Yes, I made a thread about it on launch day.
The cheap feeling is what sealed my decision not to upgrade this time around. They obviously look cheap, with those horrible antenna lines, but once you have it in your hand, it's shocking how cheap and flimsy it actually feels. The 5C feels more premium than a 6 or 6+.
The aluminium back feels like cheap plastic, when it should feel more like an iPad, the buttons are loose, the home button feels really delicate to press, and of course the phone is so light and slippery. It feels like a fragile plastic toy.
This is the first iPhone release that I've been really disappointed in and haven't liked, and I'm a big iPhone and Apple fan. I think a lot of people feel the same with the 6 and 6+, but obviously the majority love the design and feel.
Some people get what I'm saying I think its a matter of taste, I've owned nothing but iPhones for years and that's base it on. I too was disappointed this year for the first time, I love getting the new phone because I'm always amazed and excited. The first feel does it for me.
Many people were using the display phones and it was a mixed reaction (like this thread)...
feels cheap???
WTF!!!
spent last weekend visiting a mate who has a S5.
I cringed every time he opened that cheap flimsy back cover to take out his memory card which by the way kept giving error on his phone....
LOL
Love my internal 128GB memory!!!
I also love my 128GB and I love the resolution as well.
Here's the thing too many of you are getting hung up on "it doesn't feel cheap next to a cheap competitor." I don't care if it doesn't feel as cheap next to another make it feels cheap for an
!
Let's say you get a new mercedes benz as a company car every year and every once and a while you borrow your friends Kia, its gonna feel cheap. The next year around you and everyone in the office got a ford instead of a benz. Are you really going to walk into the office while everyone is complaining that their new ford feels cheaper than the benz they just traded in and say
"spent last weekend visiting a mate who has a Kia, our new fords don't nearly feel as cheap as his kia..." Really?
The iPhone screen cracks and is rendered useless on the majority of occasions if dropped.
I would rather have a screen which didn't scratch in normal use but was guaranteed to shatter if I dropped it, than one which scratched in normal use and was pretty certain to crack if I dropped it...either way it's going to need replacing if you drop it, so why not enjoy the lack of a screen protector in the meantime?
We've been through this before I'm on my 4th iPhone in probably 5 years, I don't keep it in a case, no screen protector and my phone has always been flawless. I've never broken the screen, scratched it, etc. I've dropped them many times on hard surfaces and I'm not as careful with it as I should be especially when i'm drinking in fact this morning I had play find my iphone.
I always see Androids with broken or horribly scratched up screens. I figure I see so many broken Android these day's Vs:
because of the quality and when broken those cheap phones probably aren't worth fixing.
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Feels too cheap? Hahah, here's the solution:
http://www.goldgenie.com Enjoy!
Yes, I thought about that already. I live in NY though and wouldn't always feel comfortable pulling a (real) gold or platinum iPhone out on the train or on the street. That would render the everyday usability right up with the Plus imo.
The next time Apple wants to produce a cheap
feeling phone and have an month plus delivery time it better because they're offering a custom platinum upgrade!
