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
  • N7A
  • 22 Sep 2012

The cheap plastic turned out better than the expensive metal,...I rest my case .

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    • Anonymous
    • v0q
    • 22 Sep 2012

    AnonD-71332, 22 Sep 2012Amazing I couldn't have said it better even if I tried. In fact, the original iPhone was made of aluminum and PLASTIC, and the iPhone 3G was made almost entirely from a HARD PLASTIC material. These are the sturdiest iPhones ever built. Even today most of them still decent.

    So nothing wrong with choosing plastic. Samsung chose well.

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      • Anonymous
      • IWd
      • 22 Sep 2012

      AnonD-3678, 22 Sep 2012Steve Jobs respond to iPhone 4 antenna problem was "Ju... moreLol... indeed.... :-)

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        • Anonymous
        • JiD
        • 22 Sep 2012

        kumar, 22 Sep 2012what a shame, so what now apple fanboys, the prediction of ... more"a small subset of buyers"

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          • LCD screen too..!!
          • kcB
          • 22 Sep 2012

          there are more than just a cosmetic defects on ip5, here are some people [iFan] reporting defects with their LCD screen, too --> https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4332245?tstart=0

          have fun all iFans!! L0L

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            • kumar
            • P@1
            • 22 Sep 2012

            what a shame, so what now apple fanboys, the prediction of sale of this ip5 is going to Drop by now... lol... lol.. lol... lol.....

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              • Anonymous
              • vMe
              • 22 Sep 2012

              Anonymous, 22 Sep 2012pathetic how the paint chips, you spend all that money, and... moreguess maybe the fans shoulda waited for some actual reviews before they went out and spent serious cash..
              but i guess it is branded with 'iphone' .. lol

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                • oujisan
                • ftb
                • 22 Sep 2012

                Wow.. EPIC FAIL...

                then again Found many other phones with issues out the box.

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                  • yasay
                  • 6px
                  • 22 Sep 2012

                  blame it on lame Chinese workers..they don't know quality.

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                    • Anonymous
                    • QGM
                    • 22 Sep 2012

                    pathetic how the paint chips, you spend all that money, and the paint can chip

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                      • Anonymous
                      • vMe
                      • 22 Sep 2012

                      AnonD-26870, 22 Sep 2012Dude, that's not metal!!! If you'd have been to school you'... moredude ur tripping!! haha aluminum is most definitely a metal.. google it lol

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                        • Anonymous
                        • 3LS
                        • 22 Sep 2012

                        AnonD-26870, 22 Sep 2012Dude, that's not metal!!! If you'd have been to school you'... moreSorry Cnick you need to go back to school again and study about metal and non-metal again if you still dont believe please read this before you open your mouth LOL
                        http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aluminium

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                          • Anonymous
                          • v0q
                          • 22 Sep 2012

                          AnonD-26870, 22 Sep 2012Dude, that's not metal!!! If you'd have been to school you'... moreAluminum IS metal. May i ask if you are an apple fanboy so i can excuse your stupidity?

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                            • 3RQ
                            • 22 Sep 2012

                            AnonD-69442, 22 Sep 2012hahahaha cheap plastic z better than expensive metal.... pr... moreDude, that's not metal!!! If you'd have been to school you'd learn that Aluminium is not a metal. Iphones 4 and 4S had a metal frame :)

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                              • Anonymous
                              • 3LS
                              • 22 Sep 2012

                              AnonD-71586, 22 Sep 2012I heard some people saying that they don't like android pho... moreI agree with you RT324, Iphone is for dummies and with every iphone sale you can count how many are there in this world lol

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                                • AnonD-24476
                                • 7qA
                                • 22 Sep 2012

                                Really Missing Steve JOBS!! If he was alive he wouldn have allowed such lame things to happen, MAPS, Defective body. Infact he wouldnt have launched IOS maps.

                                Time for Nokia, It is continuously showing quality products like Lumia 800, 900, 610, 710, 920, 820.

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                                  • gingerbreadman
                                  • f3U
                                  • 22 Sep 2012

                                  i was really looking out for the iphone 5, was ready to give up powerhouse phones, and wigets on home screens, even the costum ability of android.
                                  the last few months i saw some of the best phones ever being lunched all over the world, i followed all of the, check out all the specs, but the one i waited for the most was the iphone 5. alot killed it for me on lunch day, the fact that the iphone5 is really just an updated iphone4 and not a new design, but the maps totally stoped me from byinging it. byt this is why i am glad i never bought it. I will insted give my money to htc as even though the one x has a few thing not going for it, built wize, its alot better.

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                                    • Anonymous
                                    • P4U
                                    • 22 Sep 2012

                                    iPOOR 5 fail . Users with this 'mobile' , are BETA Users. lol !

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                                      • AnonD-69442
                                      • U{h
                                      • 22 Sep 2012

                                      hahahaha cheap plastic z better than expensive metal.... proved :)

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                                        • AnonD-71586
                                        • 0Un
                                        • 22 Sep 2012

                                        I heard some people saying that they don't like android phones because they look/feel cheap. Let me tell you my friends this is what true cheapness is. Never have i seen or heard anything like this, especially coming from a mid range device with a high end price. People who want a phone for what it can do buy other os phones. Iphone is for people that don't care and don't want to bother, the reason why ios works so smothly is the fact that you can't alter it, it's designed for people that don't know a thing about phones. It's made in such a way that it'll work smothly no matter what you'll do to it, that's why it has all these limitations.