- Apple seems to have quietly discontinued FineWoven iPhone circumstances.
- They got here out only a 12 months in the past with the iPhone 15 launch however had been criticized for high quality points.
Apple appears to have thrown within the towel on its heavily-criticized FineWoven iPhone circumstances.
Introduced final 12 months with the iPhone 15 launch, the FineWoven circumstances had been Apple’s eco-friendlier different to leather-based circumstances.
However, Apple appears to have stopped promoting FineWoven circumstances for the iPhone 15 and hasn’t launched them for the brand new iPhone 16 introduced Monday. As of this writing, a seek for FineWoven circumstances on Apple’s web site does not return outcomes for iPhone circumstances, although FineWoven wallets and AirTag key rings are nonetheless listed on the market there.
Apple didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark.
Shortly after the circumstances debuted final 12 months, criticisms started rolling in. Users stated the suede-like circumstances, constituted of microtwill materials, scratched too simply and completely, collected a variety of mud, appeared washed-out, and retained round indents from MagSafe charging.
For the iPhone 16, Apple subsidiary Beats launched new circumstances that assist MagSafe charging and Apple’s new Camera Control characteristic.
It’s considerably uncommon for Apple to discontinue a product so shortly. But the corporate has made some notable adjustments to its choices prior to now — even going as far as to scrap an unreleased product that was already teased.
In September 2017, the corporate introduced an AirPower wi-fi charging mat, which was supposed to cost an iPhone, Apple Watch, and AirPods on the similar time. Apple stated it’d launch in 2018 however it was by no means launched and in March 2019, the corporate formally canceled it, saying the accent “won’t obtain our excessive requirements.”
Apple’s butterfly keyboards, launched in 2015 and extensively criticized by tech reviewers and customers for keys that may get caught, had been utterly phased out by May 2020 — one $50 million class-action lawsuit later.
