You need to do some homework. It is not defective. The anodization WILL WEAR, like it or not.
Just wait and see
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Nearly two weeks later - iPhone 5 nicked all over
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You need to do some homework. It is not defective. The anodization WILL WEAR, like it or not.
Just wait and see
I've had mine 2 weeks. It's perfect. Oh wait, it's in a light "Speck" case.
In the past having a case has been great when it's time for trade in or re-sale.
but if you have a case... people cant easily see you have the kewl iphone5...
yeah i have had the incase black slider since day one.. its really thin. and works so well ive lived and died by it since iphone 3g
but if you have a case... people cant easily see you have the kewl iphone5...
yeah i have had the incase black slider one.. its really thin. and works so well ive lived and died by it since iphone 3g
Yup, and frankly, I'm okay with that.
You need to do some homework. It is not defective. The anodization WILL WEAR, like it or not.
Just wait and see
it will. but my anodized rock climbing clips that get more hell than my iphone does.. on a weekly bases still shows no silver aluminum where it is scratched.. and these are almost a year old
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also my anodized ipod mini from back in the day had scratches and no sliver showing
You need to do some homework. It is not defective. The anodization WILL WEAR, like it or not.
Just wait and see
ipod mini is colored anodized aluminium, ever seen those wear like that?
Maybe so but the second I opened my iPhone 5 I tilted on it edge at 45 degrees and ran it down a white sheet of paper and it left a black mark.
That black had to come from somewhere. I then stuck it in a Sedio shell with holster and have not looked back.
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maybe they are using the organic anodizing. haha for real though that wouldnt surprise me.
its one of the weakest
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Maybe so but the second I opened my iPhone 5 I tilted on it edge at 45 degrees and ran it down a white sheet of paper and it left a black mark.
That black had to come from somewhere. I then stuck it in a Sedio shell with holster and have not looked back.
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thats odd, mine does do that..
i think its just QC. some arent done right. they are making so many iphones they are loosing quality. its sad
I agree.
All one has to do is leave it in the box.
It just couldn't get any easier than that.
You need to do some homework. It is not defective. The anodization WILL WEAR, like it or not.
Just wait and see
Not in two weeks. Learn the difference between 1-2 weeks and a few/several months.
So defective oleophobic coating, defective camera, defective wifi, defective anything else are a possibility but not defective anodizing coating? That's a laugh!
Literally the exact same thing happened to me. I ended up returning it because it came with a bunch of nicks. The manager at the store I spoke to was really nice and told me that the AppleCare+ or whatever comes with 2 accidentals so I bought that for 100. I think it's worth it, he said liquid damage and glass shatters were included. The new one has some aluminum showing but I bought a third party bumper which looks pretty nice.
Are you kidding me?
That table is nearly 15 years old, and was built completely by hand. It's a wood table, meant to put things on, and scratches naturally as the finish wears with age. This is a phone, of which I believe to be incorrectly anodized causing pre-mature wear.
Totally different things.
The fact that you're throwing around the term "defective anodizing coating" pretty much proves you have no idea what you're talking about.
I think I have scenario #3 as well... I've had my white iphone for roughly a week. I've already got 2 chips on my iPhone.
If you have chips on a white iPhone, that only speaks against a defect in anodization because the aluminum backs on white iPhones are NOT anodized.
Just goes to show...there are lots of people here who would rather jump on a bandwagon to blame Apple for something that they know little to nothing about. Mob mentality entitlement at its best (or worst).
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Anodizing does not change the fact that aluminum is soft and malleable which makes it prone to dings and scratches from objects that have a hardness level above aluminum. My example was not comparing a table to a phone. Rather the level of wear you seem to have on both objects leading me to think perhaps you are the reason there is nicks on your phone not the lack of proper anodizing.
Not knowing you first hand perhaps your right, your sweat and body grease is reversing the anodized aluminum process.
You're comparing a 15 year old table's wear that has been passed down through generations to a 9 day old phone. And telling me that my phone is probably damaged based on the way you think I treat a table.
I think it's you who don't know too much about anodization if you think the aluminum on white iP5 is not anodized. The white has clear anodized aluminum as opposed to tinted anodized aluminum found on black iP5.
This is what I've got:
(Near the power button, the corner)
(Sim card spot)
Sorry for the first horrible picture.
My 2 year old MBP holds up better than my iPhone 5.
I gave up. Some are so positive they are right there is little you can do. I worked for a company who anodized parts for the aircraft industry and the fact that the coating wore off was not a defect, it is just a fact of life and worn parts had to be returned to be re-anodized at regular intervals.
Anodized surfaces can be only microns in thickness.
How many generations could a table have been passed in 15 years time? I am getting off topic.
Since those are the only pictures you provided and you are asking for opinions I provided mine.
Although if you would like me to agree with you then yes, perhaps you are one of the few people in the world that produces sweat and grease that nicks aluminum phones.
Anodize *this*, buddy.
http://www.cultofmac.com/192781/app...chips-scratches-on-black-iphone-5-are-normal/
Are there any other misinformed, ignorant statements you'd like to make before I accept your mea culpa in advance? Or will you just stop posting because you've just proven my point about not knowing what you're talking about?
I am not disagreeing with you IllIllIll, and i may have misread the article you linked, but it looks like it was the opinion of the CultOFMac website that the white was not anodized.