Now, I’m not going to get all conspiracy theorist on you, but there’s something to be said for Apple’s planned obsolescence. Whoever in their product development team decided that putting a glass back on a mobile handset with designed-to-slip-out-of-your-hands bevelled edges is either a complete imbecile or receiving kickbacks from the spare parts department. You decide.

The clever folk at Valentine have a solution: an adhesive leather cover designed to protect the rear. Available in premium leathers for US$25 a cover, they can be reapplied without leaving a residue and they even take custom orders like this ponyskin number.

When a chinchilla or patent version is available, you can count me in. Cody ChetnuTT would agree.

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