My new one arrives Monday. Free of any charge.
Mines also been in a case since day one. And only notice when I took it out to clean it..
If you want to see my story about the same issue, including a detailed account of Apple's response see
https://forums.macrumors.com/showthre...ht=spontaneous
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Went to the 5th Avenue Apple Store in NYC to replace my iPhone 5 with a broken sleep button. When the genius brought out my replacement iPhone, I noticed that there was about a 1 degree bend towards the screen near the volume buttons. Took photos of the bent phone with the Macbooks they have on the tables
This thread is funny as F.......!
I had every iPhone since the first one and had my 5 on launchday this year for 2 weeks, took it out of my incipio case and set it on the table just to notice it would kinda seesaw back and forth just a little bit. Needles to say it went straight back to apple. This time around they just cheaped out on materials imho. Slowly but surely theyre letting greed get in the way of quality stuff.
Wow. That damn 6061 AI.
Did you immediately return it?
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Did they give you a hassle about it?
Went to the 5th Avenue Apple Store in NYC to replace my iPhone 5 with a broken sleep button. When the genius brought out my replacement iPhone, I noticed that there was about a 1 degree bend towards the screen near the volume buttons. Took photos of the bent phone with the Macbooks they have on the tables
Now who's to blame? Did the chinese sat on the phone to bend like that?
Gosh guys... Just assume the iPhone bends without any special effort and that is a big problem. Most people don't even notice their iPhone is already bent
Exactly. So much hassle had been given to people with bent phones almost all assuming it's the users fault. Hate for these people to be on my jury.
Because most of the bent ones have obvious signs of stress that were applied. There have only been a handful like this one and the most recent thread posted about it that are legitimate production flaws. This guy actually captured the moment in the store. Well done for him. A lot of the phones posted in here are bent in a way that would be impossible to remain packaged normally and come out of the box without the user realizing it.
I've seen 3, maybe 4 posts so far of iPhone 5's that are actually non-user faults. I do feel bad for them and I'm glad they were able to spot it and get it replaced.
I'd hate for someone who doesn't think objectively about all of the possible scenario's to be on my jury.
If you want to see my story about the same issue, including a detailed account of Apple's response see
https://forums.macrumors.com/showthre...ht=spontaneous
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You also have made assumptions most previous posts showing bends were the users fault. It's bent and was not noticed at the Apple store, must be their fault? Based on what?
The instant someone puts a bent phone post they get lambasted by people saying it's your fault. Now I believe some maybe-cracked screen, abrasions-are the users fault. Also, using the phone normally and excluding sitting on it, it should not be expected to bend. The mentality on this board is definitely guilty until proven innocent. The scuff threads showed this clearly.
These "(x)gates" are usually operator error. Sometimes not, but usually.
The VAST majority of users have had no issues at all. There is no "(x)gate".
Mapgate is real. Antennagate is real. Scuffgate is real. Wifigate is real. Battergate is real. And Bendgate is also real on the iPhone whether you like to acknowledge it or not.
Mapgate is real. Antennagate is real. Scuffgate is real. Wifigate is real. Battergate is real. And Bendgate is also real on the iPhone whether you like to acknowledge it or not.
Mapgate is real. Antennagate is real. Scuffgate is real. Wifigate is real. Battergate is real. And Bendgate is also real on the iPhone whether you like to acknowledge it or not.
Apple, themselves, are responsible for the iPhone sitting so high on it's pedestal. Don't blame consumers when they complain about getting a bent/scratched phone out of the box or have one that bends or scratches with normal use in a matter of weeks. We're all being told to expect more from Apple.Apple fans are getting ridiculously fussy haha.
On my old Nokia N73 (a very hgihly regarded phone at the time...)
The lens cover would touch the back cover as it swipes. Hence, over time as it opens and closes, it would scratch the gasket surrounding the lens and it looks ugly... no gasketgate then...
My friend's motorolla defy has a rubber hatch that covers the ports..over time, this got loose and now theres this ugly bit of rubber sticking out all the time.
no rubbergate there...
Heck, MY BMW X3 has a problem with the back windshield wipers whereby the cap that covers the bolt on wipers get loose and go missing...no capgate there....
maybe steve jobs WAS right when he said 'you're holding it wrong'... everyone's getting SO fussy!. you have an aluminium phone, not a diamond indestructible supermanphone. it can bend if you apply pressure on it....get the GS3 if you want...but I don't think the android community will care much when you yell 'crackgate' after cracking the back plastic cover by sitting on it..