Is this normal for white iPhones, or should I ask for a replacement?

[jsh]

Picked up my White 4S today and love it, except for two problems (images below). It seems that the front cutouts are slightly misaligned. Is this normal, or should I make an appointment with Apple to get a replacement?

1) Home button square is not centered.

2) The cutout for the speaker grill is not centered.

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[Chumburro2U]

Picked up my White 4S today and love it, except for two problems (images below). It seems that the front cutouts are slightly misaligned. Is this normal, or should I make an appointment with Apple to get a replacement?

1) Home button square is not centered.

2) The cutout for the speaker grill is not centered.

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wow I thought I was bad, but your home button looks a little off

 

[TM WAZZA]

For the home button part, my white iPad 2 has it too.

 

[jpetticrew]

They're both centered. What you're seeing is the shadow on the actual white part of the phone under the glass. It's an optical illusion.

 

[42streetsdown]

I imagine if you bring it in Apple'll replace it for you. It all depends on whether it's a big deal for you or not.

 

[powerbuddy]

Check the speaker grill again, at first sight I thought it was misaligned too, but as it turns out its the shadow from the glass counters. Btw, I don't see anything wrong with the home button!

 

[abijnk]

It's not off, that's a shadow. If you look closely the glass itself is not white, there is a layer of glass and then the white coating. What you are seeing is a shadow/distortion around the cutouts because of how the light goes through and hits the white layer.

My white iPhone 4 looked like that, as does my 4S.

 

[jjlannoo]

yep I see this complaint often but they ARE centered. Its just a optical illusion.

 

[jsh]

Thanks, all. After reading your comments I played with the lighting a bit and now see that it's just the shadows.

 

[jjlannoo]

Thanks, all. After reading your comments I played with the lighting a bit and now see that it's just the shadows.

No problem. This being my first iPhone I thought the same till I flipped it around and saw it was just shadows.

 

[nwmtnbiker]

Is that a scratch on your screen already?

 

[thesiren]

you seriously couldn't tell it was just shadows? FFS.

 

[vito]

It's a shadow, when the iP4 in White came out I went through a few units and they were all the same including all on the shop floor at two separate Apple stores and those sent by the executive relations chap.

At the time, I showed the issue to a few non-techie folk who couldn't see where I was coming from so I'm glad you've created this thread.

I have the White iP4S and it's the same.

Don't worry about it

 

[nwmtnbiker]

Is that a scratch on your screen already?

you seriously couldn't tell it was just shadows? FFS.

Its a shadow?

 

[thesiren]

Its a shadow?

not you, boy genius, the OP.

 

[jsh]

Is that a scratch on your screen already?

thankfully, no.