Turns out, I'm not alone in my FineWoven woes, either. I applaud Apple for walking away from making leather products, I can't applaud the company for the $60 FineWoven case it introduced as a replacement.
It's made of 68% postconsumer recycled content, giving it a significantly lower carbon footprint than leather. And so is an impression left from the FineWoven case's magnetic circle, from charging the iPhone 15 Pro Max on a MagSafe charger.Īpple introduced FineWoven cases, alongside the iPhone 15 series and new Apple Watches, as an environmentally friendly replacement to its leather phone cases and accessories. Now, a week later, that tiny stain is still visible. But an hour later a slight stain remained on the FineWoven case. So I went to the bathroom, wet a paper towel and dabbed the tiny area where the drops sat.
It's just water, right?īut it's a stingray exhibit, and that means it could've been salt water. I did what I'd do with any phone case and wiped it off. I'd received the phone and case on loan from Apple less than a day before, and at the academy I noticed a few drops of water. It all started when some water from the California Academy of Sciences' stingray exhibit splashed onto my iPhone 15 Pro Max's FineWoven case.
