Apple iPhone 13 Leather Case with MagSafe - Premium Sequoia Green Protective Cover | Perfect for Everyday Use, Travel & Wireless Charging

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.The edges have gotten extremely dirty in my pockets. Other than that, a good productI love the apple cases. I feel like they can do no wrong expect for the price. If these cases could be more cost effective that would be great.I had the silicone case prior to this one, if you’re wondering if you should get the silicone one or the leather one, I’m telling you now you’ll regret getting the silicone one, get this one. The silicone one degrades from skin oils and ends up looking disgusting over time even if you wash it and try to keep it clean. This leather has had no issues.I had to get a new iPhone 13 while on vacation. The case on my old phone was the same type and this one. That’s why I had to find one for the new phone. I carry my phone e in my pocket and I do drop it time to time so this case is ideal. No other case feels right. Still need a glass protector for the screen. But this leather case is a must have!OK, this Midnight Leather iPhone 13 case was selling at a discount on Amazon, sort of surprising. Just my lucky day. I've tried the "golden leather" Apple case, but it was disappointing with a very messy, ugly patina. So I wanted a switch to this midnight leather case. At a discount, though? Suspicious. So ...Q: Is this an authentic Apple iPhone 13 case? A: Yes, it is. Comes with all the Apple packaging.Q: Does it perfectly fit an iPhone 13, buttons and all? A: Yes it does.Q: Does it have a soft, smooth, slightly grippy leather feel? A: Yes, quite nice.Q: Is it a boring black color? A: Pretty much. Not deep black, though. More like a very dark grey.Q: Will it have an interesting patina? Probably not. And that is fine.I bought this in used condition and it came in the original Apple packaging and looked practically new. Great product!Thin yet protective. Edges are stiff unlike the rubbery cases. Great quality and looks awesome.I have had genuine Apple leather cases before for previous iPhones and have always been very happy with them, but this was a major disappointment.Aside from the obscenely high price, this case doesn’t feel like leather at all - it’s sticky, rubbery and picks up finger prints and other marks. It doesn’t fit particularly well either and the phone often works itself lose.I am going back to my £15 ESR Metro Halolock leather case which is a far superior and much, much cheaper product.Ok so this is really nice apart from the fact that the lightening port and speaker cutouts haven’t got chamfered edges like the mute button cutout does, so if you hold your phone anything like me with your little finger on the bottom of the phone it’s really uncomfortable/actually a bit painful. Pretty disappointing apple would overlook a detail like that but then again maybe they would say I’m holding it wrong ?Have tried other brand leather covers but in the end the original one is the best. Haven’t changed cover ever since. Been like 3 months have been using it every day. The holes for speaker and charger are still in solid condition and no wear n tear noted by constant taking out of jeans / trousers pockets.The MagSafe charge makes it easy and gives you a nice little sound when you put on the cover on your iPhone.Really worth the money for me.Not long after getting this case I dropped by my new phone. The case protected my phone from damage. It is a very solid leather and the Wisteria colour I’d lovely. Very happy with it as it showed its worth early onHaving tried many others I settled on this case a couple of phones ago. Expensive but works best for me