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MagSafe Wallet - My Honest Review after 4 Months! - YouTube

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i've been using apple's 59 magsafe

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wallet

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almost every single day since it came

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out but i've realized that we've never

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done a review or even a dedicated video

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on it

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and i've actually changed my mind about

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it since i've last commented on it in a

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video so let's go ahead and talk about

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if you should spend

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59 of your hard-earned dollars on it or

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if you should buy

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one of the much cheaper third-party

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options like this one

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which you can buy on amazon for as low

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as 10 dollars with prime shipping

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or possibly a nicer one like the moft

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wallet which i'll link to

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down in the description or just stick

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with the wallet that you already have

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let me quickly start

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out with the announcement of mac safe

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and my initial

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thoughts almost no one was expecting

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apple

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to stuff their iphone 12s with the ring

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of magnets that fixed

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probably the biggest problem with

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wireless charging when apple showed it

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off

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both vadim and i were instantly

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intrigued by this new tech

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we both love wireless charging and use

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it daily

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but those mornings when i woke up to a

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dead phone

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because i didn't align my phone

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perfectly were extremely annoying

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and of course the slow charging speeds

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also suck

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if you want to top off your phone during

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the day vadim did a deep dive into

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magsafe after the announcement

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calling it apple's master plan to be

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honest

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i was nowhere near as optimistic about

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it but after

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four months i have to say that i now

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completely agree with basically

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everything he said you should definitely

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check out that video after this one

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getting back to the wallet i was

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skeptical about it

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actually probably more than that i

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thought it was a dumb idea

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now sure for cases having max 8 that

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will hold your case on

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without having a super tight fit

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required is great

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and the same thing for aligning chargers

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but a super slim wallet that can barely

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hold

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any cards seemed dumb and then i

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saw the 59 dollar price tag

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was apple crazy well maybe they were

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or maybe i am because of course i did

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order one

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to be even more honest after receiving

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it and opening up the box for the first

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time

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i was almost sure that i was going to

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return it for a number of reasons

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first off i already had a slim wallet

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that held four cards

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and a bit of cash this only held three

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cards in no cash

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but at the same time the three cards

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barely fit inside of it

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and it was literally frustrating every

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time i needed to get one of my cards out

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and lastly the magnet was quite a bit

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weaker than i expected

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when i first started putting it into my

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pocket i would have issues with the

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wallet twisting off

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and at times falling off and after the

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first day or two

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just like many others online i pretty

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much wrote the wallet off

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as a complete failure from apple that

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they would either have to fix

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or discontinue so why is it that four

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months later

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i am still using the wallet well my

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journey

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to loving this wallet was quite

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interesting and i'll explain why

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domain my first week or so with the

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wallet was quite frustrating

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and i still planned on returning it but

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i was slowly starting to get used to

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handling it in a way that kept the

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wallet on the back

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of my phone i started to put the phone

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into my pocket differently making sure

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to pull the pocket

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open with a finger before i let the

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phone drop in and

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if you wear loose pants it's not really

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as bad but with tighter ones especially

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ones that you have to kind of force the

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phone down

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you definitely have to be very careful

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pulling the phone out

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is a little bit more tricky as you kind

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of need to hold the wallet slightly when

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you pull your phone out

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especially with larger phones or else

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the wallet can twist

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and stay in your pocket but that's more

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of an annoyance

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not really a risky issue being able to

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lose it

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then comes the issue of pulling cards

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out of the tight wallet

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if you have two cards in there you're

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fine but with three i found that you

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need to place

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one card that has punched out numbers

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inward so that you can grip them

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when taking your cards out so with all

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of these issues and annoyances why would

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i still recommend buying one of these

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well once you get used to its

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intricacies it starts to become

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very convenient but before it got better

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it got even

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worse a few weeks after the 12 pro was

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released i switched over to the new 12

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pro max

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and i brought the wallet over as well

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this is where the frustration went to a

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whole other level and this is the one

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phone that i probably wouldn't

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highly recommend this wallet for even

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though i'm still using it

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daily the magnets are the same exact

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strength as in

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all of the other 12 so you wouldn't

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think that they would be any different

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but the magsafe wallet comes off of the

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12 pro max way

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easier than the rest of the iphones at

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first i thought there was something

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wrong

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with my max but other max leaf

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accessories had no issues

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so it's definitely the combo of the two

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after a bit i figured out that there

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are two reasons why it sucks with the

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max

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the first reason is that it has a matte

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texture on the back of the phone

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because of this the kind of slick

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texture of the wallet slides fairly

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easily

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much more so than with the regular 12

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which has a glossy back

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of course the standard 12 pro also has a

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map back but it stays on that phone

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much better and that's because of how

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much space there is between the edge of

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the frame

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and where the wallet sits on the max

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because of this

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your finger or really anything else can

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be in that space

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and then if it slightly bumps or pushes

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against the wallet

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that just causes it to very easily spin

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and as soon as it spins the bottom

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strips of magsafe unalign

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and then it is much easier for the

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wallet to pop off

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and this happens way too often i was

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starting to get quite annoyed with it

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and then came time to test out the

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iphone 12 mini

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and i absolutely fell in love with the

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wallet combining the glossy back of the

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phone with the size

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which fits the wallet perfectly resulted

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in the wallet

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literally not moving at all it became

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a whole nother experience with me not

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having to worry about the wallet

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and it made the phone a lot more

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comfortable as well filling in the gap

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between my hand and the back of the

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phone

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i would keep it on most of the time and

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when i didn't need my wallet i would pop

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it off

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and leave it in my other pocket giving

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me the best flexibility between having

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my phone

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and wallet in one package and having a

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super slim wallet that isn't noticeable

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in my pants or

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jacket pocket when i don't need it

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together so if you have a standard

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iphone 12

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or especially an iphone 12 mini and

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you're considering buying an apple

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wallet

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i would highly recommend it and if you

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have a 12

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pro the experience is still fairly good

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but with that said

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what if you're like me and you have a 12

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pro max

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well it really depends on three things

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the first

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is why you want to buy one if you want

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to keep it on your phone at all times

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i probably wouldn't recommend it unless

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you're really careful with your phone

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because of how easily it can pop off i

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think that you're probably better off

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with a case that can hold credit cards

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the second reason to buy it is a much

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bigger deal

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and that's if you want to hold cards on

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there often but you also want to use

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max save chargers and stands in that

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scenario it is so much easier to pop

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off a wallet than a case when you want

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to use a vent mount or a charger like i

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which i have been absolutely loving max

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8 for

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the third reason might seem dumb but

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stay with me and let me know in the

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comments if you're like me

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and you have a hard time keeping your

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wallet slim

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i've been struggling with this for years

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where i keep adding

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more and more cards receipts and other

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stuff

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into my wallet until it is massive and

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then my jeans end up getting marks on

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them

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from having such a huge wallet there i

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tried

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to break this annoying habit by getting

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myself a slim wallet

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and it definitely helped but i still

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kept adding more cards and junk

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into it and i ended up stretching it out

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and then i kept having to offload

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stuff from it every once in a while when

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it got too big

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when i went back to the 12 pro max from

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the mini i ended up ditching the wallet

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for a few days

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and using my slim one again but i found

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that i missed having such

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a minimalist wallet for multiple reasons

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of course

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it stayed slim because i only had my

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necessities in there like my id

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and a few cards and i used apple pay for

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the rest

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and i also missed having it on the back

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of the 12 pro max because of how much

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extra grip it adds

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when you're holding the phone it's

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almost like having a case that doesn't

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make your phone any wider

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since it adds some grip and it also

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allows the phone to sit flat when i set

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it down so i don't risk scratching the

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back or the lenses

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and it doesn't wobble from the camera

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bump with that i can easily take it off

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whenever i want a slimmer phone or to

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charge

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and like i said my wallet stays nice and

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thin

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all the time so even though it works by

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far

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the worst on the 12 pro max after

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getting used to taking it out and

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putting it into my pocket carefully

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and being cautious about how easily it

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can twist off

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it's definitely one of my favorite

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accessories for the iphone 12

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and i think that judging by the huge

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amount of stellar reviews on amazon

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most people would agree with me that

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even though it's priced ridiculously

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high

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at 59 if you can forget about the price

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it's worth it so what about if you want

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a slim minimalist wallet for your 12 but

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you don't want to spend that much money

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should you buy a third-party wallet one

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that looks basically the same

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minus the apple logo but costs 1 6 of

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the price

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like this one no definitely don't

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we reviewed this one in our top 10 max

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safe accessories video and even though

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it was cheap

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it has multiple issues the first one is

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that it is fake

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leather and it's even more slippery on

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the back of your phone

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and it only fits two cards inside with

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that if you thought apple's max safe

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magnets were too weak

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this one is probably only about a third

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of the strength

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and it comes off even off of the iphone

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very easily where the actual genuine

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apple wallet

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basically doesn't move at all i

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personally think that it's not even

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worth

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10 now of course we do have more options

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out there more expensive ones like the

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moft wallet

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but i haven't personally tried that one

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out there's also more coming out soon

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so if you want me to do a wallet

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comparison hit that like button and

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