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Why !! iPhone X back (Do you have the text “Designed by Apple”)
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Where do you life? In some countries there must be those words and icons on the back (for example the countries of the European Union) and in some not (USA).
In the UK and I have the text.
I was slightly disappointed when I saw as I think "iPhone" does look cleaner, but I think this is EU regulations.
(This should be TOP of the list for when we leave the EU ;-) - I kid)
I was slightly disappointed when I saw as I think "iPhone" does look cleaner, but I think this is EU regulations.
(This should be TOP of the list for when we leave the EU ;-) - I kid)
I’m in the US. Only thing on the back of mine is the Apple logo and “iPhone”
I think for the cleanest "iPhone" look it's US only. Maybe Canada. Seems they were able to get all the legal stuff done so that it's software only. I'm guessing Europe has more strict rules regarding those regulations and either they didn't get the ability to put it in via software passed in time, or it was simply rejected.
Not sure about the "Designed in California bit", thought they were doing away with that now - but also not present on US models.
Not sure about the "Designed in California bit", thought they were doing away with that now - but also not present on US models.
Funny story, Ive got the 8 Plus from UK, it had the exact same CE and Bin with the words but traveled to China recently and my phone broke, the genius bar replaced it and guess what, it just says iPhone!
Anyways, you are probably going to put your new X into a case and its still better then the previous iPhones, remember the 6S had giant letters like C E 0682 a bin and an S on it. Just enjoy your phone!
Anyways, you are probably going to put your new X into a case and its still better then the previous iPhones, remember the 6S had giant letters like C E 0682 a bin and an S on it. Just enjoy your phone!
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I bought an iP in the UK which had those markings (definitely because of the EU regulations) But I got the phone exchanged at the Apple Store in HK at the Genius Bar which didn't have any markings. Then I bought another X in HK without the markings.
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You're welcome. Perhaps you can answer a question for me... why the heck does anyone care about what the back of their iPhone says? People need to get a life.
Look, I understand that point of view, and fundamentally.. it doesnt change anything. A couple of letters here and there.. no big deal.
But having said that, not everyone uses a case, so the back of the iPhone is half of the aesthetic of their iPhone...and some people consider their iPhone as a fashion accessory.
Removing that text MAY make their fashion statement look cleaner on their Instagram (I dont know what they do with them?) for example.. If I had the choice, even though I never really cared.. I would prefer to not have that writing there, for the odd chance that one time I look at the back and want to admire the backplate colour or design whatever, I wouldnt see this text there.
lol, as stated its extremely niche, and not a big deal. But to me - one definitely looks better now that I'm aware of it.
Your post is rather disingenuous. You’re on a tech site, everybody has a different viewpoint on hardware and why things are the way they are with iPhones. There have even been threads in the past about how to remove the FCC writing on the back of an iPhone when the jet black model launched. Everybody
has different appreciations and preferences.
Like in the US, iPhone 8, 8 Plus and X purchased in Canada only have "iPhone" written in the back unless you get the product RED model than it's "iPhone (PRODUCT)Red"
I have a question, I presented Iphone x to my wife, which has this text on the backside, when she compared her iPhone x to her colleagues iPhone x which do not have this texts, she saw the differences, I mean the camera and the colors, their Iphone were taking in different colors, and my wife's phone has different color, I guess the quality has also different. they set exactly same settings, even true tone settings of display, but the result was still same, the difference, I have checked if our phone was refurbished or smth like that, but seems like it is original and all the details (camera, battery, screen etc) are from factory. there was an software for that to check rather the phone has it's own original parts or some of them are changed. So does anybody know what's the reason for that?