Hello all 
Couple of days ago I've finally got my XS Max in Space Grey - I had to return the Gold version since it wasn't to my liking. I even got a little friend help me to unbox it:
This is what I saw upon closer look, while iOS update was installing in the background.
What's even more interesting is that Apple Support straight forward admitted, via email that this is a cosmetic defect created during production. Historically they used to deny those kinds of things.
I'm curious:
1) Do you agree with me that Apple's QC has gotten visibly worse for the last 2-3 years? Personally I've never experienced it pre-macbook-2016 time and pre-iPhone8Plus ever.
2) Has your XS or XS Max arrived spotless?
On a side note, that back is beautiful though:
Couple of days ago I've finally got my XS Max in Space Grey - I had to return the Gold version since it wasn't to my liking. I even got a little friend help me to unbox it:

This is what I saw upon closer look, while iOS update was installing in the background.



What's even more interesting is that Apple Support straight forward admitted, via email that this is a cosmetic defect created during production. Historically they used to deny those kinds of things.
I'm curious:
1) Do you agree with me that Apple's QC has gotten visibly worse for the last 2-3 years? Personally I've never experienced it pre-macbook-2016 time and pre-iPhone8Plus ever.
2) Has your XS or XS Max arrived spotless?
On a side note, that back is beautiful though:

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