Perfect iPhone 15 Pro case is… Peak Design? Spigen? Mous? Pitaka?…
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The trouble with iPhone 15 Pro or my previous 15 Mini any other iPhones for that matter is that I can’t use them case-less. I’ve tried and I’m just too stressed about the iPhone when it’s outside of the case. But… the cases add bulk and weight to the otherwise lighter and smaller titanium iPhone. So I started searching for a perfect case which would offer a basic protection and would be as slim and light as can be. Here’s what I’ve got:
- Best all-around case: Peak Design Everyday Case
- Best transparent case: Spigen MagFit
- Good thin case: Mous Super Thin!
- Best thinnest and lightest case: Pitaka Sunset-Moonrise MagEZ Case 5
- Mous is better than Pitaka when it comes to camera edges
- Weight comparison of all these cases: from 43 grams down to only 14 grams!
- My iPhone 15 Pro doesn’t weigh much more than the 13 Mini!
- When it comes to wallets, the weight matters, too!
- When it comes to cases, it’s a trade off between protection, bulk and weight!
Best all-around case: Peak Design Everyday Case
I love stuff by Peak Design and as a triathlete I love their bike mounting system so whenever I’m out and about doing sports I use the Everyday Case (Midnight blue color).
This case supports both Magsafe and their system so I have their Out Front Bike Mount on my road bike:
…and Universal Bike Mount on my mountain bike and in my travel pouch.
What I love about Peak Design is that even though I ordered the case early and the first version of it didn’t have a button for the Action button they later they rectified it and sent me the updated version, which I really appreciate. Anyway, it’s a great sturdy case but it’s not my daily case…
Best transparent case: Spigen MagFit
A transparent case is awesome to show off my Blue Titanium color and it was my first choice for an every day case. It’s called Spigen MagFit.
The case is great, transparent, offers great protection and after a few months it holds up pretty well. But again, now it’s not my daily case anymore…
Good thin case: Mous Super Thin!
I’ve ordered the Mous Super Thin case together with the Mous 5.0 Limitless as per recommendation of a YouTuber.
However, the Mous Limitless 5.0 case, being really well done and all, is very bulky and heavy (42 grams) and since I’ve already got a bulky case in the Peak Design one, with a bike attachment as a bonus, I returned it, but I stayed with the Super Thin and I loved it until very recently. This has been my main daily case for the last few months, until I watched that same YouTuber video on carbon-fiber cases and bought…
Best thinnest and lightest case: Pitaka Sunset-Moonrise MagEZ Case 5
This case is the thinnest and lightest of them all and it’s also very nice to hold with the carbon fiber all over it. It’s Pitaka’s version 5 of MagEZ case.
I’ve just gotten it last week and I can’t believe how thin and light it is. And how much I love it. Yes, I know it won’t offer me the best protection (for that I have the Peak Design case) but it will still protect both the cameras, the edges of the iPhone and the screen (nope, I don’t use a screen protector).
Mous is better than Pitaka when it comes to camera edges
I think Apple made a mistake when designing the MagSafe port placement on the iPhone 15 Pro, because it’s very high and close to the cameras. This makes it very tough to work fit some of the MagSafe accessories. Here Mous made a better design decision by having the camera edge protection go down to where the MagSafe port is, here’s the comparison:
Pitaka didn’t address this and their case doesn’t work well with my two favorite magsafe accessories - the car charger and the MagSafe Duo Charger:
As I was writing this, I decided to take the matters into my own hands, and I upgraded the Pitaka case using a knife (and Duct tape for protection):
After the “upgrade”, the MagSafe port works much better!
Weight comparison of all these cases: from 43 grams down to only 14 grams!
When you look at all these cases, they still weigh a lot. The Peak Design weighs 43 grams, the silicone Spigen 34 grams, the Mous Super Thin is lighter at 27 grams… but the Pitaka v5 is almost half of that at only 14 grams!
My iPhone 15 Pro doesn’t weigh much more than the 13 Mini!
When I compare my outgoing iPhone 13 Mini with its Peak Design case (175 grams) to the 15 Pro with the Pitaka case (199 grams), you can see the difference is only 14 grams - while my wife’s iPhone 13 Pro Max with a Kate Spade cover weighs a whopping 280 grams:
And when you see size comparison, the new phone is barely wider and only taller. That’s the difference between a bulky case and a truly thin case:
That’s why my new iPhone 15 Pro with such a slim case, feels very mini!
When it comes to wallets, the weight matters, too!
My default iWallet for quite some time has been the MOFT MagSafe Wallet, especially the blue carbon version. However, I noticed they recently launched a newer version called MOVAS with eco leather and stronger magnets so I bought it, however I later retuned it, because it was simply heavier:
In the end there is a big weight difference between these Moft wallets. My OG leather one which I’ve had for more than 2 years weighs 42 grams, the newer blue carbon version weighs 39 grams and the new MOVAS with eco leather a stunning 50% more… or 61 grams! It’s more than my blue carbon wallet with my driver’s license, personal ID, credit card an one bill which total only 54 grams. Weight matters!
When it comes to cases, it’s a trade off between protection, bulk and weight!
That’s why in the end I’ll be using these:
- Pitaka MagEZ 5 as a daily case
- Peak Design Everyday when doing sports
- MOFT carbon-fiber wallet as my iWallet when I’m going out and need documents and cash on me.
That’s my setup today, what’s yours?