I'm obviously doing something wrong too as I've had mine for 2 weeks with not a nick or scratch. And it was flawless out of the box.
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Increased iPhone 5 Quality Control Standards to Address Scratches Slowing Production
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You must have missed the memo which discussed the fact that people are opening up their NEW boxes and finding their phones scratched already.
Kevlar Impregnated Carbon Fiber (think Motorola Razr's). It's been reported that Apple is experimenting with carbon fiber (possibly for iPads).
Super strong. Super light. But does not dissipate heat well - I'm thinking Apple uses the aluminum body as a heat sink? Just stabbing in the dark here..
You do realize that Jobs approved the iPhone 4 glass back and antenna design. My guess is Jobs knew exactly what this phone was going to look like and the materials used and signed off on it.
They could use meat. Doesn't scratch OR break on impact. It may split, but then at least you get a delicious treat. Unreasonable you say? Come on. Think outside the box for once.
http://meat-phone.ytmnd.com
So we a suppose to ooh and ahhh over the sleek new design but have to stick it in a case to make up for poor design and mfg process?
Seems totally rationale.
And isn't this what Apple is working with Foxconn to fix? God forbid they try and fix an issue.
Nicks out of the box aren't a design issue otherwise wouldn't everyone receive damaged phones out of the box? My phone was (and still is) flawless.
But he went through the iP4 design inside out, and the helicopter glass is still well-loved to this day. This aluminum back suggested that there was no one there to tell them 'you go too far' during the design. I believed that Ive wanted to try aluminum before but Jobs said no.
He might even have a hand controlling Ive's 'thin-novation' doctrine at some point. Thinner is usually better, but not at the point it compromises the device. iP5 could be what happen when thinness goes too far, kind of like buttonless iPod Shuffle.
Many believed that iPhone 5 final design got Job's blessing before his passing. I do not believe that.
Can we stop with the stupid "I've had mine for 3 weeks and there's no scratch on it, what am I doing wrong?" or "They should have used better aluminum coating" posts? The ones that are nicking, rubbing off or scratching like hell with normal wiping or handling clearly have defective anodizing coating. This is a different issue from factory workers deliberately allowing nicked and scratched iPhones (induced during manufacturing, not necessarily because of defective anodizing coating) to slip through QC in order to meet the higher demand under a time gun.
What Apple is telling them to do is perform a better job at catching both nicked/scuffed units (induced during manufacturing) and defective anodizing coated units during QC so we customers won't have to put up with them or go the trouble of swapping them out for defect-free iPhones. This is of course slowing production.
What Apple is telling them to do is perform a better job at catching both nicked/scuffed units (induced during manufacturing) and defective anodizing coated units during QC so we customers won't have to put up with them or go the trouble of swapping them out for defect-free iPhones. This is of course slowing production.
Apple's standard of releasing a new rev, completely secret, once a year is creating a huge manufacturing burden.
There's a lot of hype to deliver on excellence and design especially when you release 1 product a year (unlike Samsung), as well as a boatload of rumors to meet expectation. But when you do not mass produce until a few weeks before an announcement, and release a product a week after an announcement, it creates a largely untested product at peak demand. They seemed to be reinventing the manufacturing industry, but it's become a huge problem.
Granted, it may make it seem more like Christmas, but it sure looks like a crapshoot right now. From an investor prospective, it looks like they under-delivered with 5 million iPhones, and can't meet the demand. That demand might grow more, or it might begin to look at other phones.
My 5 barely feels like it was worth the wait, I think it's because it's largely the same phone we've seen for the past 2 years, and IOS is built the same. The speed & LTE make it worth it, though I was in the, make it wider too! category.
I hope that all these rumors are out of proportion.
There's a lot of hype to deliver on excellence and design especially when you release 1 product a year (unlike Samsung), as well as a boatload of rumors to meet expectation. But when you do not mass produce until a few weeks before an announcement, and release a product a week after an announcement, it creates a largely untested product at peak demand. They seemed to be reinventing the manufacturing industry, but it's become a huge problem.
Granted, it may make it seem more like Christmas, but it sure looks like a crapshoot right now. From an investor prospective, it looks like they under-delivered with 5 million iPhones, and can't meet the demand. That demand might grow more, or it might begin to look at other phones.
My 5 barely feels like it was worth the wait, I think it's because it's largely the same phone we've seen for the past 2 years, and IOS is built the same. The speed & LTE make it worth it, though I was in the, make it wider too! category.
I hope that all these rumors are out of proportion.
hope apple and Ive finds better coating soon or alternate (like someone says go with Alu grade III, let the coating just take more time) ...
I think the quality will improve and apple find a way to fix this issue; meanwhile we should just put it in a case.
I would not blame the workers, these are the same factories producing iPhone4/4S and other iDevices, we have bigger QC issues on iPhone 5 alone not on the other products.
I think the quality will improve and apple find a way to fix this issue; meanwhile we should just put it in a case.
I would not blame the workers, these are the same factories producing iPhone4/4S and other iDevices, we have bigger QC issues on iPhone 5 alone not on the other products.
Is MacRumors doing anything to police the trolling going on here? Seriously, this ****'s getting a bit out of control.
"Bendgate?" You mean one person breaking their phone and claiming "it just happened," which, considering the internal force needed to separate the screen to that degree, is physically impossible? Yes, that's a "brewing" issue...
Also, all of you people wanting your iPhones swapped because it's scuffed and it's not "fair" that new ones will have the issue fixed are the most self-serving and entitled people in the world. It's a scratch on the back. It's not even on the screen. I'd hate to see what would happen if you guys owned an old iPod/iPod Touch with the mirrored back that was a magnet to scratches.
Signed,
A Nexus 7 and Galaxy S II owner.
PS: My SGSII has broken internally 4 times and I've had to fix it myself. I'm on my second Nexus 7 due to the touchscreen failing.
"Bendgate?" You mean one person breaking their phone and claiming "it just happened," which, considering the internal force needed to separate the screen to that degree, is physically impossible? Yes, that's a "brewing" issue...
Also, all of you people wanting your iPhones swapped because it's scuffed and it's not "fair" that new ones will have the issue fixed are the most self-serving and entitled people in the world. It's a scratch on the back. It's not even on the screen. I'd hate to see what would happen if you guys owned an old iPod/iPod Touch with the mirrored back that was a magnet to scratches.
Signed,
A Nexus 7 and Galaxy S II owner.
PS: My SGSII has broken internally 4 times and I've had to fix it myself. I'm on my second Nexus 7 due to the touchscreen failing.
Yes - but did you bother to read the post I was responding to? The OP said "This **** has NO credibility. If you INTENTIONALLY scratch something, guess the **** what? IT'S GONNA SCRATCH"
The issue being addressed by Apple has nothing to do with "user" error. At least not by the purchaser
Titanium kills signal.
Is MacRumors doing anything to police the trolling going on here? Seriously, this ****'s getting a bit out of control.
"Bendgate?" You mean one person breaking their phone and claiming "it just happened," which, considering the internal force needed to separate the screen to that degree, is physically impossible? Yes, that's a "brewing" issue...
Also, all of you people wanting your iPhones swapped because it's scuffed and it's not "fair" that new ones will have the issue fixed are the most self-serving and entitled people in the world. It's a scratch on the back. It's not even on the screen. I'd hate to see what would happen if you guys owned an old iPod/iPod Touch with the mirrored back that was a magnet to scratches.
Signed,
A Nexus 7 and Galaxy S II owner.
PS: My SGSII has broken internally 4 times and I've had to fix it myself. I'm on my second Nexus 7 due to the touchscreen failing.
So far I've counted 5 people claiming to have bending issues. All have bent right at the volume buttons where the aluminum is the thinnest.
Just because you don't believe something doesn't make it so. Seems to me your projecting on to Steve what you want to believe to be true. It's just as easy for me to claim Steve was in full support of the iPhone 5 design and had he been alive at the keynote he would have everyone drooling over mirrored chamfered edges. Jon Ive isn't a king. I doubt he's the only who has a say in what the final product will look like land the materials used.
Where did you put yours? I can't say for everybody but Thais carry Galaxy in man purses with silicone skin around 40c each. Solid as.
Why build a beautiful, magical, thin, phone if you need to cover it with a bulky, thick, silicone skin?
The point is that you should receive a product in perfect condition. Once you get it, it's up to you to take care of it.