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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  • 25 Sep 2012

AnonD-56991, 24 Sep 2012.What I meant is Apple are actually getting worse with thei... moreI think thats the strategy of apple to stay on top. Look whats happened to nokia. Few years back they are
no.1 mobile company. Look at
them now, they are continueing to go down. Aswell as BB. And I think. Samsung will also do patent for sure what apple did patented if they knew it first.
And they will also sue apple cos of that patent to stay on the game. And I think if u r also into this business. You'll also do what apple did. Cos if ur the only company that has that something, u have the market for that. That any other company dont have. So if u let other company use what u have,
u will lose ur costumer. You wont let ur company go down, right?!
Thats apple strategy to stay on top.

Apple is not greedy and bully! Business is business!

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    • AnonD-60716
    • DCH
    • 25 Sep 2012

    Loepoes, 24 Sep 2012You seem to forget that the basic functions of a cellphone ... moreNot to forget... The audio quality of Nokia is on par with that of Apple. Mine's actually better. Samsung(My current phone)... naah.. Sony Yes.

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      • Anonymous
      • q8Q
      • 24 Sep 2012

      AnonD-56991, 24 Sep 2012.What I meant is Apple are actually getting worse with thei... moreAs we seem to have a mutual agreement, but differing opinion I will leave it with just that :)

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        • AnonD-56991
        • 39x
        • 24 Sep 2012

        Anonymous, 24 Sep 2012I see no difference really. For instance the antenna proble... more.What I meant is Apple are actually getting worse with their greed and bullying without Steve Jobs, because it was bad then but without him they have to try harder to make all their Billion$ and have become even more underhanded.

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          • Anonymous
          • JK%
          • 24 Sep 2012

          Chinese (crappy) product in American box. In fact, the box is also Chinese, but marketing is American...
          All together - not worth money and bother...

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            • Anonymous
            • q8Q
            • 24 Sep 2012

            AnonD-56991, 24 Sep 2012Even though Apple were greedy Steve Jobs still made sure th... moreI see no difference really. For instance the antenna problem and glass back that shattered so easily. All the steeling, copying, and suing as well seem to be equally in tact.

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              • Anonymous
              • q8Q
              • 24 Sep 2012

              AnonD-56991, 24 Sep 2012Well of course Apple rip everyone off but they also s**t on... moreAnything is possible, bu t it still sits in that most probably as usual it's another rip off from Apple. In better news your Iphone though it may come out of box scratched it will survive a fall way better than Iphone has in the past.

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                • AnonD-56991
                • 39x
                • 24 Sep 2012

                Anonymous, 24 Sep 2012What on Earth was different when Steve was still alive????/... moreEven though Apple were greedy Steve Jobs still made sure things were done right and he had the power to guide the propaganda to make people believe Apple was a good company.

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                  • AnonD-56991
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                  • 24 Sep 2012

                  Anonymous, 24 Sep 2012Or back in grown up reality Apple rips of their customers i... moreWell of course Apple rip everyone off but they also s**t on almost everyone who works for or with them so Foxconn is probably just as peed off with Apple as anyone else with a brain. So either Apple's greed meant they tried to save money on production costs or Apple's greed ended up sending 2000 employees rioting and they deliberately made shoddy products.
                  But any way you look at it it's Apple's greed that's to blame.

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                    • Anonymous
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                    • 24 Sep 2012

                    AnonD-56991, 24 Sep 2012It wouldn't surprise me if Foxconn deliberately sent out fa... moreOr back in grown up reality Apple rips of their customers in every way possible.

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                      • Anonymous
                      • q8Q
                      • 24 Sep 2012

                      Anonymous, 24 Sep 2012So in reality Apple is not telling the truth. They promised... moreWhat on Earth was different when Steve was still alive????/ He had so much to do with these things.

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                        • AnonD-56991
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                        • 24 Sep 2012

                        Anonymous, 24 Sep 2012Exactly. Just saw a blog about the scratches on the Iphone ... moreIt wouldn't surprise me if Foxconn deliberately sent out faulty iPhones because they so peed off with Apple, because there was a huge fight there today with 2000 of them at the iPhone plant.
                        http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/23/foxconn-violence-iphone_n_1908406.html?utm_hp_ref=technology

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                          • Anonymous
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                          • 24 Sep 2012

                          I'm not an iphone user but to be fair, most new phone that comes out now always have some issue in the beginning. So it's not surprising that iphone 5 has a case problem.
                          The phone companies are so involved in trying to one up each other that they neglected to see the real issue - quality products for its customers. They think it's ok to roll out a product that they know has an issue that could crop up but gamble that we the consumer either won't complain or if we do, it's only an inconsequential few. And we the consumers are so used to receiving second rated goods that we just shrugged and think, it's ok, they'll come up with a fix.
                          I wonder what would happen if everone who received a "problem" phone return them for a refund rather than wait for them to fix it. Will this make the phone company finally sit up and take notice?

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                            • AnonD-11127
                            • XuP
                            • 24 Sep 2012

                            Listen people, the issue isn't that other phones are perfect and iP is not. The issue is, iFans say that iPs are superior in terms of quality even though the hardware inside is doesn't match up to the high end droids.
                            Every phones may have issues and the manufacturers learn from mistakes, agreed. Just that, don't convince yourself that God made Apple products and it is the greatest in the world. iP is just another phone with it's own merits and demerits.
                            Why call Samsung to be made of cheap plastic when it is more durable than iPhone?

                            All you fans of every phone need to understand is that whatever phone you use is serving your purpose and you will throw it in the garbage in a couple of years unless you are insanely rich or too dumb to upgrade every 6 months.

                            I own a Samsung Galaxy Nexus and I'm very happy with it. Another phone may or may not be better than mine, but I'm extremely happy with my purchase. A windows phone may help me get to post a facebook pic one click faster, but that really doesn't matter to me.
                            I use a DSLR for camera so not even the bestest of the best phone camera can replace my cam.

                            I like the iPhone only because it is the reason that Androids are getting better in such a quick pace.

                            I hate Apple because it hinders innovation. Apple never innovated anything. All they did is steal ideas that existed over the past few decades, and patent it.

                            The inventors of the technology didn't patent it because they supported innovation. They wanted others to copy so technology gets better for end users.

                            If you notice, Nokia had the simplest user interface a couple of years back. Almost every other manufactures copied it. Including Sony Erricson phones. Only the location of the menu button and back button were interchanged. Yes, they copied, but what was the end result? Both Nokia and Sony users got best of eachother. Now that's innovation. That's how companies should be so that no matter what we own, be it a WP or iP or a Droid, we have the latest and the greatest. And we have a life by cherishing the features in our phone rather than fighting like retards that mine is better than yours.

                            Regarding Apple's innovation, please don't mistake that I'm blabbering because I have facts to support it

                            http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wFeC25BM9E0

                            Thank you for taking your time off to read my comment. I really wish all of you keep an open mind when looking at a phone.

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                              • AnonD-73108
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                              • 24 Sep 2012


                              My wife and I bought Apple 4’s when they came out, after only one month my wife’s iPhone stopped working. I contacted Apple many many times and it took more than 6 weeks to finally have Apple to repair the phone free of charge even though it was under their so called warranty.
                              I was given very bad information by the Apple employees for the repair for the phone and the arrogance I received exceeded anything I have been submitted to by any other company in this world.
                              Have you ever tried to contact Apple via email? Virtually impossible as no Apple email address can be found on the net except media@apple.com
                              I contacted them with my story about the treatment I received and then I finally got some emails out of Apple.
                              If you want to really let Apple know how you feel about these injustices done by this arrogant company then contact these people:
                              Jayesh Kamath jayesh.k@apple.com Janine Beach jbeach@apple.com Frank Teo frank_teo@apple.com media.help@apple.com Shelley Reid sreid1@asia.apple.com media@apple.com

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                                • Anonymous
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                                • 24 Sep 2012

                                [deleted post]So in reality Apple is not telling the truth. They promised Qualcomm now its different? So how is Apple so convincingly great? Really its a slap in the face for all fans out there. Please Steve Jobs, come back and get rid of this CEO.

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                                  • Anonymous
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                                  • 24 Sep 2012

                                  [deleted post]Don't worry kostac this "person" has no evidence to back up their claims and likes to mouth off like some 2 year old child at a toy store. You know who you are. Might even be a 2 year old. On every comment this person has been writing a load of crap with no facts to back up. Its just his/her opinion really so people don't get angry with a 2 year old please.

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                                    • thefearfulsilence
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                                    • 24 Sep 2012

                                    It's the fault of the customer for dropping it 'wrong'. An OTA patch will be made available to provide a more accurate indicator of the chipping ;)

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                                      • kostac-GR
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                                      • 24 Sep 2012

                                      iSJ5, 24 Sep 2012omg! Why you talking about your self? :pthank you for prooving my point :D

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                                        • 24 Sep 2012

                                        [deleted post]stop repeating this! i feel special with apple!