*** iPhone 5 - Revealed! ***
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oh the joys of jumping in with two feet on new products ha! Thanks all you newb testers! Makes my life easy.
Man of Honour
It's a very minor mark, not worth posting a picture of. But it just goes to show that if it marks that easy, come a few weeks time when you're not as careful putting it down on surfaces or pulling it out of your pocket and it will potentially look quite bad
Caporegime
Mine is in perfect condition, I usually take care of my things so all of my iPhones have remained in perfect condition. Although, if I did damage this I'd be annoyed. Any good places to get insurance?
Also; anyone had any problems with music play back? Earlier mine was skipping/repeating at random and I was unable to stop it playing? (would close the Music App but it would just continue playing, start playing as soon as it was switched back on after a switch off or reset)
Also; anyone had any problems with music play back? Earlier mine was skipping/repeating at random and I was unable to stop it playing? (would close the Music App but it would just continue playing, start playing as soon as it was switched back on after a switch off or reset)
Caporegime
Get a case 
Soldato
Get a case
And be overjoyed you paid x amount for a well manufactured and lovely feeling phone just to shove it in one
It's it's first full charge for ***** sake. Buyers remorse and looking for a reason to send it back?
My wifes 4S was terrible the first two or three charges and then it settled down.
It's it's first full charge for ***** sake. Buyers remorse and looking for a reason to send it back?
My wifes 4S was terrible the first two or three charges and then it settled down.
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Man of Honour
Get a case
Getting a case for an iPhone is like putting a Fiat Panda bodykit on a Ferrari. Why spend all that money on a phone that takes pride in the brilliance of its design if you're just going to cover it up with a case. Utterly pointless
Guys , this has f all to do with batches the coating is fragile , same as HTC one s on hard angles etc the coating wont stand up no amount of batch changes will alter that fact .
Apple has made a VERY fast phone the fastest so far by the looks of it , and kudos to them .
But they have screwed up the construction.
Lighter is all good and well , but its a human fact that weight equates to quality. same with speakers cars etc .... if they had made the ip5 from stainless steel instead of alu . added weight yes but durable.
As for people getting a brand new over £500 phone marked and dented and saying its ok , get a grip ffs if you bought a new car and it was dented , would you say , ahhhh it ok it will be dented in future?.
or a tv and it had a bash ? ... No I didn't think so ....
Steve Jobs would never have let this happen , although we had antenna gate .
but tbh I think the poor guy at that time had more on his mind than the arieal on the iphone 4
Apple has made a VERY fast phone the fastest so far by the looks of it , and kudos to them .
But they have screwed up the construction.
Lighter is all good and well , but its a human fact that weight equates to quality. same with speakers cars etc .... if they had made the ip5 from stainless steel instead of alu . added weight yes but durable.
As for people getting a brand new over £500 phone marked and dented and saying its ok , get a grip ffs if you bought a new car and it was dented , would you say , ahhhh it ok it will be dented in future?.
or a tv and it had a bash ? ... No I didn't think so ....
Steve Jobs would never have let this happen , although we had antenna gate .
but tbh I think the poor guy at that time had more on his mind than the arieal on the iphone 4
Sig worthy.
Caporegime
Because phones aren't indestructible
Also I'm not a girl and don't wear it like a fashion accessory
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Because accidents happen and your example is retarded.
You buy a case to protect it, not to change the looks.
If you feel comfortable walking around with a £500-700 device that could be dropped at any time then that's your problem.
Criticising others (or the suggestion) for getting a case is just daft.
There is lots of stock of contract phones, PAYG are rare.
Neither the Bristol or Bath stores had any 16/32GB PAYG iP5s when I phoned but had stock of all the contract phones.
I've had one reserved apparently, but I'm going to phone up and double check.
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While the iPhone is a very pretty phone it's still just a phone, if a case helps it or gives you peace of mind then put it in a bloody case. I always found the 4 more comfortable in a bumper and that was more valuable than it looking pretty.
He was a marketing monkey, exactly the kind of person to let this sort of thing happen but who cares? The man's dead and can't change anything, get over it.
Judging by the impact tests you're going to have to work hard to do serious damage to the 5, a bit unfortunate they spoil that by making it very prone to cosmetic damage but it's probably better than the other way around.