Apple's cases have been trash for a while now. I made the mistake of buying one for my iPhone 11 in 2019, and it started chipping at the corners immediately after I bought it, without me even dropping it.
this post was submitted on 24 Sep 2023
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I put a silicone case on my 13 pro the day I got it and I took it off today when I dropped it at the Verizon store. Does it look fancy? Nope. Is it overpriced? Yep. Does it fit like the people who designed my phone made it? Yep. That works for me, might not for everyone, but I don’t need it to. Just adding my experience.
When a $20 Spigen or ESR beats any Apple case
Spigen kept my Nexus 5 intact. Loved them then, love them now.
Apple cases aren't worth the top dollars. People should just get a Spigen case or any other case than Apple ones.
How does stuff like this end up shipping? Does this kind of design and quality meet with Tim’s approval?
I honestly don’t think it’s that big a deal. When the leather cases got marked people called it “patina” and said it was a good thing. I always thought it was pretty disgusting.
I think these new cases are fine, and that Apple blogs love a good outrage story.
I wouldn’t have noticed this if people hadn’t started pointing it out. I’ve seen worse examples out there than mine. I suppose I’m lucky.
I went finewoven. I like it. Feels premium, lighter and thinner than silicone
I posted this comment on reddit, but this whole situation is fascinating. Not necessarily that Finewoven is garbage. Apple's leather cases have been bad since at least the iPhone 11 and their silicone cases have sucked for a while as well. As soon as Apple announced FineWoven I knew it wasn't going to be good as their leather cases.
What is fascinating are the issues with fit and finish. Cutouts not matching up is very weird for Apple. It makes me feel like some senior official at Apple left years ago and when Apple decided to switch away from leather they didn't have that senior person there to oversee the effort and make sure that it works and is high quality.
Imb4 astroturfers start whining about how the finewoven case works just fine for them and this is all very entitled really and then make a #lowsodiumfinewoven hashtag on twitter to talk about how great the cases are