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How did you get your iPhone5 replacement?
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Went with phone support through AT&T because that's what Apple told me I had to do since I purchased from them online. I am using the black one until they ship me a new white one. Have no idea how long it will take, currently on backorder. At least I have the black one until then.
Yeah I guess you could call it that. While the sides of the phone did have some scuffs and dings I am more upset with the marred screen. I have a 1/4 inch blotch/scratch/marr on the screen in the upper left hand corner.
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For phone support did you guys get retail replacements with original packaging or just the phone in a replacement box?
Sure, Received my preordered AT&T device on Friday afternoon. Opened it up and found the scuffs on the sides but upon further inspection I noticed a scratch/blotch on the upper left hand corner of the screen. Found out that I could not go to Apple and have them replace because I ordered through AT&T. Called AT&T on Saturday morning and initiated the return and exchange process. I will be getting a white 32GB to replace my damaged black 32GB. They are on back order now so don't know when I will receive it but hopefully by the time I do they will have fixed the problems. The bright side is that I get to use the black one until the new white one arrives.
My battery was dropping 10% an hour without touching phone and turning all location and notifications off. I took it into apple store and they ran diagnostics and said the battery is fine, but they have no problem swapping for a brand new one.
I decided this time around upload all my pictures before I left, turn off everything on icloud except my contacts and redownload what apps I want on it. I set it up as new phone and just kept contacts and reloaded apps and now my battery life is amazing. Was it the phone itself or the software? I have no idea, but I am impressed with the battery life now and it actually feels better starting over and getting rid of the many stupid apps I dont even use anymore. I suggest it to anyone.
I decided this time around upload all my pictures before I left, turn off everything on icloud except my contacts and redownload what apps I want on it. I set it up as new phone and just kept contacts and reloaded apps and now my battery life is amazing. Was it the phone itself or the software? I have no idea, but I am impressed with the battery life now and it actually feels better starting over and getting rid of the many stupid apps I dont even use anymore. I suggest it to anyone.
Oops, didn't read all the options. I went through the Genius Bar, but I got a new one in box, not a white box swap.
EDIT: This was on release day, went back in the afternoon that day due to two dead pixels.
EDIT: This was on release day, went back in the afternoon that day due to two dead pixels.
I had to wait about 20 minutes past my appointment--they only had 2 geniuses working during that hour (close to lunch time).
There were 5 people who were there to swap their phones also. Two of them had the white model and the others had the black model.
At first, the guy who checked people in asked for a quick description of the problem. He immediately started asking questions like if the phone was carried in a jeans pocket (if a pair of jeans can chip aluminum, people wouldn't wear them) or if people dropped their phones as they were opening them.
After getting the death stare from the 2nd customer he asked, he stopped asking those questions.
Haha, the death stare.
These issues suck but can't blame the genius for lack of QC.
As long as they are accommodating, empathetic, and don't give you attitude, I feel bad for any attitude that they receive.
These issues suck but can't blame the genius for lack of QC.
As long as they are accommodating, empathetic, and don't give you attitude, I feel bad for any attitude that they receive.
I had a couple of scuffs (barely seen, but I knew they were there) & I also had the ear speaker not working peoperly.
Went to the Apple Store in Galleria Mall, Fort Lauderdale and they swapped my black ATT 16gb for a brand new one, on the spot!!!
Went to the Apple Store in Galleria Mall, Fort Lauderdale and they swapped my black ATT 16gb for a brand new one, on the spot!!!
Called Apple who then tried to get AT&T to do a replacement. AT&T refused, so Apple set me up with a Genius Bar appointment. Went in today and had it swapped. After he took it out of the white box, I began inspecting it. It is more flawed than the original. Genius told me that if he was looking at it for physical abuse, he probably wouldn't count what he saw as physical abuse and refused to open any more boxes. Told me I would have to live with it. After about 4 hours of phone calls just to get this apointment, sending in pics, and getting told I am stuck with a phone in worse cosmetic condition, I am pissed. I have already sent emails back to Customer Support and Apple Care employees who were bending over backwards to get me help, especially after they saw the pics of the first one.
Retail swap with another New in box -- issue resolved
Phoned Apple, they sent out a replacement and I am waiting to send the other one back.
I got a brand new sealed retail box, direct from China.
I setup an appointment today as after a week I noticed dust getting in under the camera lens and one spec of dust under the front main screen which basically looked like a dead pixel. Showed the guy... he said that the iPhone 5 by design may allow for dust to get into the device as they changed the way they produced it vs. the 4 and 4s (not sealed because they wanted it to be easier to change out the front screen). Anyways after that he did admit quite a bit of dust had gotten in after only a week so he did swap my device for a new one. Had to go through 2 devices to find an acceptable one.
I originally could not pick up LTE for the first couple days of my iPhone. I first called Apple to make sure I had LTE in my area and to make sure I had all the settings correct on my phone(even though I knew LTE was turned under network settings). Apple told me to check with AT&T to make sure I had LTE on my data plan. I did, so I made a genius bar appointment, went in the next day and they gave me a replacement no problem. It took a little longer than I wanted, but Apple handled my problem very well and gave me a replacement with no issues.
