Can you replace the bezel/ back?

[Macaroooon]

I'm being a bit anal here, but I've scuffed my bezzel and my case literally made marks on my back of my IP5.

Can you get them cleaned/ reanodized/ replaced and what type of cost is it?

 

[Jalopybox]

Not for less than a replacement phone. Put a case on it and be done with it, or strip off the coating and polish it.

 

[Macaroooon]

Not for less than a replacement phone. Put a case on it and be done with it, or strip off the coating and polish it.

The case I had marked the back of my iphone. So annoyed. I might end up doing the bezel polishing if I can't get a replacement for the battery.

 

[steph280]

I read somewhere that due to the high tolerances Apple required, the glass and bezel are picked from a batch and matched within fractions of millimeters. So even if you can find replacement parts, they might fit one phone but not the other.

 

[BensonTT]

Why didn't you put a back protector on? Like $2

 

[tymaster50]

I read somewhere that due to the high tolerances Apple required, the glass and bezel are picked from a batch and matched within fractions of millimeters. So even if you can find replacement parts, they might fit one phone but not the other.

Can you enlighten me on why it wouldn't fit? To me all iPhone 5's look exactly the same, and I've seen quite a few in person, none ever looked bigger or smaller than the others. I always thought it was machine cut so it was very high accuracy

 

[SchuettS]

You had better not put the back protector on your iPhone 5, or it will become very hard to cool your device.

???? You're not being serious are you?

 

[macjoshua]

Can you enlighten me on why it wouldn't fit? To me all iPhone 5's look exactly the same, and I've seen quite a few in person, none ever looked bigger or smaller than the others. I always thought it was machine cut so it was very high accuracy

They are machine cut to within microns based on the best cut for that particular piece of aluminum. In the video about the iPhone, they said that there are 750 different cuts that the computer chooses from.

 

[Jordan921]

You had better not put the back protector on your iPhone 5, or it will become very hard to cool your device.

Lol what?!

 

[BensonTT]

You had better not put the back protector on your iPhone 5, or it will become very hard to cool your device.

I have a back protector plus a case.. No problems whatsoever.. LoL