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Anyone get a factory defect?
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This thread makes me feel better about my OCD. I thought I was really bad but some people in this thread are insane! One person said that he won't answer his phone unless he washes his hands FFS! Once I got my iPhone 6s Plus 128GB I gave it a quick look-over, installed a glass protector and slapped on a case. Enjoy your phones and stop searching for defects! There is no such thing as a perfect LCD display. OLED is the only way you'll get a close to perfect display so get over it. You'll be upgrading in 11 months anyway....
I've only ever owned one iPhone with a full complement of perfect buttons, and that was the iPhone 4. My i5 had loose volume, mute & power buttons. My 6+ had a loose mute switch. My first 6S+ had a duff home button and my current 6S+ has a loose mute switch. The loose rattling mute switch seems to be almost guaranteed...
They definitely exist but I think there are less than 50% with non-loose mute switches. Unless they just send them all to me...
Ima replace it one more time and see if other issues than im done with iphone. Going back to ugly nexus 6.
Oops, I was wrong, the screen in the new one clicks loudly on first press after not using phone for a few minutes. Cheapens the experience
Amazing my iPhone 6s 128gb space grey
Somehow dead pixel just appeared today into its 13 days. I give up sending back for a refund not playing the Apple screen lottery game.
Back to my old perfect iPhone 6.
Somehow dead pixel just appeared today into its 13 days. I give up sending back for a refund not playing the Apple screen lottery game.
Back to my old perfect iPhone 6.
I just discovered a stuck pixel in my iPhone 6s Plus back camera, not happy about this at all... 
It's a known iOS 9 bug, I've seen it as well.
My 6s+ does this (rattle sound in ear speaker, but not all the time - usually with voicemail). I'm not sure if it's a hardware or software issue. Please let me know if your replacement fixes the issue.
Perfect 6s apart from a tiny speck of dust inside the screen right in the middle.
Didn't notice until a couple of hours after use. But now I can't unsee it. Waiting for the replacement unit
Didn't notice until a couple of hours after use. But now I can't unsee it. Waiting for the replacement unit
Strangely enough, my iPhone 6s came completely fine out of the box. Honestly thought it would have something, after reading all these posts on Macrumors.
There is something very small, but I think it's normal. At the right side of the screen 6 there's a very small gap. It looks a bit like the front panel has moved to the left or so. But it could have to do something with the fact it's a white front. Just like how the proximity sensor is actually visible on it, but not on the Space Gray model.
Anyway, it doesn't concern me at all. Even if it is not normal, I'll stick with it. Can't think why I would care about something such small.
There is something very small, but I think it's normal. At the right side of the screen 6 there's a very small gap. It looks a bit like the front panel has moved to the left or so. But it could have to do something with the fact it's a white front. Just like how the proximity sensor is actually visible on it, but not on the Space Gray model.
Anyway, it doesn't concern me at all. Even if it is not normal, I'll stick with it. Can't think why I would care about something such small.
That's definitely not normal and I would try to exchange this.
I received my iPhone 6S (silver) last week and found the following things:
The home button is sitting a little loose. If you place your finger on it, you can move the button a little bit around. On my iPad Air 2 it is rock solid and does move at all. I had this on my old iPhone 6 also, that the button would move but sometimes it wasn't moving at all. So my question is, how is your home button?
The next thing is a little bit of dirt on top right between the glass and the body (see picture attached). I tried everything to get rid of it and you only see it if the light falls directly on it.
The last thing is so small that you normally don't see it, but during my tries to remove the dirt I saw that between the glass and the body is a very very tiny gap. I don't even know if it is a gap or normal production tolerance. It is the left circle on the picture and even there it is very hard to see.
All in all I'm not sure if I should request a replacement because everything else is fine and I don't want to start a replacement race over the next month. I also ordered a silicone case and after I put this on I cannot even see the affected area any more. I just had the case 3-4 times that the home button just worked after I clicked it a second time but in the end I can exchange the Phone at a later point of time if the button stops working.
Please let me know what you would do in my place because I cannot think about anything else a the moment.
I received my iPhone 6S (silver) last week and found the following things:
The home button is sitting a little loose. If you place your finger on it, you can move the button a little bit around. On my iPad Air 2 it is rock solid and does move at all. I had this on my old iPhone 6 also, that the button would move but sometimes it wasn't moving at all. So my question is, how is your home button?
The next thing is a little bit of dirt on top right between the glass and the body (see picture attached). I tried everything to get rid of it and you only see it if the light falls directly on it.
The last thing is so small that you normally don't see it, but during my tries to remove the dirt I saw that between the glass and the body is a very very tiny gap. I don't even know if it is a gap or normal production tolerance. It is the left circle on the picture and even there it is very hard to see.
All in all I'm not sure if I should request a replacement because everything else is fine and I don't want to start a replacement race over the next month. I also ordered a silicone case and after I put this on I cannot even see the affected area any more. I just had the case 3-4 times that the home button just worked after I clicked it a second time but in the end I can exchange the Phone at a later point of time if the button stops working.
Please let me know what you would do in my place because I cannot think about anything else a the moment.
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Turns out there's no gap/moved front panel at all. Was just the way I hold the iPhone. So no issue at all here.
That's exactly how my phone looks!! I talked to a rep who said its software related so yea you are right
Since it iOS, it should be fixed next update. I was surprised to see it since I've only seen it posted for the 6s models, but that because I'm stalking the 6s threads XD
Turns out there's no gap/moved front panel at all. Was just the way I hold the iPhone. So no issue at all here.
I thought the same. At the end, it was just the light that was playing with me.
Finally got my replacement (that was a major PITA). I thought everything was good but then I saw what appears to be a speck of dust under the camera glass. Call me OCD or whatever you want but I would prefer to have a phone that does not have issues.
Not sure about a defect, but this thing gets BLAZINGLY HOT sometimes and the battery percentage starts tumbling. Mainly happens when I'm using it while charging or if it's updating/restoring, though last night it was sitting in the case just sizzling.
Only way you get a brand new retail unit is to try and reserve one and do an exchange or return & repurchase. Problem now is that if you received it on launch you are past your 14 day window so you would be left with a white box replacement which still at this point should be new.