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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  • 24 Sep 2012

MCRL, 24 Sep 2012I agree with you, your freedom is impossible with Apple.forgot freedom! feel special with apple!

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    • AnonD-43447
    • 0Cd
    • 24 Sep 2012

    ok, maybe I exagerated a bit. It's not like the difference between smart and aston martin. The idea is that android can do a lot of things, while ios can't. The argument that iphone 5 is better than s3 note 2, and so on is wrong due to an simple OS like IOS.

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      • 0Cd
      • 24 Sep 2012

      For all iphone fans who are saying that iphone is much faster with a less powerfull processor. IOS is like a small engine in a little smart, while android is a beast, aston martin v12. And another thing for iphone fans, shut up and change your wallpaper, that's all you can customize.

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        • 24 Sep 2012

        Anonymous, 24 Sep 2012It is the iChameleon. After 6 months of use it will transfo... moreonly the iCrap 5. LOL

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          • Anonymous
          • mAM
          • 24 Sep 2012

          It is the iChameleon. After 6 months of use it will transform, different color , different shape. What other phone can do that?

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            • Anonymous
            • iJJ
            • 24 Sep 2012

            I notice that the edge of the screen glass is still not properly protected by a bezel... ie. ready to break from the edge when it is subjected to pressure in this location from keys or coins in the same pocket!

            There have been more than enough broken screens on previous models to imply this is a *deliberate* weakness built-in by Apple to make sure your over-priced toy meets an un-timely demise, which you will (incorrectly) blame yourself for and so either buy another one or pay inflated repair bills... and that's even before the need for a battery replacement kills it!

            How do these guys keep managing to dodge class-actions?

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              • 24 Sep 2012

              AnonD-43447, 24 Sep 2012LG said....Everything that was impossible will be possible.... moreI agree with you, your freedom is impossible with Apple.

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                • hossein
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                • 24 Sep 2012

                samsung100-apple 1

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                  • Fuji
                  • 2Cd
                  • 24 Sep 2012

                  Apple will change it if u report it. But Samsung still stays cheap plastic... trolled!

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                    • nXE
                    • 24 Sep 2012

                    AnonD-43447, 24 Sep 2012LG said....Everything that was impossible will be possible.... morehahahhaha ... cant agree with u more ... POSSIBLE became IMPOSSIBLE ...

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                      • mn7
                      • 24 Sep 2012

                      Stoll better than plastic, LoL

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                        • 24 Sep 2012

                        Moogle Stiltzkin, 24 Sep 2012Cheap china products >->; by apple. Whereas Samsun... moreIts MADE in CHINA vs Made in Korea products... Apple is fooling all around ... congrats to FOOLS

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                          • 24 Sep 2012

                          THEPIONEER, 24 Sep 2012Where is that add of apple for samsung... "Cheap Plast... morehahah ... very well said dude ... 1000000000000000% agree with you :d

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                            • Moogle Stiltzkin
                            • IVy
                            • 24 Sep 2012

                            Cheap china products >->; by apple.

                            Whereas Samsung's factories are over in South Korea.

                            Nuff said :}

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                              • 24 Sep 2012

                              Well it doesn't seem that the problem is in the paint , I've read an article about that and they examined those scuffs under a microscope and found that the problem is in the metal itself , you know that the metal shell of this phone is not 100% alluminum , it's called alluminum alloy so it's composed of alluminum and some other metals like steel maybe and the problem seems to be in the process of making this alloy ,ie the metals that compose this alloy are not held together perfectly so they'll wear out easily , and if that is true, well, that means Apple is having severe issues with quality control.

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                                • pu2
                                • 24 Sep 2012

                                Where is that add of apple for samsung... "Cheap Plastic" at least that cheap plastic is better than this.. Get your new iphone 5 and then give it for repainting in a workshop... :P... the only option for Appleians to survive.... LOL

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                                  • ny7
                                  • 24 Sep 2012

                                  LG said....Everything that was impossible will be possible. Apple should say :''everything that was possible will be impossible''. No bluetooth transfer, no easy music and video transfer, it was possible to have flash player, apple made it impossible, it was possible to have a spare battery, apple made that impossible, it was possible to have a nice unscratched phone, apple made it impossible,it was possible to have a nice universal charger, apple made that impossible,it was possible to transfer videos on your computer without the need to download a special video player, apple made that impossible( quick time player),it was possible to buy a phone and be free to do everything, apple made that impossible by charging various things even after buying the phone, before it was ok to buy a phone and still have money for a burger, apple changed that and made you homeless 3 days in front of the store. Thanks apple, no one can do it like you!

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                                    • 24 Sep 2012

                                    edward, 24 Sep 2012you stfu you never know that android is opensource, not lik... moreif spec. obssessed folk,,its in real life that it counts IOS still fast using little power and consistent..

                                    btw you said that android is open source! yes! open in malwares and not safe in virus attacks right! thats that real meaning of open source and i dont like it!

                                    And you also said that iOS is lagy! what???? LOL! i never facing lags in iOS, even a single core it will run iOS good!

                                    android need more cores better gpu gigs of ram and what so ever coz its lagy, worst os ever!

                                    Right!
                                    so whos the crap? think about it!

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                                      • RsV
                                      • 24 Sep 2012

                                      now everyone will find out the difference between Sony aluminum uni body and Apple aluminum shell. VIVA SONY...

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                                        • 24 Sep 2012

                                        iPhone 5 is getting soft, it becomes shit now that Steve is gone. I'm glad I bought the 4S, which I think is the last one of the Steve Jobs' era, and it's also that last iPhone for me :)
                                        Apple is trying to sue everyone now, I hate that, they're really rich already. They also won 1 billion dollars from Samsung, now they want 707 million more. I think they are running greedy bastards, I'm not gonna support greedy bastards.