iPhone 12/Pro/Pro Max Leather case patina not developing compared to previous leather cases

I posted some photos of my case. I can tell you why it looks bad and how to make it beautiful again like other previous model 👍🏻

I posted some photos of my leather case. It ages beautiful after a month of use 👍🏻

ok then would you like to show us how to make it look like yours i’m curious

That’s after only 1 month. Come back here in a few more months and it will look like crap with edges all turned black.

This is incredibly disappointing from Apple

GOW long do you have the new one? I hope Apple improved the quality. I don’t want the silicon case because of MagSafe leaving a ring around the logo

Why doesn’t anyone of Apple respond ???why??????

Wow and I thought I was the only one. Absolute garbage!!

But it was perfect! They broke it…. Not sure how you missed the point. We all loved how it naturally distressed/wore in to a beautiful rich patina leather.

APPLE, we’re waiting! One month and still no reply! Soooooo frustrating. The WORLD’S LARGEST $2 trillion plus company by market cap and you’ve got no one to address this simple complaint?

My iPhone 8 leather case was great, this one is a big disappointment. This is the last apple case that I will buy.

I am in Germany if that’s relevant.

I have the exact same issue. for $60, apple can do much better than this crappy quality.

I agree!!!! My last iPhone was an 8 and the case is the most beautiful, mahogany reddish brown. I used my new iPhone 12 saddle case awhile and it was aging so icky, and after reading here I didn’t like where my case was heading. Figured I’d just jump in and age it on my own, and if I ruined it I’ll buy somethings else instead anyways because these 12 saddle cases appear to age horribly on their own. What I did is not for the faint of heart, but it worked for me (the case is not reddish brown and gorgeous like my 8 case…..but rather it’s just “dark brown” it will do under the circumstances since these new cases are so disappointing ……I used sandpaper, then used lacquer thinner on a q-tip and slowly took off all the ugly tan dye that was used. It took awhile but I got it off, then let the leather rest, sanded it again and then applied some dark brown leather dye to try to get close to the reddish/mahogany colour I loved so much with the older apple saddle cases…..then finally I used a high quality leather oil for fine saddlery on top to further darken & condition. It was a LOT of work after paying huge money for as case that *should* age & develop patina naturally as they used to……I am very unhappy with this case compared to my other one, I’ve just about considered using my old iPhone 8 again because I LOVE how my case aged so beautifully compared to this 12 phone that I should be so excited to have…….

Very disappointed to have the same issue. 7 months into owning the case and the edges of the saddle brown color have worn off to show black underneath, but no patina on the rest of the case. Just looks like the edges are dirty. Saddened to see Apple's quality control or value engineering have developed an inferior product when I have always bought one of their leather cases in the past for my phones. Looking at a Bullstrap case instead at this point.