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iPhone 6(S)/Plus iPhone 6s Plus aluminium chipping
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He's got protectors front and rear, so it doesn't strike me that he abuses his phone. People who baby them tend to use screen protectors. Also, it's more than possible that the phone he bought has a faulty finish.
Bought a Les Paul with the intention of learning how to play guitar but I dare not remove it from the case. In fact, nobody's even allowed to look at it. I just...imagine playing it in my mind.
I do realize that and you are talking to someone who is quite informed. But, I am basing this on the premise that you have a lot of fake iPhones out there. It just does not look legit that is all I am saying. JUST MY OPINION!
You are basing your opinion on nothing. The regulatory markings were removed from the US model only. If you buy it, for example, in Europe, but also in most other parts of the world, you'll see they are still there.
Quite informed indeed
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Most likely just a defect off the line. Defects happen in manufacturing and someone has to be the first to get one or report it. I'm not sure why so many feel compelled to attack OP.
OP said he purchased the phone from Apple's own online store and he's already had it inspected by an Apple certified repair shop. Doesn't sound like its a fake.
OP said he purchased the phone from Apple's own online store and he's already had it inspected by an Apple certified repair shop. Doesn't sound like its a fake.
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What I find interesting, is your headphone jack. From the pictures, it looks like it's seen better days as well (inside). What's up with that?
Very true. When you're making MILLIONS of devices. a 1-2% defect in product is on par and unavoidable.
Yeah, I'm not buying sea water corrosion either. My Apple Watch got soaked in the Atlantic last week. Cleaned it off. Can't even tell.
+1 to this. I just bought a new Air 2 and it had a giant scratch on the back of it out of the box. I kept it though because it's bound to happen anyway as I don't use a case. Apple is not above manufacturing defects.
It varies by region.
In absolute fairness, every defect has a 'first one'.
I hope your limbs are fine. Because my phone is definitely legit. You can see the 's' marking and it's rose gold.
Regulatory markings are only removed from US models. Most other countries still require manufacturers to print the regulatory markings on the device.
I do concede that there will be some level of defects, but 1 - 2% is HUGE! Any decent mass manufacturing company worth its money would be scrambling if they had more than 50 - 100 defects per million. That in itself would knock them off 6-sigma. 1 -2% of every million units = 10,000 to 20,000 defects per million!! And Apple manufactures hundreds of millions.
Yeah, I'm really hoping for that feature with the iPhone 7
+1 Anyone reading these forums for a few days would think Apple is making these things in the dark, in a random basement, from a box of random parts. These forums are all doom and gloom.
Looks pretty fine to me though. It's a little dirty that I admit. I somehow dirty up my headphone jacks pretty quickly and I've no idea why.
And surprisingly I hardly even use it because most of the time I listen to my music from lightning out through a Lightning to USB CCK.
10 million out of that 1% is 100,000. A high number when you think about it but not too bad out of 10 million.
The regulatory marking are on the iPhone 6S and iPhone 6S Plus... and there was no rose gold option prior to this year's release.
Sorry but I have owned too much Apple stuff that has been flawless and do not agree. If you live in these forums you might think so but Apple does a pretty good job in my opinion.
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The point is the regulatory markings ARE on some of the devices... and to refute the post that I quoted, just because there are regulatory markings does not mean that the phone in question is "last year's model".
you still don't have to be a jerk to the OP
Maybe because of the cover it is chipping? Like some of the older phones get damaged even in the cases because of dirt getting caught in between.
Hopefully they'll replace for you. Question, where did you buy the back cover I like it.
Could be that when heated the anodic coating cracks due to dehydration,
and those vertical cracks that typically don't have the propensity to flake are meeting up with horizontal cracks caused by intermetallic particles in the 7000 series aluminum,
and the joining of vertical and horizontal cracks creates the flaking away.
Or the intermetallics are present at the coating interface and subsequent horizontal cracking causes the flaking.
and those vertical cracks that typically don't have the propensity to flake are meeting up with horizontal cracks caused by intermetallic particles in the 7000 series aluminum,
and the joining of vertical and horizontal cracks creates the flaking away.
Or the intermetallics are present at the coating interface and subsequent horizontal cracking causes the flaking.
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