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To All Case-less iPhone Users
- Thread starter walpear8
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Numerous threads on this already:
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/963166/
Also: Nope. Mine is fine.
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/963166/
Also: Nope. Mine is fine.
I keep phone in a slip case, but use it naked. The phone is pristine - no scratches, dings, nothing.
My first iPhone 4 camera lens got scratched from not having a case. The front facing camera never had a problem, but the back side camera got a bunch of small scratches to the point that the pictures all looked fuzzy.
Apple care covered it, and sent me a new phone, and I don't go without at least a bumper so the camera can't touch the surface you set it down on.
It sure seemed like that lens was not made of glass the way it got scratched.
IMO it should have a deeper bezel to protect the lens.
Apple care covered it, and sent me a new phone, and I don't go without at least a bumper so the camera can't touch the surface you set it down on.
It sure seemed like that lens was not made of glass the way it got scratched.
IMO it should have a deeper bezel to protect the lens.
I've been case-less since 2007 and never had a scratch on my camera lens. My phone is always in my pocket or if I put down, it's usually set there and won't be moving for a good while (if it's on a hard surface). However, if I do go out and I take my phone out of my pocket and I place it on a table or somewhere where it may get scratch unnecessarily, i put it on my top of my wallet. I never sit with my wallet in my pocket (front/back) and sometimes I prefer holding my wallet & phone in my hand.
I have them on both my iPhone 4 and 4S.
My 4 has almost always been in the case. When I finally took it out of the case I noticed it had some scratches on the lens.
My 4S has a single tiny one already but that's been naked.
Neither have any issues w/ fuzzy pics, etc, but if you do everyone I've seen has gotten Apple to simply replace it as "normal wear and tear" unless your entire phone is scratched.
My 4 has almost always been in the case. When I finally took it out of the case I noticed it had some scratches on the lens.
My 4S has a single tiny one already but that's been naked.
Neither have any issues w/ fuzzy pics, etc, but if you do everyone I've seen has gotten Apple to simply replace it as "normal wear and tear" unless your entire phone is scratched.
As with every other thread like this: if you're worried about scratches then take whatever precautionary measures you're willing to deal with. Never assume that anyone's experience with scratches will be identical to your own. Just because someone else did or didn't scratch their camera lens means nothing regarding whether or not you will.
Can you clarify this statement? How did the way it got scratched make it seem that the lens was not glass?