iPhone Air Marks on iPhone Air titanium frame

[TY89]

Hi everyone,

I’ve noticed some recurring marks on the titanium frame of my white iPhone Air. They appear as lines around the antenna bands and also as small dots or circles all over the phone.

I can completely wipe/polish them away with a microfiber cloth, but after a while they come back.

On Friday I was using the Apple Clear Case and at first I thought the case had caused these marks. But then I realized the dots also appear on the bottom edge, where the case is open.

Is anyone else seeing something similar on their Air?

 

[Macintosh101]

I’ve no idea, but you’re right that is strange…

 

[Adamj53]

I wonder if it’s something from when it was manufactured (a clamp or something). Had mine about an hour now so I will report back. I also have the Apple clear case.

 

[sk8mash]

Probably some oil or something from manufacture. Have you tried a bit of soap?

 

[TY89]

Probably some oil or something from manufacture. Have you tried a bit of soap?

Not yet but I will give it a try, thank you

 

[digimc]

Could be the natural oils from your hands are degrading the polish of the titanium. Apple made the titanium boarder/frame around the Air with a polished chemical and it looks that is degrading over a certain amount of time and with a certain amount of contact from your hands. If you wipe it down and its fine for a while and then comes back, that would be my only guess as to how that could be happening.

 

[aihpcfl]

Not yet but I will give it a try, thank you

Try a microfiber cloth first.

 

[Brettka7]

Weird, I have a white one too and I tried checking all four sides. Can’t duplicate it on my phone!

Maybe a jewelry polishing cloth will remove them? I’ve used my Mayflower jewelry cloth on all of my shiny Apple metal to bring back that new feeling.

 

[TY89]

Weird, I have a white one too and I tried checking all four sides. Can’t duplicate it on my phone!

Maybe a jewelry polishing cloth will remove them? I’ve used my Mayflower jewelry cloth on all of my shiny Apple metal to bring back that new feeling.

Okay, it looks like I’ll have to get the iPhone Air exchanged. I’m assuming you don’t have those lines above and below the antenna bands either?

I’ve also marked the area in the second image to make it clear what I mean. I have this on all of the antenna bands. This is where I could imagine it coming from the Apple Clear Case.

 

[Brettka7]

Okay, it looks like I’ll have to get the iPhone Air exchanged. I’m assuming you don’t have those lines above and below the antenna bands either?

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I’ve also marked the area in the second image to make it clear what I mean. I have this on all of the antenna bands. This is where I could imagine it coming from the Apple Clear Case.

Tried to make it different levels of smudgy and I’m unable to duplicate your spots anywhere on my frame. Let me know if you want any other pics!

 

[Adamj53]

I would be getting that exchanged. Good luck.

 

[kurtkutz]

anyone know any more about this? is apple taking exchanges?

 

[arc of the universe]

if you get a phone with polished edges, you need to keep your hands free of grease.

 

[decypher44]

Looks like it came from something that crashed in Roswell. I’d keep it!

 

[Halbrand]

Should be an easy replacement, but hopefully the finish on all the Airs doesn't go like that