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Camera Lens on iPhone 7 not sapphire. [MERGED]
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when you get the first scratch, you will do.
that was talked about years and years ago when the capasity was small and someone actually cared about it. Now they have it on the area of small printed text. check the number 1. on the bottom of the page.
many factors also includes the way the space is calculated. 256gb is only the marketing term.
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Maybe. But when have they lied about it? Apple's specs says Sapphire Crystal Lens Cover, NOT a Sapphire Lens. See for yourself on their website that compares the current line up (cut and paste below). Even the Waybackmachine indicates nothing has changed in their language. See for yourself. https://web.archive.org/web/20130911221855/http://www.apple.com/iphone/compare/ I don't think they covered up anything deliberately. It was stated all along. We choose to hear/see what we want. IE "Sapphire, hard, must be good, I gotta have it." Anyways it is what it is. Enjoy your current phone and the photos it takes.
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Every phone I'll had regardless if used with or without a case. I never scratched the camera glass. I get it that it can happen.
I just feel some people complain about the dumbest things sometimes just to complain.
The selling point of sapphire glass is that scratch resistance. Otherwise, there is no need to mention it. The expectation is that it performs the same as that watch face in terms of scratching. It does not. I see our point on reflectivity and appreciate the compromise Apple made. This, however, does not explain the same quality being used on the home button. Further, Apple should be clear in its reference to sapphire if the expectation of consumers is going to be different than what they implemented.
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We expect the same quality found in the watch face since that is the implied quality by even mentioning sapphire glass. I sure hope the screen on the iwatch isn't this cheap stuff.
newer iphones the camera is bulging alot and easier to get hits before the cover.
You either didn't watch your own video or you're completely incapable of understanding it.
So the iPhone 7 camera lens is just like the 5s, 6, and 6s.
So why didnt those complaints come up last year? Or 2014? Or 2013?
This year, this forum seems to be particularly OCD-filled....or the people need to find every single non-issue in the new phone, so they can jerk off on their heavenly iPhone next year.
So why didnt those complaints come up last year? Or 2014? Or 2013?
This year, this forum seems to be particularly OCD-filled....or the people need to find every single non-issue in the new phone, so they can jerk off on their heavenly iPhone next year.
you all need to go watch a sporting match, have a beer or smoke a joint. You're all worked up over glass. Sheesh, I wish my life was as easy as all of yours where glass consumed my mind so much. use the phone or don't, move on, god, sound like a bunch of little girls(no offense ladies)
Maybe if you stepped up and stopped rolling over, your life wouldn't be hard. But I guess being a sloth on the sofa while smoking and drinking is the easy way out for you, the one you always take.
Nah. A vocal minority at most. I've never had an issue with an iPhone lens cover and the one time I had one get scratches (iPhone 4) Apple replaced the lens cover for $30 (it was way out of warranty).
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Just because someone doesn't care doesn't mean they're "rolling over". This is the same lens cover, as I understand it, as it's been in the past; never personally have had an issue with the covers so I genuinely don't care. Still the phone I want with the features I want. I don't care if it's a sapphire lens cover or a piece of plastic as long as it gets the job done.
If you want to exercise your rights as a consumer then go for it; don't try to stand on a soapbox and pretend like you're advocating for the rest of us too, because you're not.
you apparently take things to literal, and you indeed need a joint. And no not a sloth, you can smoke weed drink beer, and stay fit and lead an awesome life. And way to do exactly what i thought, continue to be tooly! 'grats
Also, FYI we're talking about phone glass, not life issues. just syain'
iPhone 7 buzzing popping noises from CPU. Reason why I returned it.
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Guess you are the minority here because everyone agrees with me in this topic.
Please watch the video again.
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No, the lens is part of the camera assembly. The cover is literally a cover that is part of the phone case. The cover has a coating to improve refractive index, as stated in the video.
To many people watching the video with their confirmation bias cranked to 11.
Guess you need to read the topic to see everyone is arguing against that. Its glass with sapphire laminate.
I don't get all the romanticization of Apple's once excellent quality. When was that, exactly? I've been around their products at least a couple decades and I've never seen it. Every product has been full of compromises. Some have been pure crap, like a couple generations on Nano. Today's products are pretty good, for the most part. They are still heavily compromised, but Apple does a pretty good job bringing multiple facets together into a coherent user experience.
I'm not asking you specifically; I'm mostly agreeing. There are plenty of Apple products I don't even bother with but I do like the ones I have.