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Is it hard to get a good iPhone 5?
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Got a week 39(September) today in a swap that is mint minus a very tiny scratch near the headphone jack.
My launch day arrived with no scratches but with dust in the screen. My 2nd one had nicks in a few spots out of the box. This 3rd one is the best so far.
My launch day arrived with no scratches but with dust in the screen. My 2nd one had nicks in a few spots out of the box. This 3rd one is the best so far.
No issues with either my wife's iPhone or mine. I just had a Wi-Fi issue connecting to WPA2 networks, but that was an iOS issue fixed in 6.0.1.
Not quite sure?
I ordered my iPhone 5 (black) from the Apple website, and was pretty anxious to receive it (took 1 month sigh). When I got the phone, I opened up the box and got the phone out. First thing I wanted to see was the back because is one of the biggest differences from my 4S. I noticed three little stain like smudges on the back. I just thought it was dirty, so I decided to wipe it away but no luck it came like that. I thought my OCD of scratches was going to torment me but luckily it didn't. Never returned it and still have the same one. Thanks Apple for the little moment of panick!
I ordered my iPhone 5 (black) from the Apple website, and was pretty anxious to receive it (took 1 month sigh). When I got the phone, I opened up the box and got the phone out. First thing I wanted to see was the back because is one of the biggest differences from my 4S. I noticed three little stain like smudges on the back. I just thought it was dirty, so I decided to wipe it away but no luck it came like that. I thought my OCD of scratches was going to torment me but luckily it didn't. Never returned it and still have the same one. Thanks Apple for the little moment of panick!
That's because Apple has stiffened it up with higher grade metals inside to prevent bending. They've also made some other rolling changes to rid it of the bugs earlier batches had.
All done quietly in typical Apple fashion, the only losers were those who bought early on. It's been like this for years, although the masters of denial will never acknowledge this practice. That's why Apples so successful. They fix their mistakes.
Where is your source for all this "higher grade metals inside to prevent bending" etc etc. Clearly none, just your fervent imagination. How did they fix Antennagate during the life of the iPhone 4 GSM? Did they apply a coating to the antennae? No. Nothing was done to fix it.
Could you explain how you achieve the battery life you have stated? I really haven't read of anyone getting this type of battery life and it seems to exceed even Apple's quotes, especially for 'heavy usage'.
Read my post again. I specifically said no one will admit it. Remember the engineers and others have signed NDA's that if violated would terminate their employment.
On a more practical front, I can say this. Both my teenage daughters & those of my friends (all play on the same soccer team) are back pocket carrying iPhone 5 users. A rowdy group who's last priority is to worry about their phones'. Eight out of ten girls bent their originals. I got together with their dads & we agreed that they'd only be given feature phones as replacements.
Being good & accepting their consequences, after three months we decided to give them new iPhone 5's to enjoy on their holiday break from school.
Last week my daughter came to me confessing the habit caused her to sit on her second iPhone, yet she was elated that it didn't bend. Furthermore she proudly showed me the lack of deep scratches after it had been dropped a few times just like all her prior phones had. That's all the proof I need to believe they've been improved.
Not to mention what I cannot share due to the source
Suffice to say no matter what, I'm an exceedingly loyal Apple customer.
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On my, you are quick to assume you know it all. An interesting choice.
Read my post again. I specifically said no one will admit it. Remember the engineers and others have signed NDA's that if violated would terminate their employment.
On a more practical front, I can say this. Both my teenage daughters & those of my friends (all play on the same soccer team) are back pocket carrying iPhone 5 users. A rowdy group who's last priority is to worry about their phones'. Eight out of ten girls bent their originals. I got together with their dads & we agreed that they'd only be given feature phones as replacements.
Being good & accepting their consequences, after three months we decided to give them new iPhone 5's to enjoy on their holiday break from school.
Last week my daughter came to me confessing the habit caused her to sit on her second iPhone, yet she was elated that it didn't bend. Furthermore she proudly showed me the lack of deep scratches after it had been dropped a few times just like all her prior phones had. That's all the proof I need to believe they've been improved.
Not to mention what I cannot share due to the source
Suffice to say no matter what, I'm an exceedingly loyal Apple customer.
Then refrain from making an unsubstantiated claim as if it's a fact and say instead "I suspect......" People will take you more seriously that way.
Several back-pocket carrying iPhone users I know haven't bend their launch day iPhone 5, so you have no idea if your daughter is simply more careful with her replacement iP5.
It's obvious you have control issues & no respect for others right to participate in good faith. Find someone else to tell what to do, you'll feel better.
Throwing around unsubstantiated claims as if they were facts are not participating in good faith and unfair to members here.
+1 to JayLenochiniMac. Don't make claims in and present them as fact when you have no grounds to base them on other than your opinion and "experience". People will read your posts and take it as gospel and then start regurgitating it everywhere as fact.
week of production?
How do you find out what week the phone was made? I really think it is going to be nearly impossible to get a blemish free iPhone 5. Pretty sad that the 3gs I bought was fine but the new bomb ace phone that I have been looking forward to for so long isn't!
How do you find out what week the phone was made? I really think it is going to be nearly impossible to get a blemish free iPhone 5. Pretty sad that the 3gs I bought was fine but the new bomb ace phone that I have been looking forward to for so long isn't!
http://www.chipmunk.nl/klantenservice/applemodel.html
Put the phones serial number in and it will tell you the week, factory, and other info.
white iPhone since launch, been in a clear case... one very small mark on the aluminum back from out of the box
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btw, when would have been week 37?
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and would that have been a very early iphone 5?
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btw, when would have been week 37?
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and would that have been a very early iphone 5?
Mine is a week 45 black and it's flawless. I read countless threads before I purchased it so I made sure to open the box infront of the employee and inspect it thoroughly. Then I took it home and looked at it 10 more times, perfect. No problems.
2 white iPhone 5's purchased from AT&T store on release day, both flawless. Sold 1 of them due to crazy prices on eBay, then bought a black 16gb iPhone 5 from Best Buy a few weeks later, flawless, then 3 weeks after that I went back to Best Buy and exchanged the 16 for a 32 black iPhone 5, and this one was flawless as well. Guess I'm just lucky?