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Could end up in hospital - REFUSED HELP
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You mentioned that you realized the issue after the 14 day return period (Purchased around Oct 1, 2013 by reading your other posts) but you are now posting this now ??? Highly questionable OP, highly doubtful. I'm guessing you just want out of a white phone. You can't just notice the issue over 2 1/2 months after the initial purchase, and now posting this.
PS: Buy a case for it. Solved
PS: Buy a case for it. Solved
Ive been contacting company for a while now and just fed up with it so posted now plus I've been very busy with uni work so been distracted.
And as I said, got black iPad which I've been using mostly cause it has messaging and stuff and like i also said I hate the black back and much prefer white and white looks better with ios7, id love to stick with the white but it just is causing too much stress and unneeded problems...
Whats stop you from selling your phone and buying the one you want? You dont need anyone's approval to do that.
Apple isn't going to exchange one color phone for another. The color you bought is the color you stuck with.
That has nothing to do with the company being a jerk; it's the company practicing NORMAL BUSINESS. YOU GET WHAT YOU PAID FOR.
If you want a black phone, trade/sell/buy a new one like everyone else has to. Being sick doesn't mean you get a free pass.
And for the record, most legitimately sick people i know never ask for any special treatment. I had one uncle who died of leukemia who never told anyone about his sickness and just lived a normal life up until his very sudden and surprising death.
That has nothing to do with the company being a jerk; it's the company practicing NORMAL BUSINESS. YOU GET WHAT YOU PAID FOR.
If you want a black phone, trade/sell/buy a new one like everyone else has to. Being sick doesn't mean you get a free pass.
And for the record, most legitimately sick people i know never ask for any special treatment. I had one uncle who died of leukemia who never told anyone about his sickness and just lived a normal life up until his very sudden and surprising death.
Apple has 30 day return policy for iPhones, unless you bought it from 3. I also noticed that nowadays Apple is very rigid. If you are one day past your warranty, you pay out of warranty cost.
Edit: You can also try a waterproof case like Incipio Atlas. If dust collects in the corners, you can rinse it off with water.
Edit: You can also try a waterproof case like Incipio Atlas. If dust collects in the corners, you can rinse it off with water.
Whether it's bs or not-
Sell your phone to an online site that's buys them
Then go buy the cheapest black iphone u can find
End of story
Sell your phone to an online site that's buys them
Then go buy the cheapest black iphone u can find
End of story
It's a 5S he's looking for (we've been in communications via PM regarding a possible swap), so it's unlikely he'll find a cheap one.
His issues and problems are legit.
Anyone willing to send him a 5S black (32GB) and then he'll send you his iPhone?
What do you have against white?
I mean, when you walk down the street and see white people ......
I dunno!
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What a weird thread. I don't know which is more strange, the original post or the dozen people offering serious advice for such a ridiculous problem.
The OCD card again.
OCD won't make you "feel sick" because you have a white phone. Unless you're compulsively sick trying to rid the invasive thoughts that having a white phone brings. OCD won't make you collapse. Epilepsy, yes, OCD, no. You seem to have a deep misunderstanding of the condition you claim to have.
It really pisses me off when people use OCD in this way. Using it as an excuse for you changing your mind about the colour of your phone just belittles it for those who suffer with the terrible condition on a daily basis.
As I've said before, I don't believe anyone who truly suffers with OCD would post about it on a forum like this.
OK, let's tackle your issue in a different way since you seem to be upset by others' post.
You mention you recently got the white iPhone instead of the black and it is affecting you. Define recently. If it is within its return policy, you can return the phone, get the black version and activate that.
It is hard for me to believe that Apple wouldn't simply exchange it, esp. since the iPhone 5S (assuming thats the model you got) is a few months old.
You mention you recently got the white iPhone instead of the black and it is affecting you. Define recently. If it is within its return policy, you can return the phone, get the black version and activate that.
It is hard for me to believe that Apple wouldn't simply exchange it, esp. since the iPhone 5S (assuming thats the model you got) is a few months old.
Not recently. Got it in Oct. Read his other threads on approx date. Oct 1 or sooner.
I have a white Mercedes. It's hard to keep clean and I have a back problem which causes me pain when I wash it. This could lead to an accident. Why won't Mercedes simply exchange my car for a different color?
In that case he can either sell on ebay and buy another or just spray paint it black
People claim disability everyday so they can board the plane early.
But there is an easy fix for that, a letterhead note from your attending physician. That's it. I guaranteed that will do it. For good measure of your sincerity, you offer Apple for any re-stocking fee (they won't take it).
Stop all this gimmick and do it the proper way.
But there is an easy fix for that, a letterhead note from your attending physician. That's it. I guaranteed that will do it. For good measure of your sincerity, you offer Apple for any re-stocking fee (they won't take it).
Stop all this gimmick and do it the proper way.
Sorry but are you calling OCD a disability? What disability would cause you to not be able to use a white device?
I'm not buying it. Sounds undeniably fishy.
If the original poster has problems with small amounts of flat white surfaces, he shouldn't be able to operate a computer normally (since most screens have black text on white backgrounds). Moreover, this would come into greater play in his typical non-tech daily life, like pieces of white paper.
The exposed white surface of a white iPhone is less than the area of a standard business card, judging by what I see when I look at my iPhone 5s (a black model with the screen on).
Even receiving a plain cash register receipt should pretty much send him to the hospital. The white walls of a typical room should give him a debilitating headache. And if that were the case, he'd definitely know not to purchase a white iPhone.
After all the white iPhone isn't made up of pulverized unicorn hooves. It's just white paint on glass, the same sort of pigment (titanium or zinc) that's on automobiles, walls, etc. all over the planet.
I call B.S. on this entire travesty of a MacRumors thread. This has to be one of the most dreadfully ludicrous things I've seen posted on the Internet in the 20+ years I've been surfing the World Wide Web.
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