Final yr, Apple ditched all of its leather-based equipment in favor for a brand new materials. Referred to as FineWoven, it was imagined to be higher than leather-based whereas being environmentally friendlier.
Alas, it did not go precisely as deliberate. FineWoven circumstances and equipment look high-quality new, however many customers complain that they get worn out quicker than leather-based. I’ve used a pair FineWoven circumstances and wallets for practically a yr now, and might affirm that they give the impression of being fairly shoddy proper now.
There’s excellent news forward, although. In accordance with Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, inventory of FineWoven iPhone circumstances and Apple Watch bands is “at all-time lows,” forward of Apple’s Sept. 9 iPhone launch occasion.
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This might imply that Apple is getting ready to interchange FineWoven equipment with one thing else; maybe a brand new model of the fabric, or a brand new materials fully. It may additionally imply, nonetheless, that the corporate is merely trying to replace the lineup with new colours, in addition to assist for the brand new gadgets it is about to launch.
A report in April stated that Apple will ditch FineWoven for a unique, non-leather materials, however a later replace to the report claimed that Apple will nonetheless produce one other spherical of FineWoven equipment, solely in new colours.
Personally, I would prefer to see some kind of replace to FineWoven. The primary model of the fabric hasn’t stood the take a look at of time nicely, with a number of polls displaying that almost all of customers strongly dislikes it. Maybe it is time for FineWoven 2.0?
