I initially bought this case for my 16 pro max, I fell in love with the design and images shown and couldn't wait to get the case.
I purchased a temporary "carve it" wood veneer case on Amazon as a placeholder until this arrived, when it did I was surprised to see that the case was thin, bendable, and easy to fold in on itself.
While the walnut initially looked attractive in the box, when in hand and front of me I found the wood veneer used on these cases is super thin, it's flat and flush with the rubber case itself allowing the case to fold in on itself with the slightest of bend - wood veneer itself feels like touching a piece of plastic, it just looks and feels like wood vinyl flooring.
With how thin the veneers used on these cases are the wood looks, feels, and presents plastic and fake up close, arguably from a distance you couldn't tell.
In its defense: from afar it's attractive, it's lightweight, and the mag safe works well, but it's not thick or protective enough - It feels in hand and looks in person up close, flimsy, and cheap.
I wound up going back to the Amazon "carve it" wood case for half the price; it has nearly twice as thick rubber, an engraved and significantly thicker wood veneer that prevents you from bending or folding the case entirely in on itself and it looks and feels in person significantly superior, especially when it comes to the wood, it's appearances/grain feel are superior, the wood itself is raised and beveled downward to match the case, if you tap on it, it sounds like wood, not plastic and it offers engraved images or blank faces as options, it's heftier and the wood used looks genuine and not like a wood vinyl floor tile.
I don't mean to leave a horrible review and I hope what said here can be used to improve the product, but after hyping myself out over past reviews for older iPhone releases and surprisingly finding myself using a less expensive aftermarket case that's somehow superior, I figured I'd write a review for others for once.
If it wouldn't be a hassle to return this I would, I was super excited about this purchase and completely surprised by how things turned out.