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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  • AnonD-42207
  • vfx
  • 23 Sep 2012

nuke, 23 Sep 2012What a dissappointing find. I really was looking forward to... morethe manufacturing cost is only around 200$

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    • iLOveiPhone
    • Xuf
    • 23 Sep 2012

    All you haters can go buy some other phone. I love the iphone and will buy it no matter what. It makes me feel good and has made my life better in so many ways. EVERYBODY talks about my new iphone whenever I buy one. I love the fact that I get a lot of attention and all you haters can go cry in a corner because you can't afford to buy the new iphone. I love APPLE and will do so FOREVER. PEACE!

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      • Tanmay
      • vbx
      • 23 Sep 2012

      hahahahaha

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        • mihai
        • pr3
        • 23 Sep 2012

        AnonD-59657, 23 Sep 2012Again, contract manufacturer FoxxCon is fully responsible f... moreso what? it's not an excuse and apple is responsable for the entire package

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          • kgs
          • U@0
          • 23 Sep 2012

          scratches and dents are also patents of apple.

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            • Anonymous
            • vV5
            • 23 Sep 2012

            It an apple brand new feature. Scratches and dent out of the box. I hope apple will faster go file a copyright on this. Yeah.

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              • AnonD-59657
              • u7m
              • 23 Sep 2012

              Anonymous, 23 Sep 2012Boeing is not black painted; it's Appple's design mistake: ... moreAgain, contract manufacturer FoxxCon is fully responsible for this defect!

              This has nothing to do with black or white painting.

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                • Anonymous
                • mG@
                • 23 Sep 2012

                girlsphoneiphone, 23 Sep 2012great job ishitt, talk shit about samsung quality and look ... moreNFC and Wireless charging has nothing to do with quality.

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                  • AnonD-59657
                  • u7m
                  • 23 Sep 2012

                  Anonymous, 23 Sep 2012What the.., If they made a good product, you said apple is ... moreThis is truely manufacturing defects. It has nothing to do with Apple's design.

                  Apple's design = product perfection = reference series

                  Apple will never compromise the product quality and reliability in whatever means.

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                    • nuke
                    • 9Ga
                    • 23 Sep 2012

                    What a dissappointing find. I really was looking forward to the black one, well this settles it. I'm not stupid enough to shell out 900 dollars (estd price here) for something that looks great but is of horrendous quality. I suppose reports of Apple's shockingly high profit margins are true. I do wonder how much it actually costs to make an iPhone 5.

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                      • ib1
                      • 23 Sep 2012

                      Hey!stop talking about this phone please ...... i am faded up with this Crapple.

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                        • roamer7485
                        • Bqv
                        • 23 Sep 2012

                        By the next weekend, there shall be 8M clueless fanboys and fangirls sporting Apple’s latest expensive brick with hi tech new features like iOS6 Maps (that won't take you to your destinations) and aesthetic dents :-(

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                          • roamer
                          • Bqv
                          • 23 Sep 2012

                          ssamanta, 23 Sep 2012Please let Apple patent iDent and iScratch first.. :PLol

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                            • Anonymous
                            • 7yN
                            • 23 Sep 2012

                            cov, 23 Sep 2012my white iphone5 came with free finger prints on the screen... moreOf course, unless your i5 doesn't have a screen protector when you got it new. LOL.

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                              • Alef
                              • nws
                              • 23 Sep 2012

                              I bet Apple will give free bumpers to iPhone 5 users. Now, where have we seen that, uh...?

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                                • Ajit
                                • u7L
                                • 23 Sep 2012

                                superir build quality comes only from Nokia and Sony.....

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                                  • Anonymous
                                  • PU0
                                  • 23 Sep 2012

                                  AnonD-57033, 23 Sep 2012I think we've got ourselves a new nickname, the Soda Can iPhone 5it' lighter, thinner, it's made from recycled soda can. lololololol..........

                                  i like it dude xD


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                                    • Anonymous
                                    • PU0
                                    • 23 Sep 2012

                                    cool down guys, this is not an issue, this is an "innovation".

                                    it's called "scratch-myself-out-of-the-box".

                                    what you can do is get a sand paper and scratch off the whole surface. now you have "silver".

                                    nice isn't it? you have black, white, and "scratched off silver". impressive! xD



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                                      • AnonD-57033
                                      • Rx9
                                      • 23 Sep 2012

                                      oneS, 23 Sep 2012Aluminum itself does not make it premium. Take carbon for e... moreI think we've got ourselves a new nickname, the Soda Can iPhone 5

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                                        • Anonymous
                                        • PU0
                                        • 23 Sep 2012

                                        Anonymous, 23 Sep 2012Apple: Just as planned. now i will sell them the patented a... morethey can't find the apple outlets. the new map is not functioning..... xD