FineWoven: Apple's Very Bad Accessories

FineWoven material in iPhone casings (photo: dock. Apple)

Apple recently changed all of its accessories ingredients to achieve carbon-free or carbon-free net targets. This change has changed accessories ingredients from using animal skin to FineWoven, recycled textile material.

However, this change step did not provide a good response. Quoted from The Verge, this iPhone casing and accessories made from FineWoven are very bad. The problem comes from the material itself.

The Verge conducted a trial on the phone's cassing and installed it on the iPhone. People must have accidentally scratched their nails with cell phones and this couldn't happen to FineWoven materials.

If you come into contact with an object that is jagged or scratched, the result that is left behind is permanently disseminated. The casing becomes abrasions and cannot return to its original state even though it has been rubbed with the finger.

In other words, this FineWoven-made accessory is really bad for long-term use. Another problem that makes FineWoven inappropriate for purchase is the price aspect.

In case of cell phone calls, the price charged is 59 US dollars or equivalent to Rp908 thousand. Meanwhile, FineWoven's material on the AirTag holder is appreciated for 35 US dollars (Rp538 thousand) and on a new watch band for 99 US dollars (Rp 1.5 million). This price is considered not worth its quality.

Although Apple's goal of changing ingredients has good intentions, FineWoven is not the right solution to replace skin ingredients. FineWoven also has no premium value in it.