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Spontaneous separation of new iPhone 5
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It's pretty obvious that you sat on your phone and feel that by claiming you didn't on this forum will make it more believable. Are you a wizard?
Guess we will have to wait this out, but it really looks like these phones have been bent.
Good thing they didn't make you bring the phone for inspection when you ordered AppleCare.
This reminds me of the time when I was driving down the road and my truck folded in half just out of nowhere.
This is weird because in the other thread, the dude claimed to run over his iPhone with a 50,000 pound fire truck and it came out flawless without even a scratch. And in this thread, the phone bends in half from simply holding it? Something doesn't add up.
But if I have AppleCare what would I gain by taking the time to post with photos? Do you think some genius is going to take the time to read this thread much less be influenced by it? I guess it's the spontaneous part that is so difficult to accept. But really. If I sat on it or had tight jeans would I make up something as crazy as this? And how about those other links posted by others in this thread that show the identical marks at the exact same spot on the - button? And in the last photo I posted you can see the irregular striations that suggest stretching (or buckling) not cracking and certainly not impact. Clearly we have found the weakest spot- what force is required to bend? Probably different forces depending on quality control issues. And those people that bent them in their pockets what if it was a minimal force?
I was incredulous at the first report of a bent phone (not OP) but after 3-4 different unrelated persons claiming the same thing, with the same kind of damage at the same places (that buckle right by the volume button), I really think there may be something else happening here.
It looks like something warped inside (where that protrusion is) or something was being held under tension (i.e. something was fastened down, and the fastening mechanism failed causing the pressure outwardly against the case).
Bring it in and have them open it up to investigate that protrusion. Don't give in to having to pay $49 so quickly. If you are telling the truth, this is absolutely Apple's responsibility to replace your phone and investigate this issue.
If anyone knows, what is just underneath the protrusion OP shows (right by the volume button on the back side).
It looks like something warped inside (where that protrusion is) or something was being held under tension (i.e. something was fastened down, and the fastening mechanism failed causing the pressure outwardly against the case).
Bring it in and have them open it up to investigate that protrusion. Don't give in to having to pay $49 so quickly. If you are telling the truth, this is absolutely Apple's responsibility to replace your phone and investigate this issue.
If anyone knows, what is just underneath the protrusion OP shows (right by the volume button on the back side).
I'd rather have a phone made of a material that absorbs energy instead of bending/cracking/shattering like the mostly glass 4/4S and now aluminum 5. People rag on plastic like it's a third world material, but a quality plastic makes the most sense. Carbon Fiber would be a great choice too, though costlier.
Occam's razor says...
You sat on, stepped on, or otherwise accidentally or deliberately bent your phone. Then you came on here, made up a BS story to justify your mishap, and a tech blog run by ignorant Brits took it and ran with it. You must be very gratified.
You sat on, stepped on, or otherwise accidentally or deliberately bent your phone. Then you came on here, made up a BS story to justify your mishap, and a tech blog run by ignorant Brits took it and ran with it. You must be very gratified.
sometimes i imagine these people posting things on macrumors and then going to the apple store the next day and saying something to the effect of: "i even went on macrumors las tnight to get people's opinion on why this bent all by itself." he posted about it on macrumors the night before so he must be honest.
we all know you bent it by doing something like leaving it on the roof of your car and driving off.
we all know you bent it by doing something like leaving it on the roof of your car and driving off.
OMFG LMFAO
I just hysterically died laughing
Thanks for that one, you made my night man
Can't say I understand how, if the OP sat on the phone like you all are saying, the screen panel isn't bent, broken, cracked or shattered. It's just the outer band of aluminum and the back aluminum that's damaged.
I mean, the screen/front glass looks perfect. It's hard to understand how a drop or a bend-in-pocket situation could produce a phone that looks like that.
Anyway, just trying to make some sense of it. Good luck, OP - just know if you're successful at getting a replacement everyone here will call you a criminal.
I mean, the screen/front glass looks perfect. It's hard to understand how a drop or a bend-in-pocket situation could produce a phone that looks like that.
Anyway, just trying to make some sense of it. Good luck, OP - just know if you're successful at getting a replacement everyone here will call you a criminal.
You are better spending the $$ on replacing the iPhone than on any more burgers you lardass.
Agreed with that - I wouldn't automatically call BS on this even though it sounds a bit crazy. The OP provided many detailed pictures and and they seem to corroborate the fact that the front panel wasn't bent (OK it is Gorilla Glass, but still a strong enough force to bend the phone that much making no damage whatsoever to the glass or the LCD ... sounds strange to me).
Same thing happened to my Macbook Pro guys, I was making some stuff on iMovie when suddenly BAM, thing just bent out of nowhere.
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Apple's quality has been going downhill guys, stuff like this would not be happening if Steve was still here because he wouldn't have allowed products that spontaneously split or bend
Apple's quality has been going downhill guys, stuff like this would not be happening if Steve was still here because he wouldn't have allowed products that spontaneously split or bend
stuff like this would not be happening if Steve was still here because he wouldn't have allowed products that spontaneously split or bend
Don't underestimate him; Steve would have done better than that. He would have allowed it and then relied on his fanboys to alter reality and make sure it never happened. He would be proud though, even without him reality is still bending a bit! (maybe more than the iPhone ... I honestly don't know)