Booq’s new Fibre Snapcase is yet another shell-style iPhone 5 case, but this one at least has the distinction of using the neat linen-y material also found in Booq’s excellent Mamba device bags. I kind of like the look of it, but I wish that it had gone little further.
Some time ago Booq sent me a case for the MacBook Air made out of the same stiffly rigid material. It was great, but I never reviewed it because I didn’t have a MacBook Air (I gave it to a friend). I liked it because it added a soft-but rigid shell to the computer, and closed using magnets (frikkin’ magnets!)
The new Booq case for the iPhone uses a standard polycarbonate shell and just adds a linen-textured panel on the back for decorative purposes.
Do you want one still? There’s a review unit on it’s way, but if you can’t wait until then you can grab one for $30, in a range of muted, countryside colors.
Source: Booq
