Craig HockenberryWent to the Apple Store today to check out the cases. Most of the FineWoven ones were covered in finger scratches.
Everyone wants to check the same thing…
Something tells me that they are going to rotate the sample cases often.
Randy Schmidt
Christian Keefer-Moomaw
ChancerubbageDo they still sell the silicone case? It isn’t leather…
Don’t all of the Apple brand cases have a plastic shell and the leather or fine woven nonsense is just another layer?
Warner Crocker@cdmoomaw @chockenberry Guessing they will be yanked from displays relatively soon.
Ryan@cdmoomaw @chockenberry The main difference being that scratches on a leather case will slowly fade but these ones won’t, correct?
@ryanchristensen @chockenberry These cases seem to become scuffed and scratched much more readily than other case styles. Time will tell whether or not said scuffs and scratches will age gracefully, but initial impressions do not seem hopeful.
@cdmoomaw @chockenberry I just saw this last night. This seems terrible. https://mastodon.macstories.net/@viticci/111119387802099507
Federico Viticci :ticciseal: (@[email protected])
Attached: 1 image Still decided to give the FineWoven case a fair try. Went out for dinner with friends last night and set my phone on the table. Like I have done HUNDREDS of times since 2008. Woke up this morning with a stain on the FineWoven case. 😑 I honestly think this is the worst accessory Apple's ever produced and I may just throw this out now. (Great for the environment!)
Jimmy@cdmoomaw @chockenberry FineWovenGate just waiting to happen. Wonder if there’ll be a support document soon to instruct customers how to get rid of the scratches. Or maybe a sock to protect the case.
Andrew Canion 
@cdmoomaw @chockenberry There’s no way they can keep selling these things.
Metafrastis@cdmoomaw @chockenberry Get serious people. If you scratch your nails over a leather case it has exactly the same indelible marks. I have two leather cases to prove it. That’s why you don’t do it, especially on a case that’s not yours.
Brian Grinter
Alex@bgrinter @cdmoomaw @chockenberry apple leather cases had a very thin layer of plastic outside the leather. When it broke it looked horrific cos then youd discover the leather was of low quality. I got a case from bullstrap which is much nicer than previous yellow apple case which turned red on the corners over time. Bullstrap patinas more evenly and naturally but im back to silicon now cos its much grippier
Joel LeBlanc@cdmoomaw @chockenberry unfortunately, this probably isn’t the first time things have been vandalized.
Scott.@cdmoomaw @chockenberry that looks awful.