is QIN Leather, used for smartphone cases, vegan?

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Recently I have been looking at smartphone cases and I am not sure what to make of what the QIN leather means when listed as a material. In some of the products, there is explicitly written QIN PU leather, where PU should mean polyurethane (bicast) leather which seems to be using animal leather but most of the adverts omit the PU part.

To give an idea, I was looking at covers for ASUS Zenfone 3 (ZE552KL), such as this one, but for future reference, any cover that shows up when searching for Nillkin QIN leather case.

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 16 '17 at 11:50

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Seeing as how the only google results for "QIN leather" reference the Nillkin products, one can only assume that QIN is part of the brand name and not an actual material. The material itself seems to be PU leather which as you mentioned, is partially composed of animal hide.

answered Aug 16 '17 at 11:50

Rotem

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Do you have another source other than google search? – Riker Aug 17 '17 at 22:57
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@Riker What source does one find for the non-existence of a material? – Rotem Aug 18 '17 at 06:17

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 10 '18 at 13:02

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I just bought a Nilkin Qin leather phone case and I can tell you it is pure PU there's no leather involved whatsoever. Sorry for the late response.

answered Jul 10 '18 at 13:02

Source for your statement that it is not leather? – Cebbe Oct 31 '18 at 15:51

is QIN Leather, used for smartphone cases, vegan?

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