Twelve South Bookbook iPhone 4 leather Case Reviews
TwelveSouth has shrunken its bookbook MacBook case down to the size of an iPhone 4. It has also added a few pockets into which you can slot a couple of credit cards and your ID, along with a place for a few banknotes.
Unfortunately, the tackiness of the leather-bound book design has grown as its size has shrunk.
Remember the BookBook, Twelve South’s eautiful vintage book-style case for the MacBook Air we told you about two months ago? Well, it has come to iPhone 4, not unexpectedly. By the looks of it, book lovers, retro fans and just about anyone in a market for a stylish, premium case for their glass-and-metal Apple handset should be taken care of. The BookBook for iPhone 4, like its bigger brother, flips open like a book, revealing interior pockets for cash, credit cards, ID and other wallet-sized items.
The BookBook is beautifully made. The leather is thick but not too heavy, the iPhone (or iPod Touch, if you must) fits snugly and the stitching is top notch. And when opened out as a wallet, it really looks classy and understated.
Talk about convenience – now you can ditch your wallet and replace it with this case and carry one less thing in your pocket. The case also has holes in the right places for easy access to your handset’s hardware buttons, ports and cameras. From the outside, the handmade leather case with its hard-back covers and vintage finish lends itself perfectly to the fans of Indiana Jones memorabilia. Interested? Head over to the Twelve South online store where BookBook for iPhone 4 retails for sixty bucks.
But when you close it and look at the spine, it’s as if you have walked into a particularly tacky furniture store, one which has cardboard boxes on the shelves in the shape of classic books. The spine is a strip of distressed and embossed leather which doesn’t so much look old as it looks cheap, and the gold lettering and Roman numerals (XII, of course) just make things worse.