It’s been a while since Apple dropped leather and replaced it with FineWoven — only to mostly drop FineWoven over customer feedback. Now leaker Majin Bu says Apple has yet another leather alternative ready to go for the iPhone 17 case lineup.

Apple is planning to launch a new "TechWoven" line of cases for the iPhone 17 series, according to a leaker known as "Majin Bu."

FineWoven was terrible, and a leaker with a very mixed track record says that there is a new material that will replace it in iPhone 17 cases.

A year after discontinuing the rather disastrous FineWoven iPhone case, Apple will reportedly take a second shot at an

According to a leak from China, Apple is once again working on vegan leather. This time, it is said to be more durable than the old "fine fabric".

TechWoven, the alleged iPhone 17 replacement for FineWoven, has been shown off in more photographs revealing what is claimed to be its retail packaging.

Pictures from leaker Majin Bu show what appears to be iPhone 17 Pro Max case boxes with the new texture. It looks like of like the texture on Amazon’s fabric Kindle cases. [Image:

Leather gone. FineWoven gone. Now, Apple’s TechWoven could be its attempt at a sustainable yet durable case line-up.

For the first time in several years, Apple could raise the cost of the iPhone 17 Pro and Pro Max. Analysts attribute this shift to a combination of rising component expenses and the ripple effects of international tariffs.