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My new iPhone 5S has a nick, are they all imperfect? (pic included)

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Chuck-Norris

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the main reason i ask this is cause i went thoguh this last year with my ipad mini. 8 ipad minis, and all had some sort of nick or something on the chamfered edge or metal finish.

i know it seems a bit OCD but, i bought the iphone 5s unlocked 32gb. 812 dollars in canada with taxes and everything.

i actually bought a 16gb 2 months back and it had a nick similar to this but bigger , more like a chip but returned it anyway since i couldnt sell the 5 until now. got 600 for my 32gb iphone 5 and put it towards a 5S.

anyways heres a pic, its right above the ringer switch.

are they all gonna be like this or should i keep this as the next one could be worse?
 

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Chuck-Norris said:
the main reason i ask this is cause i went thoguh this last year with my ipad mini. 8 ipad minis, and all had some sort of nick or something on the chamfered edge or metal finish.

i know it seems a bit OCD but, i bought the iphone 5s unlocked 32gb. 812 dollars in canada with taxes and everything.

i actually bought a 16gb 2 months back and it had a nick similar to this but bigger , more like a chip but returned it anyway since i couldnt sell the 5 until now. got 600 for my 32gb iphone 5 and put it towards a 5S.

anyways heres a pic, its right above the ringer switch.

are they all gonna be like this or should i keep this as the next one could be worse?
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Absolutely ridiculous QC from Apple. I wouldn't accept that, think about your resale value, not to mention apple 'prides itself' on making the best smartphones in the world.
 
Chuck-Norris said:
are they all gonna be like this or should i keep this as the next one could be worse?
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No, mine came out flawless, and it was a launch-day shipment.

As to whether you should return it: if it's bothering you, then yes.

Bear in mind though, that eventually it IS going to nick through accidents or other handling issues. I've got two very tiny nicks similar to that, about 1mm apart. Not sure how they got there (they weren't there out of the box and didn't appear until a month later), but they're there now. Not something I'm going to obsess over though, especially since I have to look in a very specific angle to see it.
 
DJJAZZYJET said:
Absolutely ridiculous QC from Apple. I wouldn't accept that, think about your resale value, not to mention apple 'prides itself' on making the best smartphones in the world.
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scaredpoet said:
No, mine came out flawless, and it was a launch-day shipment.

As to whether you should return it: if it's bothering you, then yes.

Bear in mind though, that eventually it IS going to nick through accidents or other handling issues. I've got two small nicks similar to that. Not sure how they got there (they weren't there out of the box and didn't appear until a month later), but they're there now. Not something I'm going to obsess over though.
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i jsut dont want to go through what i did with the ipad mini lol

i assume u used a case and still got nicks?
 
I received mine and it was perfect, no nicks or anything. However when I bought my 5 last year it had nicks on it.
 
Chuck-Norris said:
the main reason i ask this is cause i went thoguh this last year with my ipad mini. 8 ipad minis, and all had some sort of nick or something on the chamfered edge or metal finish.

i know it seems a bit OCD but, i bought the iphone 5s unlocked 32gb. 812 dollars in canada with taxes and everything.

i actually bought a 16gb 2 months back and it had a nick similar to this but bigger , more like a chip but returned it anyway since i couldnt sell the 5 until now. got 600 for my 32gb iphone 5 and put it towards a 5S.

anyways heres a pic, its right above the ringer switch.

are they all gonna be like this or should i keep this as the next one could be worse?
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Its up to you, and what level of "defectiveness" you're willing to live with. For me, and paying 800+, I'd exchange it. If it were <100, I'd let it go.
 
Lucille Carter said:
If you are going to go through the same is really up to you!

eight iPad mini units? :eek:
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the ipad minis had some sort of nick or scratch or something, it was horrible experience exchanging back and forth.

i ended up just returning the last one and got one as a gift for christmas a month later anyway lol. and yes the christmas gift one also had one tiny nick on the chamfered edge actually but it was free so i could care less at that point lol

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ritmomundo said:
Its up to you, and what level of "defectiveness" you're willing to live with. For me, and paying 800+, I'd exchange it. If it were <100, I'd let it go.
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do you urself own a 5s too?
 
My iPhone 5S has a nick on the back glass, next to the camera. The cutout for the camera is where this is exposed from my case, must've gotten scratched. I have no idea how it got there, but it is much too late for me to return it. At first I thought it was dust, but after cleaning it several times, I've found out it was a nick in the glass. I don't think I can really do much at this point, so I've had to come to accept it. If I found out about it earlier though, I would've certainly returned it.

I recently bought a iPad Mini w/ Retina, a day later I found a single dead pixel, and returned/exchanged it immediately. At least that is considered a hardware defect.
 
Chuck-Norris said:
the main reason i ask this is cause i went thoguh this last year with my ipad mini. 8 ipad minis, and all had some sort of nick or something on the chamfered edge or metal finish.

i know it seems a bit OCD but, i bought the iphone 5s unlocked 32gb. 812 dollars in canada with taxes and everything.

i actually bought a 16gb 2 months back and it had a nick similar to this but bigger , more like a chip but returned it anyway since i couldnt sell the 5 until now. got 600 for my 32gb iphone 5 and put it towards a 5S.

anyways heres a pic, its right above the ringer switch.

are they all gonna be like this or should i keep this as the next one could be worse?
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Just "a bit" OCD ????
If you changed 8 (eight !!!) iPad mini for "defects" like the one you showed on this photo, well .....

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fenskezen said:
Mine was flawless, if that helps....
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Your it's flawless in your eyes, and probably in mine too .... but I'm sure people like him could find many "defects" in your unit also ...
 
Max(IT) said:
Just "a bit" OCD ????
If you changed 8 (eight !!!) iPad mini for "defects" like the one you showed on this photo, well .....

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Your it's flawless in your eyes, and probably in mine too .... but I'm sure people like him could find many "defects" in your unit also ...
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yo man ipaid 800 dollars for this, thats alot of money

from your eyes, how would u see this nick as? would u exhcnage it if u were in my position
 
Chuck-Norris said:
yo man ipaid 800 dollars for this, thats alot of money

from your eyes, how would u see this nick as? would u exhcnage it if u were in my position
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For 800 dollars (I paid more for my iPhone 5 since in Europe they are highly priced) you got a FUNCTIONAL IPHONE with just a barely noticeable minor cosmetic defect.

No, definitely no, I wouldn't change it.

For a dead pixel, YES !
But for something so ridiculous, NOT.
 
Chuck-Norris said:
the ipad minis had some sort of nick or scratch or something, it was horrible experience exchanging back and forth.

i ended up just returning the last one and got one as a gift for christmas a month later anyway lol. and yes the christmas gift one also had one tiny nick on the chamfered edge actually but it was free so i could care less at that point lol

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do you urself own a 5s too?
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All eight of them?

Yes I got a 5S. I did not look that closely. I slipped it in the Sedio Shell case and have not looked back. Had it from the first day.

All eight mini's?
 
Lucille Carter said:
All eight of them?

Yes I got a 5S. I did not look that closely. I slipped it in the Sedio Shell case and have not looked back. Had it from the first day.

All eight mini's?
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each one of them had some nick of scartch on the chamferred bezel. i was surprised too

i dont want to go through the same thing with th eiphone 5s :S

so im wondering if theyall are like this
 
Chuck-Norris said:
yo man ipaid 800 dollars for this, thats alot of money

from your eyes, how would u see this nick as? would u exhcnage it if u were in my position
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I agree, if the OP is bothered buy it I would definitely return it.

Max(IT) said:
For 800 dollars (I paid more for my iPhone 5 since in Europe they are highly priced) you got a FUNCTIONAL IPHONE with just a barely noticeable minor cosmetic defect.

No, definitely no, I wouldn't change it.

For a dead pixel, YES !
But for something so ridiculous, NOT.
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For $800 the buyer should receive a product that is perfect and flawless out of the box if that's what he desires. It will eventually end up nicked but he should be the one to do that, not the manufacturer. That's just last QC IMO.
 
rockitdog said:
I agree, if the OP is bothered buy it I would definitely return it.



For $800 the buyer should receive a product that is perfect and flawless out of the box if that's what he desires. It will eventually end up nicked but he should be the one to do that, not the manufacturer. That's just last QC IMO.
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im just worried its gonna be like the ipad mini i experienced...:(
 
Just checked my 5s and fortunately no nicks. I'm also a little OCD when it comes to my iPhone's (my androids not so much) because it really does affect the resale value. I slapped a Rocketfish clear tpu case and HD invisible shield on it from day 1 and I still baby it to no end.

If were me, I would return it and hope for the best.
 
Dontazemebro said:
Just checked my 5s and fortunately no nicks. I'm also a little OCD when it comes to my iPhone's (my androids not so much) because it really does affect the resale value. I slapped a Rocketfish clear tpu case and HD invisible shield on it from day 1 and I still baby it to no end.

If were me, I would return it and hope for the best.
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yeah im thinking of doing that. im just worried the second might be worse or have some other stupid issue. really dont want to go through the ipad mini adventure again i had last year :S
 
i guess, its up to the person.

however the way i see it, is it is going to happen sooner or later, and its better that its a small nick rather than a large nick.

i just created one not long ago to be honest, by ironically knocking it into a macbook pro.

i'd say unless you're really pedantic i'd keep it and put a case over it.
 
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