I usually prefer real leather, but who can afford it anymore? This is a decent case for being Faux Leather--in other words plastic. It is thick enough to protect the screen of my tablet, which is the reason I bought it. The reason I only gave it 4-stars is, there are two pieces of thin plastic across the bottom edge of the case. They hold the bottom edge together and are off just enough to make it a little hard to push my charging cable into the tablet. If it stays an issue, I guess I can trim or remove the piece that interferes with the cable.