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Black iPhone 5 Looks Awful, Should I Polish The Bezel?
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All black/grey, all show wear.
Another has a white one and it looks better. It does have scratches but they are hard to see. If you are OCD about your phones looks, while is the way to go.
I'm sure you can find another reason to have it replaced beyond the cosmetic issues
However, if you want to go that route.. you can't polish it before you bring it in. It'd have to have not been purposely altered in that way to be valid under warranty.
I'm not talking about being scratch proof. I already know anodizing coating will wear off in the long run. I'm talking about the small batch of iP5 whose black is rubbing off like crazy with normal wiping. Those are truly defective and need to be replaced under warranty.
A lot of iP5 are predamaged out of the box and that accounts for the vast majority of nicks and scuffs you see. However, if the black is rubbing off like crazy with normal wiping, it has defective anodizing coating. Period.
They shouldn't scratch as easily as they do. I bet they fixed this and most newer shipped phones won't scratch so easily. What that guy did in the video looks great though! Well done.
Works Fine
^^^ Exactly what i did and it came out just fine. i have a clear coat on mine and i toss it around all the time, not a single scratch. Phantom Skin
^^^ Exactly what i did and it came out just fine. i have a clear coat on mine and i toss it around all the time, not a single scratch. Phantom Skin
Damn, that looks worse than my 2 year old iPhone 4. I think a bumper is definitely in order for the iPhone 5.
Their on year warranty doesn't cover cosmetic issues
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I'm sure you can find another reason to have it replaced beyond the cosmetic issues
I am not sure a cosmetic alteration like this would necessarily void the warranty. Most of the paint would wear away naturally anyway. I wouldn't tell them I sanded it but that most it was wearing so I rubbed the remainder off.
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I wouldn't call typical use and pocket time "user neglect" but with how much this issue has cost apple they were bound to start making excuses and cutting people off eventually.
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I agree, I like the polished edge look. It still looks like it would come that way from the factory but it has a subtle flashiness.
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If you watch the " learn how I did this" version of that video the guy recommends removing the front glass before polishing the front edges.
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I bet even with a bumper it will scratch. Maybe not as fast though
If this was done on the white it will look nice, however looking at the new whir/silver edges on a 100% black phone it looks awful. Fashion disaster :s if there was a way of putting the black colour back to the new sand down silver edge that would look better
Warranty voided in 3...2...1....
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More proof the anodizing is abysmal. It should not come off that easy whatsoever. Proper anodizing is very hard to remove.
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More proof the anodizing is abysmal. It should not come off that easy whatsoever. Proper anodizing is very hard to remove.
That's why you shouldn't take no for an answer if they refuse to swap out your defective anodized-coated iPhone. Mine still looks flawless to this day and others have deliberately tried to scratch the store models to no success.
that's not good !
ashame the didn't use similar glass etc as the 4 and 4S.
I've looked at the black and the white instores and the black is definately worse for wear compared to the whites.
If I were you I would buy Applecare and call them (don't go to the store) and tell them it's faulty, which technically it's not ...it's ugly though. Use the Advance replacement program, put the new one in a case.
ashame the didn't use similar glass etc as the 4 and 4S.
I've looked at the black and the white instores and the black is definately worse for wear compared to the whites.
If I were you I would buy Applecare and call them (don't go to the store) and tell them it's faulty, which technically it's not ...it's ugly though. Use the Advance replacement program, put the new one in a case.
I agree. I have restored anodized parts on my vintage truck it takes caustic chemicals and or heavy heavy sanding to strip the anodized coating off the parts.
In case it's not obvious, sanding down the phone and modifying it will void the warranty and maybe AppleCare+ also.
Yeah I have anodized wheels on my car that still look new after two years and I'm sure the elements are much tougher on my wheels than on my iPhone.
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The pics look pretty good quality to me in the video. ehhh, I think I'm going to do it.