hmmmm, Over 5 million sold and only a hand full of bend complaints......I'm thinking it's more of a user flaw. But whatever makes you feel better about committing fraud.
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Resolved How can i get a free replacement from Apple?
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hmmmm, Over 5 million sold and only a hand full of bend complaints......I'm thinking it's more of a user flaw. But whatever makes you feel better about committing fraud.
well my 4 and 3g didn't bend and I used them more ruggedly than the 5. I've never even dropped this phone and dust is already getting in. I must have gotten a defective design.
I guess Apple will get the final word. Please let us know if you got a free phone or if they make you pay the $50 like you should.
I shouldn't have to pay $50 when something internally caused my phone to bend.
To be honest, if you do get it replaced you will probably get a unreliable iPhone... that will need replacing ever 2 weeks.
Source,
5 - iPhone 4S's in a month
2 - iPhone 5's in 5 days.
Source,
5 - iPhone 4S's in a month
2 - iPhone 5's in 5 days.
I swear the phone is bent I asked multiple people and they saw it too it's just really hard to capture in picture form with a webcam you really need to be there in person to see it. If you lay your iphone 5 on a flat surface and press down on the bottom does it raise? Mine does which means it is
It will be fine. People on the forums tend to overreact to everything. Just go in. You paid for a PERFECT phone, and you should get one.
Let's be real here...
So you are saying this from your use? This is why you have Apple Care+ and are PROTECTED against this type of issue. If it is past the 30 day WARRANTY (note the difference: Protection is preventative and purchased, Warranty is manufacture, just like a car), then Apple has no choice but to be fair and charge you the $49 for the replacement. Plain and simple.
If you had a car with the manufacture warranty that expires after 100,000 mi/10 years (i.e. Apple's 30 day warranty), and full insurance coverage (i.e. Apple Care+)... you wouldn't go to the dealer to fix hail damage (especially if that manufacture warranty had expired). You would allow the insurance company to do it's thing, and get your car fixed.
So you are saying this from your use? This is why you have Apple Care+ and are PROTECTED against this type of issue. If it is past the 30 day WARRANTY (note the difference: Protection is preventative and purchased, Warranty is manufacture, just like a car), then Apple has no choice but to be fair and charge you the $49 for the replacement. Plain and simple.
If you had a car with the manufacture warranty that expires after 100,000 mi/10 years (i.e. Apple's 30 day warranty), and full insurance coverage (i.e. Apple Care+)... you wouldn't go to the dealer to fix hail damage (especially if that manufacture warranty had expired). You would allow the insurance company to do it's thing, and get your car fixed.
Irony??
Tymaster, don't mean to be an a$$ but just noticed this post from you in the "Scratch-gate" thread only two days ago.
Funny how quick you were to get on people who were posting about their own issues, now here you are in full blown panic mode. Just sayin.
Tymaster, don't mean to be an a$$ but just noticed this post from you in the "Scratch-gate" thread only two days ago.
Funny how quick you were to get on people who were posting about their own issues, now here you are in full blown panic mode. Just sayin.
LOL, burn. Side note, the only thing that really matters in this case is how long ago you bought your phone. If you bought it yesterday and it is bent you might get a genius to just give you a new phone. But if you have had the phone for a week obviously you are the cause of the bend. You may not remember causing it but stuff like that doesn't just happen.
Karma will bite you soon my friend.I'll be a little dishonest (ok, a lot dishonest) but... Every single time that I need to replace an iPhone for something little I do this... I tell the genius that from time to time my iPhone says, no SIM card inserted, don't mention any other defect or any other concerns... They always ask if you have gotten another SIM card and I always say, yes, from an AT&T store, that was the first thing that I did. I also add that I already tried to adjust the SIM card as much as I could...
The genius won't put your iPhone on a table to see if it's a little bent or not...
Or concentrate on any other thing than on what you are telling...
Again... I do this because I'm dishonest and because it let's me get in and out quick without having to explain this or that...
That's what I'm saying. All these people basically breaking the law just so they don't have a little scratch on their phone. I mean come on.
Karma doesnt exist.
Also, if people PAY for a perfect condition iphone, they deserve one. Its up to them if they get multiple replacements.
I guess so, a scratch is nothing compared to a BEND. Which is obviously resulting from a defective design if I can strain my 4 even harder without bneding, the only thing my 5 has been doing is sitting in my front pocket of loose fitting pants, and that shouldn't cause it to bend.
Then just use the SIM Card excuse with Verizon iPhones too.. Its an iPhone 5, all of them have SIM cards now regardless of network technology, and all of them will refuse to work without a SIM card inserted. (C-SIM on CDMA, U-SIM for GSM...otherwise known as a regular SIM Card)
Dude seriously you need to **** about it being a defective design. They sold over 5 million phones and there is only a handful of people complaining about a bend that probably resulted from their own stupidity anyway.
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