Scuffgate...

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runawayprisoner

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So... apparently, some "black iPhone 5" do get scuffed, and when they get scuffed, the silver-gray look of aluminum underneath is "exposed". And according to many first-day owners, that's not how the phone is "supposed to be".

Last I heard, some first-day iPhone owners (detail: mostly US owners) are organizing a class action lawsuit... much like with "antennaegate". Why? Because it's a world-class problem!

And some others have proclaimed that will switch to Android because Android phones don't get "exposed".

Your thoughts?



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I'm still not seeing any evidence of a class action lawsuit, and no links to real media articles - just to one dubious thread at Macrumors, and while one CNet blogger has picked it up, I don't see that the larger media is tracking this.

Besides, I truly don't see the point of this. No phone is scratch proof. If there's truly a material defect and there's truly a lawsuit, then I'll let this thread stand, but in the meantime I say that let the phone that is scratchproof cast the first stone. I'm locking.

And Runawayprisoner this is the second time that I've asked you for links on this (the other time was in another thread). If you are going to post up something controversial, I would ask you to please back it up with links. Otherwise it just looks like you are trolling.

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If you can't post a link to this alleged class action lawsuit, I'll lock it as trolling...

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So, you're saying, if you scratch a painted surface, the material underneath is exposed? Sounds like a flimsy lawsuit, if true.
 
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Suspicious-Teach8788

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maybe it gets scuffed easily, but this has always been a complaint of mine about aluminum parts. My Droid 1 has plenty of chips and paint chips. It's not great.
 
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They do not make colored aluminum so the coating will always show true color if scratched/scuffed,etc.
This would be a rediculous lawsuit and or complaint
 
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Assuming it is true, even as much as I would love to see some misfortune fall on Apple for the abuse I have personally suffered from executives at that company, this would be a completely pointless and idiotic lawsuit that should not just be thrown out of court, but punitive fines issued against the people filing it for wasting the time of the courts.
 
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Fx1

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A review posted that his black one had silver edges in one day.

Haha crap version of anodising it seems
 
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badb0y

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Black 16GB here in pristine condition, threw a case on just in case though.
 
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Fx1

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57 pages on mac rumours of people opening the box and having chips and even dents in the aluminium lol.

So much for apple quality

Apple are so stupid. Everyone knows you only anodise Alu and never paint steel
 
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Infrnl said:
They do not make colored aluminum so the coating will always show true color if scratched/scuffed,etc.
This would be a rediculous lawsuit and or complaint
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Thus the popularity of hard coat anodizing on aluminum over the last decade or so, which is provides a colored coat which is harder than steel and very scratch/wear resistant. This allows them to survive harsh duty applications such as gun parts and engine pullies, yet still gives you the same finish/color as standard anodizing.

Unfortunately, this process would cost a few cents extra per phone over the fragile standard anodizing employed on the iPhone.
 
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Apex said:
Thus the popularity of hard coat anodizing on aluminum over the last decade or so, which is provides a colored coat which is harder than steel and very scratch/wear resistant. This allows them to survive harsh duty applications such as gun parts and engine pullies, yet still gives you the same finish/color as standard anodizing.

Unfortunately, this process would cost a few cents extra per phone over the fragile standard anodizing employed on the iPhone.
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I have some pretty expensive guns and it makes me laugh how apple thought they could paint steel and get away with it.

The gun industry has only been trying to do it for years with moderate success using dura coat type paints and high temp curing.

Apple comes along sticks some magic marker on and thinks its going to hold. I can't wait for 2 months time when they will look shit.

They won't ever again say the plastic used in Samsung is a bad thing.

Even HTC knows how to do it right lol
 
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lothar

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http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=1445493
Doesn't seem like it's a small problem.
76 pages detailing the "scuffgate" issue.
39.2% of black iPhone owners already had it scuffed out of the box before they even opened it.
Another 8.79% mentioned it scuffed a few days later.(iPhone 5 has been available for how many days?)

Apple could solve this problem by not being cheap or by making iPhones available only in silver(and not black or white), similar to Ford Model T available in only Black. ;)

And here I was thinking the theme for iPhone5 would be "Mapgate".
Antennagate, Batterygate, and now Scuffgate?
 
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AHAHAHAHAHAHA!
 
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