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iFixit confirms - easy scuffs
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I consider this a bit of an issue. I don't like using a case (for many reasons), and I can see this really compromising the phone aesthetics.
I consider this a bit of an issue. I don't like using a case (for many reasons), and I can see this really compromising the phone aesthetics.
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This was expected from the black iPhone anyway. This will look ugly after a few weeks of use.
Naked users: I hope you're not OCD. But since you're going naked I assume you aren't anyway 😉
Other wise everybody else will be wrapping this in cases, such a shame because it will hide the beauty of this phone
Also skins won't prevent this from happening since the scratches will be at the edges.
Naked users: I hope you're not OCD. But since you're going naked I assume you aren't anyway 😉
Other wise everybody else will be wrapping this in cases, such a shame because it will hide the beauty of this phone
Also skins won't prevent this from happening since the scratches will be at the edges.
It doesn't look that bad. People won't be holding your phone up to a magnifying glass looking for scuffs. If you don't want your phone getting scuffed, get a case or don't use it. Or better yet, don't buy it.
GoreVidal
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NM08SRT8
macrumors 6502a
I ordered the black, and will be keeping the black.
A few scuffs makes my device unique to me, and I really don't find it to look that bad.
A few scuffs makes my device unique to me, and I really don't find it to look that bad.
GoreVidal
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smallnshort247
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It's pretty insane that they didn't.
Reading the responses here (and in the other thread), it seems there are pretty much two reactions:
(1) this is an issue that compromises the beauty of a device that Apple literally presented to the public as a crown jewel, OR
(2) NO BIG DEAL.
Yeah, I get in the grand scheme of things, it's no big deal. The phone will still look decent. But we all hold Apple to a somewhat higher standard -- the standard Apple holds others to -- so this kind of design flaw or oversight or whatever is doubly shocking/annoying.
I don't use a case, don't want to use a case, but I know over time the black will chip away and reveal random bits of the silver-looking aluminum underneath. I don't consider that to give it character or be "unique," I consider it to look sort of cheap and old.
Will it make me cancel my two pre-orders? No. Will the phone be less functional or awesome of a toy? No. But it's definitely something that could've been avoided, and it will definitely compromise the aesthetic appeal of this device.
So let me get this straight. If you rub the very edge of the side band on the phone with a coin in will scuff. yes this is shocking news😕 Getting black tomorrow and keeping black.
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Ha Ha Ha I was thinking the exact same thing😀
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Ha Ha Ha I was thinking the exact same thing😀
Think of it this way. If the phone is in your pocket, along with some coins or a key, over time, yeah, it will scuff as shown in the picture.
Rogifan
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Yeah and in other news if I take my car keys and run them across the side of my car it will scratch.
Ok, I dont know about other people but I am pretty careful not to put my $750 phone in my pocket with keys or coins. I am pretty sure if you do this any phone you could scuff/scratch it.
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