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iPhone 5 number 3 already? :-(

mvp2206

mvp2206

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Jun 2, 2008
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Southampton, UK
Not having the best of luck with my iPhone 5 so far! Queued up for 5 hours on launch day and the first one out of the box had a huge gauge/scratch down the side (not just a scuff). Naturally Apple were Apple and gave me another. Inspected this one thoroughly and all looked good, but have now developed a dead pixel at the bottom of the screen (very noticeable due to the black bars when running a non optimised app). Will be heading back to Apple tomorrow and just have to hope they have one in stock and will replace it (typically, just sold my iPhone 4 and posted it this morning) :-(

Whilst I do love the iPhone 5, am not too impressed by the faults I have experienced, especially when forking out £599!
 
That's too bad. :(

If it makes you feel better, both the ones I've had were flawless, so hopefully the third time is the charm for you. The only reason I'm on my second is that I decided to go with a non-contract (and unlocked) version and happened to arrive at the store just as a new shipment was being unloaded.
 
KPOM said:
That's too bad. :(

If it makes you feel better, both the ones I've had were flawless, so hopefully the third time is the charm for you. The only reason I'm on my second is that I decided to go with a non-contract (and unlocked) version and happened to arrive at the store just as a new shipment was being unloaded.
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Third time better be the charm!! ;-)

Out of interest, were yours the Black or White model?
 
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First to get the new phone will result in the first to have issues from the first batch.
 
RenoG said:
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First to get the new phone will result in the first to have issues from the first batch.
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That's not true. I had a launch day (actual got it a day ahead) iPhone 4 and it was flawless the entire time I had it (swapped it out for a friend's 32GB model earlier this year, he gave my 16GB to his mother for her Birthday). In fact, it was the only iPhone I've owned that didn't develop an issue.
 
KPOM said:
Both were the white 32GB model.
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Cheers (mine have been 32GB Black)

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RenoG said:
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First to get the new phone will result in the first to have issues from the first batch.
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Thinking about it, have had a few problems with many first batch products:

iPhone 3G - crack developed and stuck pixel
iPad 2 - 2 with really bad screen bleed (gave up on it in the end and stuck with 1st gen)
iPhone 4 - dead pixel

I think I must just attract bad Apple products! Worryingly am saving up for iMac so no doubt that will have some issue knowing my luck
 
mvp2206 said:
I think I must just attract bad Apple products! Worryingly am saving up for iMac so no doubt that will have some issue knowing my luck
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Don't get the first batch, then! :D

I'm an early adopter, and have experience some of that. My 2010 MacBook Air needed to be replaced after 2 days because of a logic board issue. 3 months later, that one had to be repaired because of another hardware issue. For the most part, though, my experience with Apple products has been pretty good.
 
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