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NOT MADE BY APPLE!!!!
Im hugely disappointed by the fact that out of all these reviews on this product, NO ONE managed to figure out that this is a KNOCK OFF of an apple product. It should be illegal for this seller to say that this is "by Apple" under the products title. When it arrived in the mail, I immediately knew it was a knock off. The packaging was cheap, the pictures printed on the back of the packaging had crappy resolution and were printed by a crappy printer. What made me absolutely sure that it was fake, is that it does not have the trademark "Designed by apple in California" which all GENUINE smart covers have printed on the inside in very small text. My friend has one of the real smart covers, and I compared it to his, it was obvious that the metal part of the cover where the hinge is was made out of a cheaper, lighter material.
Fakeness aside. The cover is alright, I would probably rate it 3 stars if I hadnt been scammed into thinking this was a legit Apple smart cover. The magnet that holds the cover on is just as strong as the apple one. But the magnet that keeps the cover closed and triggers the wake/sleep on the ipad is very weak, it flops open if i hold it upside down. Also the cover just doesn't fit it quite perfectly the way the real Apple one does. If i'd known I was buying a fake smart cover i would have just bought the 8$ one where they dont try to pass it off as an actual apple product.
And by the way, everyone that complained in their reviews that this cover "doesnt protect the back of the ipad", well, you must have some sort of learning disability because this COVER (not CASE) is clearly designed to only protect the front screen of the ipad.
September 2012 · Electronics · verified purchase