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Here's my scuffed iPhone 5 after two months, I like it
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I can give your iPhone a free treatment to make it look like it has a cool worn down look: I will throw it in a dryer with some rocks for 5 minutes. All you have to pay is shipping and handling.
A bend iphone 5 is so sexy that I could not resist touching one.
Also that old look is amazing, I could not imagine how bad it will look after one year or two years.
In 7 years the iphone 5 will auto destruct, maybe it was built with this in mind. It uses advanced systems of recycle. Go
keep building auto destructive products they are sexier and cooler.
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Maybe you are right, I could not think that a company like Apple could keep building products that auto destruct alone.
Also the bend issue maybe it was fixed already with new iphones and later they will release a better frame to avoid the bend issue if drop or in other situations.
Also that old look is amazing, I could not imagine how bad it will look after one year or two years.
In 7 years the iphone 5 will auto destruct, maybe it was built with this in mind. It uses advanced systems of recycle. Go
keep building auto destructive products they are sexier and cooler.----------
Maybe you are right, I could not think that a company like Apple could keep building products that auto destruct alone.
Also the bend issue maybe it was fixed already with new iphones and later they will release a better frame to avoid the bend issue if drop or in other situations.
I haven't posted in a while. So has Apple determined that there was an anodizing defect on the first few batches?
so you are turned off by the silver showing but it never really see the whole phone because you put it in a case?
Agreed. So many think that a scratch on the side is the same thing as smashing it with a sledgehammer.
I want my phone to be perfect, but it's usability is far more important to me than it's physical perfection. That's why I go no case, no screen protector, totally naked. Will it get some minor wear and tear over time? Definitely. But it will have accumulated that wear and tear while providing a great service to me. Worth it.
Being okay with scratches is not the same as total disregard for the care of your stuff.
I don't care that much if I scratch my phone, but I will still take steps to prevent it like adding a screen protector, a protection film (or skin), or using a lightweight case or bumper. Even something as simple as keeping my keys and coins in another pocket is good preventive measure.
Same thing with a lot of things. I have a dozen dings, scratches, scrapes on my daily driver (car), but I don't go about everyday with total disregard running over everything and bumping everything.
I don't care that much if I scratch my phone, but I will still take steps to prevent it like adding a screen protector, a protection film (or skin), or using a lightweight case or bumper. Even something as simple as keeping my keys and coins in another pocket is good preventive measure.
Same thing with a lot of things. I have a dozen dings, scratches, scrapes on my daily driver (car), but I don't go about everyday with total disregard running over everything and bumping everything.
I don't get why people complain their phone has scratched when they keep it in the same pocket as their keys...
Is the iPhone 5 rear shell as scratch resistant as the iPhone 4/4S? No, but it is MUCH more drop resistant. I can't tell you how many people I see with cracked back glass or front glass on an iPhone 4/4S.
I have not changed my habits at all. I never use screen/film protectors. All I have had on my prior iPhone 4 and now the iPhone 5 are bumper cases. I've gone through at least 2 iPhone 4 glass backs and 1 front glass screen. I have dropped my iPhone 5 a fair number of times already and it is still mint. No scratches on the front or rear.
I think the only part that is susceptible to scratching easily is the side black band. The back is pretty hard to scratch unless you do so intentionally. And like I mentioned before, black sharpie marker matches it almost perfectly, and a bumper case protects exactly that area - and will hide any existing damage you may have.
Is the iPhone 5 rear shell as scratch resistant as the iPhone 4/4S? No, but it is MUCH more drop resistant. I can't tell you how many people I see with cracked back glass or front glass on an iPhone 4/4S.
I have not changed my habits at all. I never use screen/film protectors. All I have had on my prior iPhone 4 and now the iPhone 5 are bumper cases. I've gone through at least 2 iPhone 4 glass backs and 1 front glass screen. I have dropped my iPhone 5 a fair number of times already and it is still mint. No scratches on the front or rear.
I think the only part that is susceptible to scratching easily is the side black band. The back is pretty hard to scratch unless you do so intentionally. And like I mentioned before, black sharpie marker matches it almost perfectly, and a bumper case protects exactly that area - and will hide any existing damage you may have.
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Looks like cheap build quality + premium price = massive profits for Apple
to me . . .
Why? Companies tweak the production process mid-cycle all the time. They could have already done it and just not said anything to the customer... the customer doesn't have to know every happening of their business...
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Can anyone point to a documented instance where Apple has done this?
I know many companies do this. My Dell U2410 has gone through many revisions while keeping the same model number.
I've always wondered if Apple do this as well.
Edit: not talking about scuffs etc, but actual modifications to the product
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Bending? I think what you are referring to is if the phone is dropped without a case on the corners, it sometimes flattens or dents the edges.
EDIT: After looking up claims of bending - I think that these people have done some serious damage to their phones, and it is NOT widespread as the articles suggest. I've dropped my phone many times, with a bumper case, keep it in my tight pockets, etc. And my phone nor the other 4 iPhone 5's in my family exhibit any bending signs.
I think that these people had to put some pretty serious force to make it bend like that...