A lot of smartphone manufacturers have tried to emulate the leather feeling on their devices with an assortment of faux-leather options, however LG has revealed it is going all out to give its customers the genuine leather feeling with its latest flagship, the LG G4. In a blog post detailing the process by which the LG G4’s leather back covers are produced, LG revealed that the LG G4 uses high-quality cow leather which takes 12 weeks to properly process. Only the top most layer of the cow leather is used for the LG G4, which LG says is “among the most luxurious and expensive area in luxury leather goods”.
LG also mentions the curing processes it uses to make its leather more durable and authentic, including the aforementioned vegetable tanning and edge coating. There’s also a surprising amount of handmade work put into these covers, including the leather stitching and the painting and dyeing of the covers. It sounds like a properly, genuine process, and we can only imagine LG will suffer from some supply issues if this gets particularly popular, but we applaud the South Korean outfit for doing something a little different.
What do you think about the fact the LG G4 uses high-quality cow leather in such an extensive production process? Let us know your thoughts in the comments below.
