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Bent iPhone 5
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A buddy of mine got his white iPhone 5 replaced by Asurion recently and he got a sealed retailed box. Unfortunately it had scratches all over the bezel, which is another story entirely.
It's not damaged on that edge. And there was no "impact" that bent it.
I have dropped my phone before, but there was no bend.
I have a theory:
I believe that when the phone turns sideways in my front pocket and I sit down, it bends around my leg... What do you think?
Apple gave us thin and light. No doubt the phone can be bent.
Putting in your pocket is asking for it.
Putting in your pocket is asking for it.
Apple gave us thin and light. No doubt the phone can be bent.
Putting in your pocket is asking for it.
This is ridiculous. Phones are for pockets.
Think apple will do anything? I live 2 hours from the store.
I do have AppleCare+ but I don't want to pay the $50 for, what I think, should be a warranty issue.
Yep. Super light, super thin, it's going to bend. Seems they all happen at the rockers. Makes sense since there is very little metal there.
Everyone wanted thinner thinner thinner and now they see what can happen.
You can give it a try but the phone was not bent out of the box. Be very nice to the Geeks and they might . . . . .
seems like a pretty shi-t-ty phone to me if thats the case
Apple is just giving everyone what they wanted, veryt thin and very light.
LIke it or leave it!
Yep, I will take thicker and more weight for ROBUST any day!
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Last week a client came in with his laptop under warranty. He said the display was broken. The LCD was clearly broken/cracked, even the hinge was out of the plastic. He spent 2 hours discussing with me that the laptop wasnt hit and it broked just like that, staying on his desk during the night when it was obvious for any racional human that the laptop suffered a hit.
The bent iPhone sound to me the same. It was in my pocket and when I got it out it was like that...yeah, right!
Under normal usage, my ass!
I dont belive that the whole structure of the phone bented just like that. Some people just treat their stuff like animals, thats the truth.
Is is posible that there may be some defective units? Sure, hundred or thousand, but not all.
The bent iPhone sound to me the same. It was in my pocket and when I got it out it was like that...yeah, right!
Under normal usage, my ass!
I dont belive that the whole structure of the phone bented just like that. Some people just treat their stuff like animals, thats the truth.
Is is posible that there may be some defective units? Sure, hundred or thousand, but not all.
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If it was all abuse of the phone, how in the world is everyone bending it in the exact same place with the same "impact mark"?
I had a bent phone too. It came out of the box that way. I hadn't even removed the plastic on the phone or turned it on. So I did nothing to the thing that would cause it to bend.
I'm not saying it is all "spontaneous" or "just happened". Clearly, there is a cause behind it. But is the cause due to user abuse or design flaw/very poor QC in the production of the shell?
If it were just few incidents like this, then yes it would be more than possible to chalk it all up to user abuse or just wanting attention. However, not this many cases.
And Apple does seem to be replacing them now under the warranty. Why would they if it wasn't a flaw?
ajt1995 My advice would be; go in if you are in the area (but make an appointment first) and see what they say. You don't have to swap it out for $49 and a strike even if that is what they say in the end. You are still free to leave with the phone you came in with.
And before someone jumps on my join date, I know I am a new poster. I have been a lurker off and on for a couple of years now. I just never felt the need to post anything until recently.
I had a bent phone too. It came out of the box that way. I hadn't even removed the plastic on the phone or turned it on. So I did nothing to the thing that would cause it to bend.
I'm not saying it is all "spontaneous" or "just happened". Clearly, there is a cause behind it. But is the cause due to user abuse or design flaw/very poor QC in the production of the shell?
If it were just few incidents like this, then yes it would be more than possible to chalk it all up to user abuse or just wanting attention. However, not this many cases.
And Apple does seem to be replacing them now under the warranty. Why would they if it wasn't a flaw?
ajt1995 My advice would be; go in if you are in the area (but make an appointment first) and see what they say. You don't have to swap it out for $49 and a strike even if that is what they say in the end. You are still free to leave with the phone you came in with.
And before someone jumps on my join date, I know I am a new poster. I have been a lurker off and on for a couple of years now. I just never felt the need to post anything until recently.
Thanks! But, I can live with it for now. Actually, last night or drove my OCD to insane levels and I just forced the phone to go straight, little by little until it matched my dad's.
The aluminum above the volume button cracked, but its okay, the phone doesn't feel curved anymore. I'll save the AppleCare until my phone is *so* bad I can't stand it. (I work on fiberglass crew, we repair watersides, something is bound to go wrong eventually)
My iphone five bent exactly in the same way and has the same crack, do you know what i dod? I bent it back to its original shape, its better no but not perfect though...