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Hello, I’m Michael Sliwinski, founder of Nozbe - to-do app for business owners and their teams. I write essays, books, work on projects and I podcast for you using #iPadOnly in #NoOffice as I believe that work is not a place you go to, it’s a thing you do.

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:

Perfect iPhone 15 Pro case is… Peak Design? Spigen? Mous? Pitaka?…

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).

Perfect iPhone 15 Pro case is… Peak Design? Spigen? Mous? Pitaka?… peak

This case supports both Magsafe and their system so I have their Out Front Bike Mount on my road bike:

Perfect iPhone 15 Pro case is… Peak Design? Spigen? Mous? Pitaka?… bike-mount

…and Universal Bike Mount on my mountain bike and in my travel pouch.

Perfect iPhone 15 Pro case is… Peak Design? Spigen? Mous? Pitaka?… peak-mount

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.

Perfect iPhone 15 Pro case is… Peak Design? Spigen? Mous? Pitaka?… spigen

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.

Perfect iPhone 15 Pro case is… Peak Design? Spigen? Mous? Pitaka?… mous

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.

Perfect iPhone 15 Pro case is… Peak Design? Spigen? Mous? Pitaka?… pitaka

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:

Perfect iPhone 15 Pro case is… Peak Design? Spigen? Mous? Pitaka?… cameras

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:

Perfect iPhone 15 Pro case is… Peak Design? Spigen? Mous? Pitaka?… magsafe

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):

Perfect iPhone 15 Pro case is… Peak Design? Spigen? Mous? Pitaka?… upgrade

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!

Perfect iPhone 15 Pro case is… Peak Design? Spigen? Mous? Pitaka?… weight

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:

Perfect iPhone 15 Pro case is… Peak Design? Spigen? Mous? Pitaka?… weight-phones

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:

Perfect iPhone 15 Pro case is… Peak Design? Spigen? Mous? Pitaka?… size

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:

Perfect iPhone 15 Pro case is… Peak Design? Spigen? Mous? Pitaka?… moft

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:

Perfect iPhone 15 Pro case is… Peak Design? Spigen? Mous? Pitaka?… setup

That’s my setup today, what’s yours?

Monday, May 6, 2024 /case/