from nicks. I had hoped the leather would be more resistant to this type of wear. The main culprit is that the leather is extremely thing and has a hard backing.
Material Type: LeatherColor: Golden BrownVerified Purchase
Not as good as the old apple leather cases
Reviewed in the United States on November 30, 2021
I bought this product based on reviews I’ve read about apple leather cases for older iPhones like the IPhone X. Unfortunately, apple has changed how they make these cases since the iPhone 12. I bought the golden brown hoping it would patina nicely and get darker with time. Upon receiving the product, I could already tell this wasn’t going to happen.Reviewed in the United States on November 30, 2021
I am a bit of a leather worker and make wallets and holsters so know a bit about types of leather and finishing leather products. This product appears to be a thin layer of chrome tanned leather with a sort of paint finish. As such, the leather won’t absorb oils and naturally patina. The paint like coating can wear off exposing the leather underneath over time, but this won’t look very nice like a natural patina. I applied neatsfoot oil to the case but none of it was able to penetrate the coating apple applies to the leather.
I wish apple used a nice dyed vegetable tanned leather for this product that would naturally show wear over time. My guess their reasoning not to do this is that vegetable tanned leather should be maintained with oils over time.
I would recommend this case to someone who enjoys the factory colors offered and are not wanting a natural patina. I am not overly happy with the golden brown color as it is more orange than brown. Knowing now that it wouldn’t patina, I wish I brought another color.
This case will protect your phone, but the leather is somewhat fragile and very thin. With only about 10 days of using it, I already have some scratches on the case. I think in a year of use, it is going to show some serious wear.
Update: I have now had the case for about a month and a half. The second picture is the wear on the case now. It is pretty substantial wear and I expected it to look like this in about 6 months, not 1.5. The “patina” appears to be the paint type coating to be wearing on the edges. This case doesn’t patina like normal leather would.
I dropped my phone once during this period from about 4 ft onto tile. The bottom left corner hit the ground. There was no damage to the phone besides a cracked screen protector. The case didn’t show much damage either. However there is a bare spot in my second picture where you can see the leather is missing. I’m not sure what caused this. I just noticed that one day the leather was loose here like it’d been scraped up against something. It’s possible that something I had in my pocket (like my keys) scratched it substantially. I tore off the hanging leather little piece and now have I kind of bare spot on the case. There are a few other little pieces where the leather is kind of fraying like this from nicks. I had hoped the leather would be more resistant to this type of wear. The main culprit is that the leather is extremely thing and has a hard backing.
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