Nomad Modern Leather (Horween) case.
I’ve used Apple’s leather and silicon cases and Otterbox cases. The Apple cases fell apart within 6 months. The Otterbox’s insides tore apart within a year. The Nomad is still perfectly fine after 2 years.
It’s expensive, like $70-80, but it’s not plastic. I’ve scratched and gouged the leather on it big time, thinking it was permanently disfigured, and it just buffs out on its own in a few days.
They make non-leather cases too, including a heavy duty one with 15-ft drop protection and lay-flat bumpers, but I can’t speak to their quality. Their charging cables and watch bands are excellent though, so I imagine their other products are also worth the premium price.
Edit: the MagSafe on my leather case is perfect.
ESR. They have cases as low as $13 with strong magnets and a premium feel.
Aw yissss!
Spigen has been my go-to since like iPhone 6
I like casetify. Stylish, protective, and MagSafe works. Might be a bit overpriced though.
The Ghostek Atomic Slim case. Two layers of padding inside, and an aluminum frame. Also has the strongest magsafe magnet in the case I’ve used. I still have one on a 13PM that I got with it and aside from a couple scuffs in the anodizing, is in perfect shape.
The only issue that we saw is the camera protective area is a little larger so on the pro model it interfered with some of the larger hand grips slightly (the pro max model was fine, and smaller grips worked on both).
How chunky is that? I bought the Gripmunk which seems pretty decent and saved the phone at least once, but it’s chunky.
I tried to look up the gripmunk but they have different styles. So IDK which one you meant.
I wouldn’t say this like a super slim case but it’s not like otterbox or urban armor gear nonsense. I’m a guy that wears jeans so I can put it in a pocket no problem. So it isn’t huge and cumbersome but it’s not like girl jeans fake pocket slim heh. I tried to get some pics that show the amount of thickness and extra bezel it adds. I measured and it looks like it adds maybe 2mm all the way around.
If you wanted to wait the PhoneRebel cases will be finished for the 16 sooner or later. Those are decent, more slim, and come with a free glass screen protector. Magnet isn’t as good but it’s decent.
Thanks! Yeah, not sure either, just says Smartish Gripmunk. But that looks nice, thanks for sharing the photos!
MagSafe magnets are in the dock, not in the case.
Magsafe has magnets in the phone, the dock, AND the case for a firm connection.
Here’s a pic of my Apple silicone case with no phone inside of it. It’s magnetic.
I highly recommend a MagSafe-compatible case if you’re thinking of getting into the ecosystem. Even a thin TPU case is enough to keep your phone from docking correctly, if at all.
