Apple iPhone 5 aluminum shell plagued by chipping issues

22 September, 2012
Buyers are reporting dents along the chamfered edges on their brand new black iPhone 5.

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  • 23 Sep 2012

AnonD-56991, 23 Sep 2012The iPhone is actually a almost direct copy of the original... moreyeah! apple can really copy that phone for just only a few month! lol!

http://www.gsmarena.com/compare.php3?idPhone1=1827&idPhone2=1828

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hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!!!!!!

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    • Anonymous
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    • 23 Sep 2012

    Anonymous, 23 Sep 2012I love how this has become a major news story when the Nexu... moreWhile Apple keep taking every man and his dog to court they deserve everything they get. They made themselves a target by their own actions, so having made their bed they better enjoy lying on it. It is entirely of their own making.

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      • Anonymous
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      • 23 Sep 2012

      Yani, 23 Sep 2012HTC also used aluminium on their One S phone and had same i... moreWhat a surprise. No-one made a big deal out of it.

      I suppose this is what you get when you fly handsets halfway around the world.

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        • Anonymous
        • sXD
        • 23 Sep 2012

        I love how this has become a major news story when the Nexus 7's crap build quality is ignored as well as the many SGS3 complaints. It all goes quiet when a eastern company produces poor build quality, but when it comes from America, it's like "whoa dude, this sucks"

        I suppose Apple and its western roots is a clear target for some with agendas.....

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          • 23 Sep 2012

          ROFL, 23 Sep 2012[Apple are probably gonna say they meant to have it's coati... moreThanks.

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            • Yani
            • 3pw
            • 23 Sep 2012

            HTC also used aluminium on their One S phone and had same issues. But their issues started a week or two after unboxing. Guess Apple's iScratch innovation couldn't wait a week or two to show itself in full shiny glory (pun intented).

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              • Anonymous
              • mxS
              • 23 Sep 2012

              ROFL, 23 Sep 2012[Apple are probably gonna say they meant to have it's coati... morePerhaps they can "APeel" it in court! Lol.

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                • j5J
                • 23 Sep 2012

                [Apple are probably gonna say they meant to have it's coating fall off and just call it "Apple Peel" which is a patented new feature that no other phone does.]

                ^ comment of the week lolol

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                  • AnonD-23828
                  • mNU
                  • 23 Sep 2012

                  Cheap aluminium. They could've used more durable plastic, but no.

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                    • AnonD-56991
                    • 39x
                    • 23 Sep 2012

                    I hope people are beginning to learn now that putting expensive materials like glass and aluminium on a phone doesn't mean it's gonna make a better phone.
                    Because glass shatters and metal causes signal and coating problems. But Polycarbonate on S3 etc is strong, flexible and light and that flexibility means it can absorb a lot of the impact where metal just dents and transfers all the energy into the phone.

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                      • 23 Sep 2012

                      I dont know till what time people will ignore its shortcomings. I have used iP 4S and samsung S2 & S3 as well. S3 is matchless. No comparisons at all. Delivering Quality Consistently is not that easy task. Apple needs to wake up and should focus on quality rather than on quantity.

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                        • AnonD-72356
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                        • 23 Sep 2012

                        Thats why samsung chose the holy plastic

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                          • 23 Sep 2012

                          mrcer1, 23 Sep 2012Who needs casing anyway. Use a case. It's stupid to leave y... moreI buy Nokia so I dont need em and instead enjoy the phones own design. I see about half of the iphone users using a case around here.

                          Just about never see phones from any other brand with a case.

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                            • purfli
                            • Lr1
                            • 23 Sep 2012

                            never never buy a first shipping of any product

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                              • Anonymous
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                              • 23 Sep 2012

                              I got to say you people are hilarious :)). As for the iphone... shit happens, but it's still a decent phone.


                              Proud owner of an iphone 4 and a samsung galaxy tab 2.

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                                • jazz
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                                • 23 Sep 2012

                                dent on my new i phone 5...its sensors also dont work...

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                                  • Seller
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                                  • 23 Sep 2012

                                  Apple will be shipping 8 million pentel pen..

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                                    • 23 Sep 2012

                                    Jens, 23 Sep 2012The next batch og iPhone 5 will ship bundeled with the iPai... moreYeah.. And they will trow in a paper map of the world also hahaha...

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                                      • pcm
                                      • 23 Sep 2012

                                      The next batch og iPhone 5 will ship bundeled with the iPaint set, or you can buy the iMarker pen as an alternate option :-)

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                                        • 23 Sep 2012

                                        AnonD-56991, 23 Sep 2012Apple are probably gonna say they meant to have it's coatin... moreNow that IS funny! :-)

                                        Come on iFans, it's OK to have sense of humor here a chuckle as well.

                                        And for those iFans who can't or refuse to see the funny side - pretend that this is true and intentionally designed this way by Apple and all will be OK.

                                        I know for a fact that if Apple claim such a feature as this it will make iSJ5 even more rabidly loyal!