honestly, the only place I see this scuffing issue is on the forums. I own a black and personally know 6 other people with black ones w/ no issue. Obviously some are damaged, but scuff-gate will seem way larger than it really is on a forum where people will sign up to discuss a problem. Say there are 1000 people with damaged phones on the forums....I bet 70% of those are new users who signed up just to talk about the problem.
People are way more likely to talk about a bad experience than a good one. Especially when it comes to informing people about something bad they experienced with a product so hyped.
With that, both of the phones look great this time around. I have never been a big fan of the white, but the white i5 is sexy. However, I do love my black one and think it looks fantastic. The only criticism I have is that the thing is a dust machine. Any piece of lent/dust in your pockets will stick to the phone!
Agree with the others. Scuffgate is stupid. You may at some point scuff the black, but if you drop either phone, the aluminium is soft and will mark. I had a couple of dings in my old MBP case and they were really obvious.
I did get a back skin from bestskinsever and I love it. Makes the back a little more grippy and it lets me not worry about just dropping my phone down on whatever surface. I hate screen protectors so I refuse to use one, but at least with the back protected I can always lay it down with the screen up.
You're not looking close enough or your using a case. I skipped black and went with white.
It looks great and I believe the scratching will be less noticeable (when it occurs as I keep it cased right now).
Black and scratching is only an issue for those going naked. If you case it how will it get scratched?
You're not looking close enough or your using a case. I skipped black and went with white.
It looks great and I believe the scratching will be less noticeable (when it occurs as I keep it cased right now).
Black and scratching is only an issue for those going naked. If you case it how will it get scratched?
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You're not looking close enough or your using a case. I skipped black and went with white.
It looks great and I believe the scratching will be less noticeable (when it occurs as I keep it cased right now).
Black and scratching is only an issue for those going naked. If you case it how will it get scratched?
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Try Glas.t
You're not looking close enough or your using a case. I skipped black and went with white.
It looks great and I believe the scratching will be less noticeable (when it occurs as I keep it cased right now).
Black and scratching is only an issue for those going naked. If you case it how will it get scratched?
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Try Glas.t
I went white 32 only because after days of trying at 10pm, I could not get black 32. Eventhough it is not a big deal, the black is just a little more badass looking. The scuffgate stuff is BS. Look at the Apple store. They have many, many phones on display, handled by every varitey of idiot where they are fumbled and manhandled all day long. They all still look good.
We'll see how good it looks in two years.
Two years? Really?
How many posters here will still be worried about their iPhone 5...I'm sure by then everyone would have moved on to newer issues.
Um what? The 5S?. What's gonna be new this time around? A third camera? 20% better graphics? Let's be realistic, sir. I threw two years out there because that's the most common contract term for carriers.
You being "sure" about what OTHER people will be doing? Maybe you have some special crystal ball that we don't know about?
We'll see how good it looks in two years.