Usually it happens when electrical current to the part is interrupted during the anodizing process.
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Matte Black iPhone 7 Users Complain About Chipped, Peeling Paint
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Usually it happens when electrical current to the part is interrupted during the anodizing process.
You're honestly trying to claim that Apple's iPhone 7 Matte black chipping issues are because they're knock offs? Riiiight...
It's amazing how fragile cell phones have become from 10 years ago and the answer seems to always be "blame the user."
No problem! Or perhaps it's an issue affecting both Matte and Jet Black?
Yep, definitely possible. Chipping can affect any iPhone, really. I'm not seeing the same number of complaints from Jet Black iPhone owners, though, so it seems like the matte Black version is more vulnerable.
I have mine in an Otterbox Statement. It is in absolutely perfect condition. The case is a little bit scratched but better the case than the phone.
It should be. Seems as though you take exceptional care of your device.
For damage to "expand" and cause more material to come off something would have to be physically corroding the metal. The matte black paint is not a layer sitting on top of metal. The dye is IN the metal. Metal would need to be physically breaking off the phone to remove "flakes" of paint. All these photos in the post and some people have replied with don't look like flakes. They look like scuffs consistent with rubbing against something. Keys, coins, even some shoddily made cases can all rub the anodizing off. On my space gray iPhone 5 I had a mark in my phone from what must have been dirt trapped in my case because it was in the same case for two years. Not the scratching that these photos are showing. The anodizing is tough but hardly indestructible. Stuff happens. No one can make a damage proof phone.
lol, what bluetooth issues? you mean how bluetooth just plain sucks, always has, always will?
Looks as though it is flaking not chipping. Anodizing should not flake.
You post is so logical....it, it HURTS!
Yea general gist of this article is "wah wah, i scraped my phone against something and it scratched. I demand a new one!"
Spent tens of thousands of dollars on my car, and someone scratched it in the parking lot. But it wasn't MY FAULT! clearly a manufacturing defect. Demand a new one. sad.
I know this is for all iPhone models, but the paint on the Camera is turning silver, and it looks dumb
Really notiable on the Jet Black
Actually that requires an emotion with an exclamation point, in order to be a good impression. Sad!
not paint. anodized metal. manage your expectations. assumptions.
So you say this "flaking" happened while inside the otterbox? Even though they clearly look like scratches, especially by the power button. I don't buy it.
Do you ever have a case on it? I have a matte black with a case on nearly all the time and the camera area is still black as the day I bought it.
love all these comments that 'mines is fine'
lol - just because you dont have problems others dont. Look at the evidence
lol - just because you dont have problems others dont. Look at the evidence
Paint on a car is completely different that anodized aluminum. I will quote a few lines from the link below.
"The anodic oxide structure originates from the aluminum substrate and is composed entirely of aluminum oxide. This aluminum oxide is not applied to the surface like paint or plating, but is fully integrated with the underlying aluminum substrate, so it cannot chip or peel. It has a highly ordered, porous structure that allows for secondary processes such as coloring and sealing."
http://www.anodizing.org/?page=what_is_anodizing