iPhone 5s scuffgate?

[b4dwolf]

So a year later, I am wondering if any of you iPhone 5s owners experienced the popular iPhone 5 phenomenon broadly labeled "scuffgate" which I think was a real issue and is why I am holding out on getting the iPhone 5.

So for a potential buyer who would appreciate your input about your experience with the iPhone 5s' durability with the Space Gray/Grey and actually I'm interested about the Silver & White too because in my eyes it's the best looking white iPhone ever, to date, probably something about that home-button-silver-ring that just fits with the bezel and the white.

But to the point, please leave a useful comment based on your own experience and not someone else's. I'm pretty agnostic like that.

And please include the color of your iPhone 5s.

Peace!

 

[lordofthereef]

The 5S was lightyears better in terms of scratch protection than the 5. I can;t imagine the 6 being worse than the 5S.

 

[b4dwolf]

I see.
Interested in getting the 5s though, not the upcoming iPhone 6.

 

[Gathomblipoob]

I didn't suffer from any of the Watergate-suffix-derived maladies that were attributed to the iPhone 5s.

 

[watchthisspace]

My 5s has scuffs on it, but I blame it to:

- A cheap case which didn't fit perfectly and took bites out of the phone's edges.

- A day of being case-less in a pocket of keys and the case took a beating.

 

[alphaod]

Sure my phone is banged up. I've been using it for a long time without a cover. It's expected.

 

[Brian Y]

I've had both a 5 and a 5S in Apple's own case.

By the time I was done with the 5, it was scuffed to crap. It looked dreadful. My 5S, after roughly the same usage, still looks brand new.

 

[b4dwolf]

thanks guys!
if you don't mind could you include the color of your iphone 5s too?

 

[Jstuts5797]

I've not experienced any scuffing or denting or anything of the sort that would be out of the norm for a one year old phone. My 5s has held up VERY well.. and for the majority of the year I didn't use any case at all. WAY better than my 4s did oddly since it was mostly glass. I think rounded edges that are supposedly going to be on the 6 will actually be even better for scuffs and scratches. I REALLY miss the form factor and rounded edges of the old 3GS although I do not miss the plastic build. Weird I know.

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Oh and my 5s is the space gray. My 4s was the black.

 

[KUguardgrl13]

My silver/white iPhone 5 still looks good after a year and a half! Just some minor scratches on the bottom near the lightening port; nothing out of the ordinary. The problem with the black 5 was that the anodized coating would come off when it got scratched so you could see silver scratches in it. They supposedly fixed that with the space gray 5s. I don't believe anything has changed with the white/silver between the 5 and 5s. Aluminum scratches. Anyone with any recent Apple device knows that.

 

[watchthisspace]

thanks guys!
if you don't mind could you include the color of your iphone 5s too?

Space Grey

 

[PsykX]

The 5S was lightyears better in terms of scratch protection than the 5.

Really ? I didn't know they fragmented their design parts for the 5S. I thought the materials and parts were the same for both phones.

 

[KUguardgrl13]

Really ? I didn't know they fragmented their design parts for the 5S. I thought the materials and parts were the same for both phones.

As far as I know they changed the anodization process for the space gray. The cases themselves are the same. Some of the parts are different given the upgrades the 5s has.