Apple iPhone 5 aluminum shell plagued by chipping issues
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- fonehunter
- v0X
- 22 Sep 2012
this is intended design. to be fixed in iphone 5s.
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- Anonymous
- vMe
- 22 Sep 2012
no voice calls/ simultaneous data, maps are ridiculed, now this.. seems like things r gettin worse and worse for the ip5..
think most knew this already as there are plenty of newly purchased ip5 pics floating around the net showing the easily chipped/scuffed aluminum sported on the new iphone.
not good
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- Anonymous
- v0q
- 22 Sep 2012
Hmmm no iphone fans in sight. The truth must really hurt them
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- AnonD-3678
- P5p
- 22 Sep 2012
Anonymous, 22 Sep 2012First the ilost maps, and now this???? Omg i feel sorry for... moreWhen iPhone 6 is launch, Apple maps will led fanboys to wrong destination instead of Apple stores.
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- AnonD-71332
- 3sE
- 22 Sep 2012
mir, 22 Sep 2012Very well said!Amazing I couldn't have said it better even if I tried.
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- Anonymous
- HKI
- 22 Sep 2012
I'm in the UK, mine turned up,chipped and scratched, not impressed,so I returned mine, I'm not waiting 2-3 weeks for a replacement.
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- 0F3
- 22 Sep 2012
apple is really clever. they sell out first their second grade phone because they know ipeople really can't wait to have one... :))
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- Anonymous
- v0q
- 22 Sep 2012
When Apple execs began to think like business suits--that lawsuits are a good alternative for profits--they started slacking on technology. They used to not mind being copied, because they knew they could outdo the copiers and much quicker. It was all good for consumers. Now, it's a different game--manufacturers will be VERY careful with their designs to avoid stepping on someone's patents. The consumers will not get the same speed of innovation as they used to.
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- Anonymous
- gLK
- 22 Sep 2012
apple has been stupid here, htc tried the same coating with the one s and it had the same problems, they should have had their ears open when this was happening bt they were too busy counting cash
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- Dragonlance
- swm
- 22 Sep 2012
It's becoming so obvious how U favourize apple and need to find excuse for every fail they have... This must not happen with theost expensive phone! But since poor china ppl are being tortured to make them, Im glad that apple has those issues!
shame on them and the ones who are writing these posts, nott being objective as they should be...
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- Mr.C
- HKI
- 22 Sep 2012
I'm in the UK, mine turned up,chipped and scratched, not impressed,so I returned mine, I'm not waiting 2-3 weeks for a replacement.
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- Elhouderi
- fwV
- 22 Sep 2012
Come on !!!!!!
What is that Apple!!!!!
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- synot
- 8fE
- 22 Sep 2012
Anonymous, 22 Sep 2012First the ilost maps, and now this???? Omg i feel sorry for... morethey will all strip after sweat from your hand start penetrate it, i have experiencd it before with phones made in china, its just surface coating
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- mir
- YTM
- 22 Sep 2012
Anonymous, 22 Sep 2012Plastic is very good material. Nothing wrong with plastic. ... moreVery well said!
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- Anonymous
- v0q
- 22 Sep 2012
Sorry iphone fans. If this is the case of aluminum vs plastic, then plastic > aluminum all day.. Nuff' said.
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- Anonymous
- v0q
- 22 Sep 2012
Plastic is very good material. Nothing wrong with plastic. And only the ignorant think there's just one kind of plastic. Even luxury cars use some plastic and they're now used in mission-critical applications like handguns, jet canopies, high-end impact resistant sunglasses, etc. In sports cars, the most expensive, the very best ones use plastic bodies (yes, those carbon fiber shells are carbon-fiber-reinforced polymer or carbon-fiber-reinforced plastic - CFRP ).
Very good plastic can resist scratches and dents better than aluminum or glass. And when they do scratch, the resin can be same-colored so the scratches won't be very visible.
And what's the iPhone made of? Glass? Aluminum? These are not "exotic" material. Basically glass is processed sand. Aluminum is the most abundant metal in the Earth's crust. So please stop pretending it's diamond and gold!
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- hahaha
- thc
- 22 Sep 2012
that's gonna be improved on the iphone 5s/6.. hahaha..
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- iSJ5
- t7X
- 22 Sep 2012
i want iphone 5 with gold body!
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- A.N.ALbright
- 39x
- 22 Sep 2012
Is the article correct? Is the case anodized aluminium that has then been painted black? Or is it black anodized aluminium. Anodized black and painted black are totally different things.
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- AnonD-3678
- P5p
- 22 Sep 2012
Steve Jobs respond to iPhone 4 antenna problem was "Just avoid holding it in that way". To this problem better if the user "just avoid looking it that way", i.e. use sun glasses.