I have an appointment with the Genius Bar today. I'll let you know what they say. Once I get it fixed, it sucks I'll have to go back to the bumper.
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Have a naked iPhone 4? I bet your camera housing is scratched
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I have an appointment with the Genius Bar today. I'll let you know what they say. Once I get it fixed, it sucks I'll have to go back to the bumper.
The best thing to do is have them put a new back glass on it. The back glass is a lot more scratchable than the front glass, and I believe that the camera lens cover is plastic, not glass. Very easily scratched.
I think the back glass is $30, but I had to have mine replaced once and they didn't charge me.
I think the back glass is $30, but I had to have mine replaced once and they didn't charge me.
That's exactly what they did! They changed the whole back glass. The guy said the warranty didn't cover this, but he'd do it for free anyways. I saw the invoice and it was supposed to cost $29.
The camera got scratched up at no fault of my own, so I believed it should have been done for free. At the same time, I was expecting to pay. So it was a nice surprise Apple didn't charge me a thing!
This will happen to any phone with any material they use. It's called wear and tear. Don't like it? Think it's 'crap'? Here's a revelation: take better care of your phone. Put a care on it and stop whining.
Oh, and just for good measure, I'm sure there's someone on this forum that has a story to prove me wrong, but trust me in that it is not the norm. Take care of your electronics if you want them to look nice.
Oh, and just for good measure, I'm sure there's someone on this forum that has a story to prove me wrong, but trust me in that it is not the norm. Take care of your electronics if you want them to look nice.
Had ip4 since 1st day on verizon
Always with a screen protector & in a case and holster
No scratches but thanks for making me look, it was filthy over the lens
I work blue collar in Arizona
Phone clipped on my tool pouch much of day
Been dropped too many times to count
Pretty much ongoing borderline abuse to this phone but it seems to take it
Its dusty and needs a cleaning but has no scratches on either glass
The screen protector wants to be replaced and glad I have it
I don't baby this phone at all and it is fine, all around beats my earlier phone
This phone is my favorite tool
My old moto droid looks like it went thru a war after I had it for a year
I still use it for some of the spendy apps I need for work once in a while
Always with a screen protector & in a case and holster
No scratches but thanks for making me look, it was filthy over the lens
I work blue collar in Arizona
Phone clipped on my tool pouch much of day
Been dropped too many times to count
Pretty much ongoing borderline abuse to this phone but it seems to take it
Its dusty and needs a cleaning but has no scratches on either glass
The screen protector wants to be replaced and glad I have it
I don't baby this phone at all and it is fine, all around beats my earlier phone
This phone is my favorite tool
My old moto droid looks like it went thru a war after I had it for a year
I still use it for some of the spendy apps I need for work once in a while
Ah, you're an Internet mainstay: the person who gets ripped off with shoddy merchandise and then berates others who stand up for themselves because you're too spineless to do so.
First of all, your "logic" fails because the entire rest of the phone is spotless. That includes the glass back surrounding the defective lens cover, so your comment about "any material they use" is proven wrong. So is your thesis is that "wear and tear" magically hopped over the entire back of the phone surrounding the lens cover and touched down only on the lens cover. You want us to believe that when placed down on a desk, the phone balances on the lens cover and no other part of the phone touches the desk? You're brilliant, having discovered a new branch of physics that defies all others!
You also fail to account for the fact that the lens cover isn't recessed. Again, sheer stupidity that you appear to blame yourself (the consumer) for.
And then you propose that devices designed specifically for mobile, everyday use require some kind of protective vault. So you don't recognize that such a device fails at its primary purpose.
And finally, you don't understand that this isn't about appearance. It's about defective design leading to impaired functionality.
You need to acquire some self respect, some reading skills, and some common sense. Otherwise, you'll continue to embarrass yourself AND live as a perpetual victim.
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I have about 7,000 hairline scratches on the camera.
Been using my iPhone 4 naked for about 8 months. Camera started getting scratched (I assume) immediately. It only started affecting my pictures around March/April. Now if I want to take a photo, I have to turn the phone around and use the front camera.
Here is why:
I think people are just too anal with their iphones.
Its just a cellphone that you most likelly will replace in a year or 2. Its not a house and you're not getting married to it.
People return iphones like 10+ times untill the get the "perfect" iphone for various OCD reasons.
Agreed!
That's why I made a thread about going caseless, it does not matter you're going to replace your phone in a year or two anyway... little things like dead pixels, scratches, etc... don't matter.
Unless of course you're planning to never get another phone.
Why? It's that attitude that allows vendors to get away with selling garbage. Stop making excuses for shoddy products and demand better.
You apparently do if you're trying to be cool responding to an OP from 3 years ago. Did that make you feel better?
I think people are just too anal with their iphones.
Its just a cellphone that you most likelly will replace in a year or 2. Its not a house and you're not getting married to it.
People return iphones like 10+ times untill the get the "perfect" iphone for various OCD reasons.
Anal with an iPhone? I'm not that into apple products
I never owned one that didn't have scratches...never noticed it affecting picture quality either.
I'd be curious to see how prevelant this issue is and whether it does impact photo quality.
It is amazing how many flaws people are finding with this new iPhone 4.
Are people picky or is this iPhone a real failure?
The problems keep coming. WTF?
When I had the black Iphone 4 I took my case off of it, After about 5 months of using it without the case the lens for the camer ended up scratching, which is normal through time but whenever I took pictures, the scratches made all the pictures blurry. I know im not that much of a picture taking guy but Its good to have a camera that takes good pictures.
I have the white one now and have a bumper on but im urging to take it off and just forget about the scratches....
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This this was worse than what my phone was
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This this was worse than what my phone was
my ip4 has been naked for 16 months, pictures come out fine
treat your gadgets with care and they'll be fine
treat your gadgets with care and they'll be fine
really? is that a serious question? because i contributed to the thread about my iPhone 4's camera being scratched?
I sold my iPhone 4 two weeks ago for $265.. it was the 32gb, I wish I could've gotten more for it, but the camera is such a huge selling point of any phone.
Oh well, I have a 4S now, and I'm paranoid about the camera getting scratched on this one now. Anyone know if there's a zagg shield, or anything, specifically for the camera lens?