Hope you aren't on contract with a carrier...if you are, they probably love you so much for being happy without upgrading.
Will new black 5s be 'Scuff Gate' 2?
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Hope you aren't on contract with a carrier...if you are, they probably love you so much for being happy without upgrading.
http://appleinsider.com/articles/13...powered-iphone-5s-with-new-m7-camera-touch-id
This is a video of the space gray phone using the fingerprint sensor.
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We'll how about that?! Because YOU don't have a problem, the ones that THINK they do don't know what they are talking about...
Same, except mine is marked up to heck and back. The edges did wear fast. Then I started dropping it. The back has held up except the glass top and bottom both are scratched badly. One ding in the metal back.
No complaints though. Its a freaking phone. It just works. No need for people to get bent out of shape. Hell, I even paid full price for mine and it is a 64GB model, add tax and AC+... 1k. Still have both replacements on my AC+... it's all about function.
Let's sure hope they learned their lesson last time.
If no longer selling the Slate, and changing out the existing iPods for they new Space Gray is any indication, I bet they have.
No, I didn't say there weren't any with problems. I said those who say ALL black iPhone 5's scuff easily are wrong.
But then reading is hard.
sviato
macrumors 68020
I think it's the opposite: Apple used a lighter coating, "space grey", instead of slate so that scuffs are less visible instead of using a stronger coat.
the8thark
macrumors 601
I didn't all but make the statement. I went ahead and made it.
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Nothing looks as good used as it does brand new. I just think people are mistaking general usage wear to a manufacturing or design flaw.
Gix1k
macrumors 68040
Thanks for this....Video may have changed my mind. I really hate to think about me carrying a gold phone.
lordofthereef
macrumors G5
Fair enough. People usually backfire and state I am putting words into their mouths at times like this. You own up to it. Bravo!
WestCoastPro
macrumors newbie
Are you using these phones or putting in a display case at the Louvre. It's a damn phone!
Thing is, most don't "flake" or "chip", at least the ones I've personally seen. They rub off.. So the edges have this white halo around them with the metal showing below.
I figure it's a phone, it is metal, and will scuff no matter how good the process is. Get a white one if you're worried about a silverish metal showing up on a background of black.
gentlefury
macrumors 68030
Considering the black only got scuffs because they painted the edges...no, this one is polished on the edges. So I don't see it being an issue this time.
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The polished finish will leave it looking great for its entire life of use if taken care of. That was my only complaint with the 5....now its been fixed..I'm happy
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The polished finish will leave it looking great for its entire life of use if taken care of. That was my only complaint with the 5....now its been fixed..I'm happy
Semester
macrumors regular
Considering the black only got scuffs because they painted the edges...no, this one is polished on the edges. So I don't see it being an issue this time.
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The polished finish will leave it looking great for its entire life of use if taken care of. That was my only complaint with the 5....now its been fixed..I'm happy
Hmm, so the edges have no color at all? Meaning the edges of it looks exactly the same as the white/silver one?
Atomic Walrus
macrumors 6502a
That does seem to be the case. Didn't think of it until reading this, but it does indeed appear to be fully reflective at the edges.
I can attest to this improving its resistance to visible damage. I managed to drop mine once already. It bounced off the carpet and scraped against the wall before landing (again on carpet). You can see a slight deformation of one of the edges (you'd have to be looking for it, it's incredibly tiny) where it hit the wall, but the actual color of the metal was not changed.
The 4 did indeed drop data connections if you touched "that spot" in mediocre cell service areas, which I happen to live in. Sure, we all made that up to get free pieces of plastic. Apple also hired new antenna engineers to design a fix which they detailed in the 4S launch for an imaginary issue.
I agree that it was blown out of proportion, but you're doing the exact same thing: Taking it to an extreme and saying it was fabricated, which is absurd.
gentlefury
macrumors 68030
No painted color, they are darker, but the pigment is in the metal...looks like a colored aluminum. The rough metal looks like a darker version of a macbook and the edges are very shiny and polished.