Can iPhone 7 Plus Leather Cases fit onto iPhone 6 Plus?

July 31, 2018

A few of our clients are asking if they could order iPhone 7 Plus leather cases for their iPhone 6 Plus (because we offer more colors for iPhone 7 Plus than the 6 Plus). So what's the verdict?

You can see the dimensions of both phones listed below and iPhone 7 Plus is actually a bigger and thicker phone than iPhone 6 Plus, but only by very very small margins (from 0.1mm to 0.2mm). 

Height 
iPhone 7 Plus: 158.2 mm (6.23 inches) 
iPhone 6 Plus: 158.1 mm (6.22 inches) 

Width 
iPhone 7 Plus: 77.9 mm (3.07 inches) 
iPhone 6 Plus: 77.8 mm (3.06 inches) 

Depth 
iPhone 7 Plus: 7.3 mm (0.29 inches) 
iPhone 6 Plus: 7.1 mm (0.28 inches)

Given leather's malleability, leather cases for iPhone 7 Plus could fit iPhone 6 Plus. However, due to iPhone 7 Plus' dual camera setup vs iPhone 6 Plus' mono camera, the camera cutout on iPhone 7 Plus leather case is much bigger than iPhone 6 Plus. So while iPhone 6 Plus (or 6s Plus) could be fit into iPhone 7 leather cases, there will be a bigger camera cutout around the 6 Plus' tiny camera (image below - Left: iPhone 6/6s Plus in iPhone 7 Plus leather case).

And due to the bigger camera setup on iPhone 7 Plus, it will not be able to fit into iPhone 6 Plus leather cases (image above - Right: iPhone 7 Plus in iPhone 6/6s Plus leather case).

Another area that iPhone 7 Plus is different from iPhone 6 Plus is the lack of audio jack. Because of that, if you're going to put the iPhone 7 Plus case onto an iPhone 6 Plus, please check if the bottom opening cutout of the iPhone 7 Plus case could accommodate iPhone 6 Plus' audio jack (Note: our cases could fit).

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