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[–] skellener@kbin.social 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

No need to wrap your super hi tec communication device in a dead animal anyway.

[–] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Much better to graft it into the side of a live animal. Harder to lose your phone if it's stapled to a pig.

[–] Nevoic@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

As a vegan this is the best non-vegan take I've ever seen, thanks. I'll have to find a pig to staple my phone to.

[–] alcasa@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 1 year ago

Hopefully I can find a USB C compatible pig for the next iphone

[–] echoplex21@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

But my patina

[–] conciselyverbose@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago

Eh. Theirs kind of sucked anyways.

[–] misk@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Absolutely love the photo used in the article, credited to Dieter Bohn. My still girlfriend makes fun of me for watching this video 5 years ago.

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[–] ebits21@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago

I just bought one off an Etsy seller instead. Great quality and very happy with it.

[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Huh. Weird. I prefer leather cases despite the higher upfront cost, simply because they generally last the life of the phone for me. Not to mention, the wear patina tends to be way nicer than plastic or silicone, which ends up looking gross and cancerous comparatively quickly.

[–] NENathaniel@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Last leather case I bought from Apple looked awful after 8 months of light use. I wouldn't buy another

[–] Veraxus@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

Same. Apple's leather cases have never aged well for me. They start to tear and fray, and never get that "distinguished leather" look that leather products usually get with time. If you want a leather case for your phone, there are plenty of third parties and indie creators that make great alternatives that actually do age well.

[–] misk@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

In my experience it took about 1.5y for saddle brown leather cases to deteriorate badly (used one with iPhone 7 and XS). They are very bad with moisture and start to flake if you get them wet.

[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I had a Nomad case for a Pixel 2 ages ago that held up fantastically the entire time I had it. I held on to that phone and the case for like 3 years at least. If you get their Horween leather ones, they’ll hold up no problem - it’s quite high quality material and wears beautifully.

[–] redsol2@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

The quality has definitely gotten worse with every iPhone generation. I had an official leather case on my 12 and the layer of leather began peeling off of the plastic within a few months.

Nowadays I just use a rubber spigen case and I'm very happy with it.

[–] deegeese@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It’s pandering to vegans by substituting fake leather.

There will still be plenty of nice 3rd party leather cases.

I’m pretty sure Nomad is still one of the go-to minimalist leather case makers, so I’ll probably snag one of those

[–] sixty@sh.itjust.works -1 points 1 year ago

Who reportedly cares tbh