To those with defects - How many iPhone 4 replacements have you gone through?

[SmackP]

Just swapped mine out due to proximity sensor. The new phone is doing exactly the same thing. I'll give it few more days and will demand another replacement if it continues.

Eh?


In the latest Apple Press Conference Steve Jobs had a big slide with the words "Proximity Sensor" and he said they were working on a software fix for that.

I'm surprised Genius gave you a replacement knowing that the new one would have the problem too.

 

[zed]

I've been using macs exclusively since 1997 and I have never returned any apple product until the iPhone 4. I had the original 2g iPhone for 3 years with no problems at all. That being said, I'm on my third iPhone 4.

The first one had a crackling ear speaker that was like nails on a chalkboard. Everyone I talked to sounded like a garbled robot. The 2nd one had a brown smudge on the left 1/2 inch of the screen.

On the 3rd one now and all seems well.

I love this phone btw.

 

[steamed.hams]

I've noticed that people who replace their iPhones tend to go through numerous replacements whereas the rest of us still have a perfectly working original. Seems to indicate that the problem is with people rather than the phones, perhaps OCD related? I mean, those on their 3rd, 4th, 5th and so on iPhone can't possibly have all the bad luck.

I'm on my fourth 3G replacement in 2 years, and I'm as far from OCD/obsessive as you can get. I don't use a case, screen protector, etc., and my current phone has quite a few scratches and blemishes all over.

 

[Glaxx]

I'm on my 2nd iPhone 4. The first proximity sensor issues. I thought that AppleCare would just say that a software fix is coming and to try a reset, but they offered to replace it.

To those who say the constant replacing is OCD or something, I actually went through 7 iPhone 3G/S phones. My first two 3G phones had dead pixels that appeared over time, the next one had the WiFi chip go out, the next two had the cell service completely stop working. After this, they bumped me to the 3GS for the constant hassle and in hopes to solve the constant flow of problems. My first 3GS then went back to the dead pixel route. Second one seemed to be fine, but I wouldn't know as that's the one I sold after getting the iPhone 4.