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Hm, interesting. That second auction states that they're actually not real leather. Here's a snippet from the description.
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Oh well. It's still a great cover. The price is terrific, and it looks and feels real to me, so I'm not complaining. |
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12-04-2012, 08:53 AM | #62 |
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Isn't that the same as in post #27? I wanted to order 2 of them, but made the mistake of showing my darling wife the official covers. She likes those better with the color wrapping around the edge. Oh well, at least Amazon says natural leather - maybe they are plastic free.
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12-04-2012, 12:05 PM | #63 |
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I'm not convinced the official Amazon covers are real leather LOL!
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One reason I might prefer it is that I don't like to encourage trademark infringement, which the other cover clearly involves by embossing the word/logo 'kindle' on it. There might be other reasons to prefer it as well, for all I know now. |
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12-04-2012, 08:31 PM | #68 |
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DuckieTiger, I hope your wife won't regret it. What color does she want? I bought the persimmon one, and personally did not like it, plus the border around the kindle is a bit lighter than the color of the leather, so it is a bit distracting. I ended up buying the purple one, because at least the border around the kindle is not as bright, but had they had these Ebay covers before, I wouldn't have bought the Amazon cover.
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12-04-2012, 09:38 PM | #69 |
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Just received an unofficial PW black leather case for about USD 10.
http://hk.f1.page.auctions.yahoo.com...ion/1132969185 It works and has the sleep function. The leather is likely fake (doesn't smell like 100% leather, but still feels ok). There is no magnetic closure to keep it closed weak and so the cover does not remain firmly closed as with the official cover. There is a sleep function when you close the unofficial cover, but because of the lack of magnetic closure, you need to deliberately/briefly hold the cover shut to ensure the sleep mode is activated. The leather doesn't have the same build quality. The original's leather is overall more sophisticated, being textured and softer. The back part of the unofficial cover is hard plastic but thinner than the official one. It would probably provide less cushioning in a fall situation. Also, the PW clicks into place at the corners by four hard plastic corner brackets, and it's very very tough to extract the PW once it's in. The official case allows for much easier extraction, because it has a slightly rubbery rim clasping the entire edge of the PW. For the price the unofficial cover is very good value. Last edited by mobilewilier; 12-05-2012 at 02:21 AM. |
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Is the frame around the PW grey like in the picture?
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12-04-2012, 10:10 PM | #71 |
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That picture seems to be misleading as it might refer to the more colourful covers.
For the black cover I received, the entire case is black, including the frame, and the corner brackets were smaller with length and height about 2cm each way. |
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Thanks! Can't wait to get the red ones, and they are not even for me!!
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However, I eventually came up with a fix for that. (described in post #42) Now my kindle comes out with no trouble. |
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If anyone gets the 'Light Blue' (looks more aqua to me) one of these covers, could you please post a photo? In good lighting, please.
I really wanted to order that one, because the color looks so nice in the photo. But every time I've ordered something that was light or bright aqua, it always turned out to be a darker shade of dull icky greenish color instead. I have a gut feeling this one would be the same. |
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