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iPhone 3G 16GB White exchanging for the 6th time because of manufacturing defects.
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The Apple store employees must love seeing your smiling face every day. "Here comes Mr. Picky McWhiner...again."
Actually you probably take each one back to a different store because surely they should have cut you off by now.
Come to think of it, you might start checking the serial #s of the phones incoming and outgoing...I'll bet your 6th replacement will be your first return.
Seriously, 6 phones? 1 return I can see, maybe 2 if you have bum luck, but 6 and you just need to suck it up and leave some phones for the rest of the non-micrometer carrying world.
If you were as anal about your house or apartment, you'd be homeless.
Actually you probably take each one back to a different store because surely they should have cut you off by now.
Come to think of it, you might start checking the serial #s of the phones incoming and outgoing...I'll bet your 6th replacement will be your first return.
Seriously, 6 phones? 1 return I can see, maybe 2 if you have bum luck, but 6 and you just need to suck it up and leave some phones for the rest of the non-micrometer carrying world.
If you were as anal about your house or apartment, you'd be homeless.
agreed
I hate that the price was dropped. Now every idiot who trashes their phone has one and will constantly bitch about it for the next few months. Think the RAZR had this many people THIS picky about it?
I hate that the price was dropped. Now every idiot who trashes their phone has one and will constantly bitch about it for the next few months. Think the RAZR had this many people THIS picky about it?
nope
The exchanged phones are USUALLY taken from a different stock than is allotted to new customers. USUALLY.
I'm just going to throw this out there.... (also i'll disclaim that i did go through 3 2.5g iphones over the course of the first 6 months.)
Why don't you just suck it up and use your working perfectly fine brand new very sought after iphone 3g and let other people get them too.
Its the people that are returning them 6 times in 3 days that are devastating the stock at apple stores. (I'm saying yours isn't an isolated case)
Its a launch product. It should work perfectly/be manufactured perfectly... but just like 1st gen iphones they just arent.
Don't you think you'd be better off waiting a few days till they get a different batch in?
I'm not angry or blaming anybody just patiently waiting for my direct fulfillment to come in. Just figured i'd throw it out there and say that waiting a few days might benefit your gf as well as the 100's of people on apple lines.
Again.. not trying to pick fights here
The exchanged phones are USUALLY taken from a different stock than is allotted to new customers. USUALLY.
It was made in China and you're still alive. Be thankful.
Would anybody else pay an extra $50 if they would make it in the U.S.? Surely it has to at least save money on shipping the darn things (not to mention giving money to Americans instead of what's probably a Chinese place that pays workers nowhere near what they're worth).
It's a trade-off. Save millions of Americans 50 or 100 bucks by making it overseas or give a few thousand Americans jobs.
Defective User for sure. No way you can get 6 defective units in a row. That's insane odds. OP needs to relax a bit and quit using up new stock.
just curious. In the dark I can see light coming through the left side of the screen. Is this on all phones or just a few? It doesn't really bother me, but just curious.
But what are the odds??? Let's say if 1 in 25 iPhone is defective.. the odds of getting 6 bad iPhones in a row is 25^6 = 244140625
25 MILLIONS TO 1.
Maybe you should have a conversation with God...
But what are the odds??? Let's say if 1 in 25 iPhone is defective.. the odds of getting 6 bad iPhones in a row is 25^6 = 244140625
25 MILLIONS TO 1.
Maybe you should have a conversation with God...
Either that or start buying lottery tickets...
I bet easily over half of iPhone 3G's out there have some sort of defect if you look closely enough. The difference is, most people aren't anal enough to care. A dead pixel is not a big deal to the average person, and a speck of dust or a small scratch on the chrome CERTAINLY isn't. Watch, the OP will finally get an iPhone that he considers to be perfect, then drop it and crack the screen.
As someone said Pics or not true.
These romour sites are perfect for, well creating rumours, and sorry if I sound sceptical but for all we know you could be a rival manufacture posting this sort of stuff in an attempt to try and damage the iphones reputation.
Believe me this happens. Companies lurk and post on forums to create a buzz or to damage reputations.
So pics or not true.
6 Defective phones in a row. Nah, we don't believe you MR Nokia/LG/Samsung?Blackberry marketing guy.
Moderators should be wary of this sort of thing by the way as it WILL be going on.
These romour sites are perfect for, well creating rumours, and sorry if I sound sceptical but for all we know you could be a rival manufacture posting this sort of stuff in an attempt to try and damage the iphones reputation.
Believe me this happens. Companies lurk and post on forums to create a buzz or to damage reputations.
So pics or not true.
6 Defective phones in a row. Nah, we don't believe you MR Nokia/LG/Samsung?Blackberry marketing guy.
Moderators should be wary of this sort of thing by the way as it WILL be going on.
My thoughts exactly. A speck of dust or a tiny scratch on the chrome does NOT warrant a return.
It was made in China and you're still alive. Be thankful.
Would anybody else pay an extra $50 if they would make it in the U.S.? Surely it has to at least save money on shipping the darn things (not to mention giving money to Americans instead of what's probably a Chinese place that pays workers nowhere near what they're worth).
I'd pay an extra hundred.
Having worked for Cingular when the first razr came out...yes there are some people out there that are just that anal and it's typically the bottom feeders that won't be able to afford the service for 2 years anyways. It's a damn shame I tell ya.
Bloody hard to believe....
hey we are not even into the SIXTH DAY of the phone's release but somehow someone has managed not to exchange the phone once, twice or three times but SIX times!
Bloody hell!
Okay, if I'm wrong fine, but that doesn't sound quite kosher.
Either some of the phones were bad, it ain't six, or this is a very anal Brit is all I can think.
(Yes, I'm making all this up out of thin air. But SIX?)
hey we are not even into the SIXTH DAY of the phone's release but somehow someone has managed not to exchange the phone once, twice or three times but SIX times!
Bloody hell!
Okay, if I'm wrong fine, but that doesn't sound quite kosher.
Either some of the phones were bad, it ain't six, or this is a very anal Brit is all I can think.
(Yes, I'm making all this up out of thin air. But SIX?)
I always wondered how Apple can produce that many phones within such a short time. Maybe the Taiwanese supplier is not the only one anymore and the output from other factories is not as good ...
I had the same troubles with a Treo 650 once ... Never again a Treo.
So what are the known issues of the iPhone 3G?
I had the same troubles with a Treo 650 once ... Never again a Treo.
So what are the known issues of the iPhone 3G?
I have two specks of dust under the screen and a few dead pixels (some more noticeable than others). I also want to change my phone from black to white.
However, I am going to wait a week or two [until demand dies down a little bit more] in order to go in and exchange my phone.
However, I am going to wait a week or two [until demand dies down a little bit more] in order to go in and exchange my phone.
how many exhanges is it going to take you to give up on this item? after 2 exchanges on any device I would have moved on to something else.
Not like that would make the quality any better at this point. The lack of quality control is the fault of Apple regardless of location.