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Black iPhone 5 Anodized Aluminum Susceptible to Scratching?

I'm personally waiting for the iPhone 5 version of this :p

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Its so sad people on here are trying to justify why the phone scratches. Pathetic.

Its an issue dammit
 
That's really bad I went to AT&T store and while looking at the iPhone 5 back I saw it scratched up from the cable that its attached to and it's plastic so if this is the case iPhone 4S is better for me has small scratches but can't see them
 
AppleScruff1 said:
Quality anodizing is hard to scratch.
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No way they would pay for that though.

Yesterday's tech at.... alright I won't say it since you can sue. You should have that in your sig.

I still 100% guarantee ANY phone will scratch. Checked out my old flip phones and sure enough a few dings and scratches, nothing major. I would case any smartphone personally.
 
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VenusianSky said:
Yeah, but then Apple wouldn't be able to keep up with the demand at a price that is affordable for what they feel (or statistics show) is the average consumer.
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They make a profit of $400+ on each phone. There are items that cost far less that have very rugged anodizing. Of course at this point we have no idea if the claims are being overblown.

Sacird said:
No way they would pay for that though.

Yesterday's tech at.... alright I won't say it since you can sue. You should have that in your sig.

I still 100% guarantee ANY phone will scratch. Checked out my old flip phones and sure enough a few dings and scratches, nothing major. I would case any smartphone personally. Besides the S3 of course cause Kim Jong made it. :p

Side note: I find it funny the Samsung commercials talk about freedom when there are from North Korea.... do they know any holocaust survivors? Then get back to us on that freedom word Kim Jong son.
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See above.
 
Regardless of how stupid this article is, I am happy that I have a case to throw on it right away, cause I always have intention of selling my stuff, and the better it looks, the more money I get back
 
It's a phone and it will get thrown about on occasion so scratches will happen... live with it...

The main reason my iPhone 4 is in a case is because Apple gave me a free one thanks to the overblown media circus that was Antennagate. And the main reason I even bothered then was not so much fear of scratching it but because the glass back was so damned slippery that I'd put ir down on a slightly sloping chair arm and it would immediately make a dive for the floor so I wanted a case to add to extra grip to the back.

I've got a 32Gb black iPhone 5 on pre order and whether I get a case or not is going to be decided on a similar basis of how slippery the back is... if I don't get a case and it gets scratched then big deal - until a scratch starts affecting it's functionality I can live with it...

Just like I've lived with the dent in the corner of my iPad (3rd gen) which happened when I dropped it after just 3 days... the screen didn't break, everything still works, nothing to worry about.
 
moldy lunchbox said:
This was NOT VANDALISM, it wasn't a random customer walking into the Apple store and scratching a demo unit for a pic. If you read the link he says it was HIS instore demo phone, meaning he's the owner or person who ordered them.
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seems a stretch. Sounded like it was a store demo unit...
 
BJMRamage said:
to all claiming this is a HIGH CRIME of VANDALISM...

this is a demo/display unit. people want to see the capabilities and inefficiencies of items on display. some might blast speakers really hard and then break on display...perhaps this person wanted to see how much or little it would take to mar the iphone backside.

seeing something like this might make someone opt for White over Black iPhone5. People know they can get scratched but how hard/easy is it to do.
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That is absolutely ridiculous. I want to see how well a car's paint job holds up, so it is perfectly fine for me to go in and key one of the floor models??

I'm curious about the durability of plasma tvs, so I'm just going to head on down to Best Buy with a hammer and try to smash the screen?

Demo unit or not, it is owned by Apple, and this guy just willfully damaged it. That is NOT ok.

Incidentally, I'm not going to freak out about the coating. If it doesn't hold up during the initial 30 days, I'll consider a white one.

Edit: Ok, apparently it was a store employee. Even so, it is still not cool. It's one thing to see if it wears from all the handling it will receive as a demo unit. Quite another to deliberately cause damage.
 
Sacird said:
No way they would pay for that though.

Yesterday's tech at.... alright I won't say it since you can sue. You should have that in your sig.

I still 100% guarantee ANY phone will scratch. Checked out my old flip phones and sure enough a few dings and scratches, nothing major. I would case any smartphone personally. Besides the S3 of course cause Kim Jong made it. :p

Side note: I find it funny the Samsung commercials talk about freedom when there are from North Korea.... do they know any holocaust survivors? Then get back to us on that freedom word Kim Jong son.
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Samsung isn't in North Korea.
 
BJMRamage said:
to all claiming this is a HIGH CRIME of VANDALISM...

this is a demo/display unit. people want to see the capabilities and inefficiencies of items on display. some might blast speakers really hard and then break on display...perhaps this person wanted to see how much or little it would take to mar the iphone backside.

seeing something like this might make someone opt for White over Black iPhone5. People know they can get scratched but how hard/easy is it to do.
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It absolutely is vandalism. I don't think he needed to scratch giant circles on the back, he might as well have scratched a smiley face in it, or drawn an elaborate picture.
 
Ahahahahah!!!

For all of those "Duh, just put a case on it" people here is an article wherein someone GETS scratches on their device from putting it IN a case! LOL!

Sorry, don't mean to come across as a douche, but for those of you who are such fanatical Apple enthusiasts, that you just don't want to accept that there could be a flaw in the design:

http://www.theverge.com/2012/9/21/3367226/scratching-and-scuffing-on-the-iphone-5
 
Interestingly enough, every cell phone I've ever owned could be scratched by roughing it up with a house key. No ****, dudes. Metal scratches, just like glass, and plastic.
 
If the phone is getting scratched in-store from the charging cable alone, imagine this in a pocket full of coins and keys! Buying a bumper case sound's like an essential if you don't want a scratched phone! :rolleyes:
 
Wrathwitch said:
Ahahahahah!!!

For all of those "Duh, just put a case on it" people here is an article wherein someone GETS scratches on their device from putting it IN a case! LOL!

Sorry, don't mean to come across as a douche, but for those of you who are such fanatical Apple enthusiasts, that you just don't want to accept that there could be a flaw in the design:

http://www.theverge.com/2012/9/21/3367226/scratching-and-scuffing-on-the-iphone-5
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My iPhone 4 is all scratched up on the stainless steel band from my apple bumper. I guess the only way forward is making the phone out of tungsten carbide... and it will weigh 4x the amount.
 
I'm a bit concerned about this.

Reason?

I sold two iPhone 4's last month for $300 a piece because they looked like new. I was the second owner of both of them and neither my wife or I have used a case on them.

When they sold, they looked brand new.

If the ip5 black models are going to show tons of wear in two years, the resale value of one that looks brand new will be much higher since they are more rare.

But I doubt I can keep a phone like that in perfect condition that long.
 
greg555 said:
Anodizing makes a harder surface than the metal usually used for keys (brass or aluminum) so I wonder if the photo is showing scratches or metal transfered from the keys into the roughness of the annodizing.

Even though it's hard it won't protect the phone from dents since the aluminum underneath is softer than the anodizing.

Surefire (flashlight company) used to have videos showing their hard anodized flashlights being used to saw through cheap aluminum flashlights.
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I was going to bring up Surefire but I didn't think anyone would recognize them.
 
AppleScruff1 said:
They make a profit of $400+ on each phone. There are items that cost far less that have very rugged anodizing. Of course at this point we have no idea if the claims are being overblown.



See above.
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I see and believe you of course. I am saying any phone sitting around keys and taking a beating phones take will scratch. guarantee it.
 
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