If I look very closely, it appears to be on the glass right where it meets the stainless steel.
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OP, you should return it. That jerk Tim Cook charged you a ridiculously high price for what you bought, so therefore, you deserve a perfect product.
Many Apple fanboys on this forum have more sympathy for a trillion-dollar corporation than for an ordinary person, and thus don’t want Apple to lose a penny, even if they sell cosmetically defective items to customers. They want those customers to suck it up and live with it instead of returning it for a refund and then getting what they paid for, which is a product free of cosmetic defects.
Many Apple fanboys on this forum have more sympathy for a trillion-dollar corporation than for an ordinary person, and thus don’t want Apple to lose a penny, even if they sell cosmetically defective items to customers. They want those customers to suck it up and live with it instead of returning it for a refund and then getting what they paid for, which is a product free of cosmetic defects.
I really think these “defects” I’m seeing were caused by me. I guess you need to be extra careful with the phone. Even if I do get a replacement, it’s likely to develop similar or other such imperfections after some use. Other than these two very minor things I’m seeing, the phone is generally perfect.
try those tempered glass with borders. I got the Spigen GlassTR one. That should help protect the glass and bezel.
That doesn't look like a crack in the screen to me...it is parallel to the edge of the screen, whereas hairline cracks I have seen tend to be an angle often a right angle.
If it bothers you, return it. You don’t need to give an explanation of why you’re returning it. And don’t feel any sympathy for a trillion-dollar corporation ‘losing’ money because you returned it.
Apple will resell your returned phone on their refurbished website and still make a big profit. But even if, hypothetically, that wasn’t the case, you still shouldn’t feel any sympathy for trillion-dollar corporations.
With the refund you get, go to an Apple Store (not any other store) location and buy the phone you want, and buy a Belkin glass screen protector so you don’t have the same problem again. Apple Store locations have machines specifically made to flawlessly apply Belkin glass screen protectors to all the iPhone models currently being sold.
I second this.
At the moment (until tomorrow) you have control. Once you go past then, you'll have to go through all kinds of procedures, and I'd be damned if I'd be happy with a refurbished phone, right out of the gate.
Also, at the moment you're questioning this, because you know you have the power to just return it. Once tomorrow has come and gone, I guarantee you'll see these imperfections in a different light.
Do as this person suggests: Fully return it, then buy another.
Agreed. Recommend returning it while you still have the option. You can easily turn around and buy another one right away and the 14 day clock resets. When you are spending that amount of money, you don’t want buyers remorse.
This is kind of funny to me because you are really coming out swinging, and making some generalizations. It's not "apple vs ordinary person" or a matter of having sympathy for Apple, or telling anyone to "suck it up." Its like you've got a chip on your shoulder here.
When I suggest to OP that they may be not quite so careful as they think with their phone, I am not looking out for Apple's bottom line, I'm actually trying to help OP! Something like a glass screen protector can be really useful.
Apple is absolutely responsible for delivering 100% quality to their customers. But it's only reasonable to recognize that once you buy a product and start using it, stuff can happen!
Never, ever use any kind of tissue to clean a screen.
You're asking for scratches if you do.
You sure that's a chip, and not just a scratch?
Sorry, couldn't help it.
Thought I'd lighten the mood
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Pretty sure it'll buff outYou sure that's a chip, and not just a scratch?
Sorry, couldn't help it.
Thought I'd lighten the mood
In my post you quoted, I wasn't talking about you nor anyone else on this thread. I actually hadn't read any replies on this thread prior to writing that post. The Apple fanboys I was referring to in my post are people on other (older) threads on this forum who criticize people returning things to Apple for small imperfections.
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