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What week was your iPhone 5 Manufactured

My original iPhone was week 33

Just got a replacement, week 38. This one feels MUCH better in my hand, more sturdy. I hope I get better battery life (compared to 5 hours usage before).
 
My battery seems to be lasting longer and I've not done anything to it other than the first day I drained it to 1%, charged it all the way.. then the battery would deplete quickly, but after regularly charging it for the last couple weeks, now the charge is holding great. Maybe there is a conditioning period for the batteries and some folks are not giving enough time for the batteries to work properly?
 
Build week 40 (October)
Purchased 10-11-12
Verizon iphone 5 White 16GB

No scuffs, i must have been lucky to get into the most recent October batches.
 
Production year: 2012
Production week: 40 (October)
Name: iPhone 5 (GSM model: AT&T and Canada)
ModelCode: iphone_5
Model Number: MD636
Group1: iPhone
Group2:
Generation: 7
Machine Model: iPhone5,1
CPU speed: 1.3GHz
Family name: Become a pro user to see this information. (sorry)
Screen size: 4 inch
Screen resolution: 1136x640 pixels
Colour: Black
Capacity: 32GB
Factory: F2 Please tell us where this machine is manufactured.
 
First unit -- Pre-ordered on Sept 22, received it on Oct 2: production week 37 (September).
The screen was clicking down in the bottom right corner and I exchanged it at the Apple store for a replacement unit.

Replacement unit -- Oct 10: production week 37 also!
This one is very solid, no creaking, no scuffs.

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I am not seeing much correlation on these posts between the production week and the quality control.
 
Haricher said:
First unit -- Pre-ordered on Sept 22, received it on Oct 2: production week 37 (September).
The screen was clicking down in the bottom right corner and I exchanged it at the Apple store for a replacement unit.

Replacement unit -- Oct 10: production week 37 also!
This one is very solid, no creaking, no scuffs.

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I am not seeing much correlation on these posts between the production week and the quality control.
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apple replacement is tht going for LL handset ?
 
Week 40

Both phones ordered on Oct 5 at apple.com (10 pm lotto) with in store pickup on Oct 6.

Black 32G VZ week 39 (Sept)
White 32G VZ week 40 (Oct)

Both appear to be flawless.
 
Week 40
Black 32GB AT&T

Purchased today at the Apple Store on 10/12/12.

No imperfections at all whatsoever that bug me :D
 
my first replacement was a week 39 with a couple nicks, got a second replacement white box with a scuff week 38 and now my 3rd replacement retail box is on the way and it's another week 38.. hope it's not scuffed :/


EDIT: ok now it's coming up as week 39...
 
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My original was week 33 with nicks and gouges. Replacement is week 38 and so far seems perfect... This may seem weird but even the genius acknowledged it - the slate part seems darker; my orignal seemed like a shiny blue.
 
This does seem to lend weight that as the weeks go on the quality is improving.

I'll be picking mine up today and this is one of the things i'll be checking.




Edit:

Week 38.
Perfect.
No WiFi Issue.
No 'clicky' front screen.

Factory is : c3

Anyone know what this is as some factory details posted say foxconn etc.
 
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Just picked up 2 32gb black iPhone 5s. They were manufactured week 40 (October) and look flawless.
 
Hi,

Picked mine up yesterday and is a Week 38.

As the week number is looking important in reflection to quality checking i'm interested to know what Week number the launch day iphone 5's were !


Anybody ?
 
bandofbrothers said:
Hi,

Picked mine up yesterday and is a Week 38.

As the week number is looking important in reflection to quality checking i'm interested to know what Week number the launch day iphone 5's were !


Anybody ?
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My launch day black one with nicks was week 36. Perfect white one is week 38.
 
Production week: 35 (September)
Colour: Black
Capacity: 32GB
Factory: C3 (China)

-no scratches or defects :D
 
Week 35 (September)
Factory C3 (China)
Black
Picked it up on launch day.

- No scuffs out of the box/no scuffs since I've been using it
- No wifi issues
- Screen doesn't seem to have a yellow tint
- Battery tends to last around 8 hours of usage which is youtube, games, calls, whatsapp/imessage and browsing on a mix of wifi and 3G (mostly 3G)

Very satisfied and grateful that I don't have any of the issues that others have been unfortunately suffering from.
 
Week 38 September
64GB Black

Doesn't seem to have any wifi/scuff/screen issues.
 
Wow, I just purchased an iPhone 5 yesterday at the Apple Store, and it's a week 32, one of the oldest batches available. Pretty weird that it's only now been sold :eek: .
 
Merkie said:
Wow, I just purchased an iPhone 5 yesterday at the Apple Store, and it's a week 32, one of the oldest batches available. Pretty weird that it's only now been sold :eek: .
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I wonder if it was a return that was sealed and they resold it to you. I purchased my iphone 5 on thursday and it was a week 40.
 
Week 38 factory F2 black 16 gb preordered Sep 14 5am EST arrived Oct 1. No scuffs or issues of any kind.
 
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