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Tthomas612

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Ok so here's the story. I bought the iPhone 5c on launch day. I bought 2 (a blue one for my fiancée and a white one fior myself). I was on a 4s prior to this. I stuck with the 4s after I had bought the iPhone 5 on launch day in 2012. I bought the iPhone 5c for the design. I do not like the 5/5s design. I never have and never will and in my eyes it cannot go away soon enough.

However, with my iPhone 5c I am now on my 5th replacement device. In which the 6th one is also messing up. I know the saying after so many it has to be something that I'm doing wrong. Well I have tried everything. Apple's Executive Office is in on the case as well. The issues have been different. Some of them the same. For instance:

My original device had a speaker issue and the charging port went bad.
The 2nd device had issues where it would turn on and off and all the apps would crash.
The 3rd device had a weird screen issue
The 4th device had a chargin port issue and crashing apps and the phone speaker.
The 5th device actually started to catch fire while plugged into the wall charger.
Now this 6th device is doing so much weird stuff idk how to explain it.


The problem with all of this is that I have to go in and out of the Apple store to visit a genius. Only to get the 5c replaced and have problems all over again. I'm to the point now where I have told them I'd give them the extra $100 just to get the 5s just so I'll have a working phone. I completely don't like the 5s and that's my opinion, but I would take it just to last me until the iPhone 6 is released.

I just don't know what to do from this point. Also trust me I realize it sounds like I am the problem and not these phones. My fiancée has had no trouble out of hers since launch. Really I just want a phone that can tide me over until the iPhone 6 is released. One I don't have to replace again. I just don't know all my options.
 
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