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Increased iPhone 5 Quality Control Standards to Address Scratches Slowing Production

I've had mine since launch and there is not a single scratch on it. I guess I'm lucky.
 
FieldingMellish said:
The story as written plainly indicate that the scratches, dents and bending are a design and material specification problem and not a manufacturing problem.

If workers need to walk on eggshells during its manufacture, how's it supposed to last when it's in the user's hands?
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And you know the "story as written" is FACT how?
 
you know i'd like to think that the foxxcon workers INTENTIONALLY put scratches on the device as part of their plans to stike
 
needfx said:
yes, people sitting on phones and bending them

someone also said that Uri Geller got it bent right out of the box and forum members told him to take it back to the store
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I hear you buddy. I bent and scratched mine when I used it as a mini bridge and drove over it with my SUV. It was terrible. Fortunately it was within the fourteen days of getting it so I returned it for a Galaxy III s which only shattered when I did the same thing.
 
FieldingMellish said:
The story as written plainly indicate that the scratches, dents and bending are a design and material specification problem and not a manufacturing problem.

If workers need to walk on eggshells during its manufacture, how's it supposed to last when it's in the user's hands?
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Quite. Why would you buy a phone which you already know is going to be scratched and worn as easily as this?

I expected my plastic HTC to get messed up, but not a metal iPhone designed by Apple.
 
i treat mine really well, keep it in a holster whenever it's not in use and I have a bunch of scratches too along the back and front :( oh well, **** happens
 
Karma bitches...

Wanna bitch and moan about mundane stuff? You can wait longer for your precious iToy.
 
increasing the QA does not change the fact that it still scratches way to easily. It is a DESIGN FLAW Apple now fix your design flaw.
 
Scarpad said:
Ah..the benefits of not being an early adoptor, glad I'm waiting to get a 5s next year, and hopefully if the Ipad Mini has the same case esign they will take this into account
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Sorry to break the news to you but realistically there are only 3 basic materials to use for a phone and each have their own advantages and disadvantages:



Plastic = easiest to scratch and easy to crack and split on hard impacts but cheap to make

Glass = Hardest to scratch, but shatters on hard impacts

Aluminum = easier to scratch than glass, but difficult to break on hard impacts and can be made thinner


Apple has already gone with the plastic and the glass idea. Not much else to choose from.
 
FieldingMellish said:
The story as written plainly indicate that the scratches, dents and bending are a design and material specification problem and not a manufacturing problem.

If workers need to walk on eggshells during its manufacture, how's it supposed to last when it's in the user's hands?
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They let Jonathan Ive run wild and chose the material that look coolest rather then the most practical.

Jobs was always there holding Ive' leash and reel Ive in when his imagination got out of hand. Now if Tim cannot reel in this wild beast, who can?
 
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newagemac said:
Sorry to break the news to you but realistically there are only 3 basic materials to use for a phone and each have their own advantages and disadvantages:



Plastic = easiest to scratch and easy to crack and split on hard impacts but cheap to make

Glass = Hardest to scratch, but shatters on hard impacts

Aluminum = easier to scratch than glass, but difficult to break on hard impacts and can be made thinner


Apple has already gone with the plastic and the glass idea. Not much else to choose from.
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you forgot adamantium, oh wait

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d.t. said:
me know kan spel ...
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lol!
 
discounted scratched ones?

With the fact I can't even get one without a 2-3 week wait (bet that's a cheesy marketing strategy) I wonder if I could get a scratched up one with a significant discount? Going to put a case on it anyway, I don't care if it's scratched. :cool:
 
Tiger8 said:
This will minimize disappointment when people open the box, but they are not addressing the real issue: This thing SCRATCHES EASILY. So if the poor Foxconn employee makes a scratch free unit, it is only a matter of days (hours) before you yourself scratch it!
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That's total BS...I've had mine since launch day without any case, just Glas.t on the front and I don't have a single mark on mine.
 
What am I Doing Wrong?

Am I doing something wrong.

I've been using my iPhone 5 the same exact manner as I was my iPhone 4 (that only had a bumper) since the day it came out (actually I got mine the day after) without a case or bumper and I have no scratches.

I was careful on that first Saturday, but since, I've treated it the same way. Driving with it free in my car's cup holder; putting it in my pocket; pulling it out; placing it on tables; sending it through airport security; bringing it to the gym.

And so far not a scratch or dent.

What am I doing wrong?

Then again my iPhone 4 lasted without any scratches of damages while only in a bumper (the bumper did wear out and I got a second one).
 
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