iPhone 5 - black version scuffs (merged)

[ARSC]

Guys just wait for the phone to get launched before jumping the guns.

 

[jester0723]

I think it looks cool regardless of whether or not it's uniform. Regardless I already bought my Otterbox defender and I drop my **** a lot so i'll probably be using the case.

 

[dwreck]

It was bound to happen..... People just love finding these gate issues ever since the antenna FUD.

The Germans call it schadenfreude.

 

[Domino8282]

AppleCare+. If this is truly a manufacturing error you can swap it out for free if/when it happens, as many times as needed for 2 years. By then I'll have an iPhone 6 so big deal.

 

[lilo777]

Since my case doesn't arrive till the first week in october, i'm going to keep my phone in a ziplock bag.

Just don't put it in a freezer.

 

[ixodes]

Guys just wait for the phone to get launched before jumping the guns.

Apple brought it on themselves. Like a religion their are Apple evangelists that deny any problem, siding with Apple at all costs.

Then there was the vindictive immature side of Steve Jobs, that caused him to talk down to the very people that made him uber wealthy. Had he acted like a concerned adult & not blamed it on us, Apple would have been far better off.

 

[Domino8282]

Any details or reviews relating to this topic or the fact that isn't true can be enter here.


Quoted from Pocket-Lint's review

http://www.pocket-lint.com/review/5989/apple-iphone-5-phone-review
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"Ditching the glass back and reducing the thickness of the glass panel on the front has affected the design of the metal band around the edge of the iPhone. It is now chamfered and while that looks pretty, we've already noticed that on the black model the edge has started to wear, revealing the shiny silver aluminium metal underneath the "slate" coloured coating and, indeed, we've witnessed it on two separate models, ruling out a fluke manufacturing error.

These small scuffs will catch the light and make the phone look visibly worn. We suspect that it won't be as noticeable on the white model because the metal edging is silver, so that's worth bearing in mind when you come to order your colour choice."

I like how you started off saying how any facts about this or whether it's not true can go here - sounding so open minded - right after naming the thread "Scuff Gate." Does it really deserve its own "Gate" before having been verified outside of ONE review? I'm going to pretend I never even heard about this. People get so paranoid they're going to start TRYING to scuff it now!!!

 

[greytmom]

I agree that Apple has to have subjected the phone to the full gamut of torture tests available. But, as you know, you have 30 days after you get the phone to decide. If you see damage during that time, exchange it.

 

[mcdj]

From reading your posts I think you are tired of everything lol!

I am by no means an old timer here (I can only imagine what the members from 2000 think of the forums these days) but yes, I am tired of everything here. I blame the iPhone for bringing in bus loads of people who have no idea how to use a forum and be a good member.

 

[iregret]

That review made me feel too mollycoddled.

 

[zachnelson]

I am by no means an old timer here (I can only imagine what the members from 2000 think of the forums these days) but yes, I am tired of everything here. I blame the iPhone for bringing in bus loads of people who have no idea how to use a forum and be a good member.

Well I'm sorry, I have been here for nearly two years so I know how it is. I'll admit that I've created my fair share of silly of pointless threads, but I think we all have.

It's just a discussion forum. It blows my mind people are so bothered by these multiple threads or silly threads...

 

[greytmom]

Well I'm sorry, I have been here for nearly two years so I know how it is. I'll admit that I've created my fair share of silly of pointless threads, but I think we all have.

It's just a discussion forum. It blows my mind people are so bothered by these multiple threads or silly threads...

Are you the only one whose mind is blown?

 

[ECUpirate44]

We're jumping the gun here.

 

[Domino8282]

I really want to injure the person who had the audacity to call it Scuff Gate. Mark my words, there will be dozens of morons sitting there on launch day TRYING to scuff their brand new black ip5’s now just to see if it's true so they can decide whether to exchange over some BS that one reviewer thinks they may have noticed.

 

[zachnelson]

Are you the only one whose mind is blown?

You should make a topic on that.

 

[BlueKhufu]

Then there was the vindictive immature side of Steve Jobs, that caused him to talk down to the very people that made him uber wealthy. Had he acted like a concerned adult & not blamed it on us, Apple would have been far better off.

I know... they barely survived these past two years since the antenna issue (which still hasn't affected real world use on my wife's 4, but I guess she is just a denier).
On a serious note, has apple ever confirmed that the "you're holding it wrong" email was real? Real as in sent from apple and from Jobs himself? It's almost like people think that quote was from a press release, but from my recollection it was just one guy here on macrumors that claimed Jobs said that in an email and it instantly took on a life of its own..

 

[SchneiderMan]

Be prepared for some cases to scuff up the black paint. I thought Apple claimed that they've anodized the paint so that it is embedded into the aluminum. I guess not.

 

[Castle87]

In unrelated news, white iphone 5 buyers are high fiving each other in the streets

 

[Lyrical]

Yes, simply unacceptable if true. Apple positions itself as a premier builder of smartphones. The only reason this may occur with anodizing, is if Apple got cheap and specified a very thin layer.

Only time will reveal the truth. Apple will say anything to make a sale.

I swear you spend your whole time on here saying negative stuff about Apple, if you genuinely dislike a company why waste your time posting in forums about them. The phone isnt out yet, only one review mentions a problem. It might be a coincidence. If not Apple will swap peoples phones.

 

[Castle87]

Just don't put it in a freezer.

Don't be ridiculous. That's where I keep my money.

 

[KandyKane]

Can you sand off anodized black edges if it the scuffs end up looking really weird?

 

[Purant]

Anodized aluminum wears at the corners/edges... I think once it's uniform around the body it'll actually look pretty cool.

I don't care much about it, but... since I started reading macrumors forums' I realized how many people care about how it looks and its "construction quality". They care about it so much that every time someone mentions another phone they go:

"oh go play with your plastic toy".

That phrase annoys me so much, that it *almost* makes me wish the "scuff-gate" is real and is pretty severe, just to see how people are going to try to rationalize it. Almost.

 

[rivryan]

easier to sell a 1 yr old white un-scuffed phone than a 3 month old scuffed black phone in the future if you ever needed to...like when the iphone 5S comes out in january

my 2 cents.

 

[BoxerGT2.5]

Can you sand off anodized black edges if it the scuffs end up looking really weird?

I bet if you sand the phone enough you would have the thinnest iPhone to date.

 

[Hpye]

Just bought full body protection skin from body guards, i think itll do the job