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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  • Anonymous
  • vaN
  • 22 Sep 2012

inder , 22 Sep 2012due to made in china"Everything" is made in china. This is failed QC by apple. Yamaha make quality motorcycles in China and Indonesia, because they have a QC, Honda make garbage motorcycles in all their factories (outside of Japan) coz they dont have a functioning QC process. Im willing to bet that Yamaha made in china is better than HInda made in Japan. So this is apple fail, not China. China dont even know what QC is, its all up to the mother company.

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    • deepairdiver
    • nFt
    • 22 Sep 2012

    apple have now patented this idea and will actively sue those who copy it...

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      • haha
      • 3RM
      • 22 Sep 2012

      it's the new innovative apple fingerprint technology. It gives the devices dents and scratches so every iphone is trully unique :DDDD

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        • Xenocid
        • LaK
        • 22 Sep 2012

        If you wanna an iPhone 5 without dents you might pay a double price.

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          • AnonD-26870
          • 3RQ
          • 22 Sep 2012

          Anonymous, 22 Sep 2012A knock off BMW made in China90% phones are made in China. That's not a solid fact :)

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            • kostac-GR
            • JEb
            • 22 Sep 2012

            chroneek, 22 Sep 2012And i hate to say it but yall are so corny with iDent, you ... morefrom where i am standing, VERY!! :D

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              • chroneek
              • 7Aw
              • 22 Sep 2012

              AnonD-40848, 22 Sep 2012What an innovation! iDent!! xDalmost as innovational as your comment? iDent? Wow!

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                • Anonymous
                • TK0
                • 22 Sep 2012

                my black iphone5 had some scratch too

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                  • AnonD-26870
                  • 3RQ
                  • 22 Sep 2012

                  Anonymous, 22 Sep 2012Aluminum IS metal. May i ask if you are an apple fanboy so ... moreOk, I overreacted with non metal thing but Aluminium is not steel to be so surprised that paint doesn't stays that good on it.
                  Plus, I feel offended to be called a fanboy since I don't praise any of these companies(like I'd own them) like all those millions brainless.
                  If i'm pleased to buy today an Samsung product, I'm happy with it. If next year Apple/Sony/etc offers me something better than the next Samsung I'm happy with it and so on ... :)

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                    • Anonymous
                    • QGM
                    • 22 Sep 2012

                    lol, they will indroduce iPaint Garantied!

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                      • Anonymous
                      • QY3
                      • 22 Sep 2012

                      ithehappy, 22 Sep 2012The article is about iPhone and look at the comments, all t... moreA knock off BMW made in China

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                        • AnonD-5197
                        • qbY
                        • 22 Sep 2012

                        Apple is using cheap aluminum materials to cut corners...

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                          • Anonymous
                          • 3sA
                          • 22 Sep 2012

                          I don't think that this is normal.Sony Xperia P has alluminium unibody and there are no scratches on the phone(the color doesn't matter).

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                            • q}Z
                            • 22 Sep 2012

                            Looks like cheap plastics are BETTER than ur nice "aluminum glass" look. Samsung ftw!

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                              • chroneek
                              • 7Aw
                              • 22 Sep 2012

                              And i hate to say it but yall are so corny with iDent, you really think your that funny?

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                                • chroneek
                                • 7Aw
                                • 22 Sep 2012

                                android fans are going to love this lmao. here come the nerds.

                                  The article is about iPhone and look at the comments, all those Fandroid jibber jabber, who has no work in real life.
                                  Anyway, I will buy a dented phoned in peace, cause I know it's a BMW with a small scratch, which is way superior that a new Tata Nano.
                                  Get the point? Now get out.

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                                    • kostac-GR
                                    • JEb
                                    • 22 Sep 2012

                                    AnonD-26870, 22 Sep 2012Dude, that's not metal!!! If you'd have been to school you'... morewhat do you mean "aluminum is not metal"?
                                    does it grow on trees or something?

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                                      • kostac-GR
                                      • JEb
                                      • 22 Sep 2012

                                      gingerbreadman, 22 Sep 2012i was really looking out for the iphone 5, was ready to giv... morego for the ONE-S (z520e not z560e)or wait for the quad core Krait from HTC, it will pop up eventually ;)

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                                        • AnonD-65230
                                        • fqx
                                        • 22 Sep 2012

                                        Dont you worry iFans, apple gonna come up with iPaint to address this issue, certainly another addition to the iphone's accessories list --> one more reason to buy an iphone. Order will start soon... $0.99 on apple store