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iPhone 5
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planar1280
Banned
The way verge was trolling every statement in the announcement it doesnt suprise me
He did mention that. LaPorte has single handedly ruined several people's relationship with Apple now, including his own.
CrunchinJelly
formerly cjelly
I dunno. Seems weird to give a device to somewhere like CNET (anyone even still visit there?) and ignore Verge and Macworld.
They must have pissed somebody off.
Guilty by association.
That report from the covert Foxxcon employee last week. His job was plugging holes with tape for a paint process, so yeah it's possible.
Correlation is not causation. Ihnatko hasn't suffered any access. Neither has superfan Siegler.
Gary Whitta
Member
I don't buy this black scuff mark thing, more than one source would be reporting it by now. SCUFFGATE.
The color of my 4S is pretty much the same to me... Had it for a year.
-Pyromaniac-
Member
inb4 consumer reports vendetta part deux
Mapgate will be supplanted by SCUFFGATE.
jts
...hate me...
This can't be serious.
If it's a paint job that scratches off so easily, Apple must have noticed it.
Any other sources yet?
-Pyromaniac-
Member
LOL at apple snubbing the verge if that is indeed the case.
Gary Whitta
Member
LyleLanley
Banned
Wait, what did The Verge do to get the snub? I thought they loved Apple, isn't Topolsky a bit of an Apple fanboy?
I don't think so, I thought his main phone was an Android.
-Pyromaniac-
Member
not at all, topolsky has been an androider for a while now.
jts
...hate me...
Yet, it looks thin as shit, and hot as hell. I'm still going to get the black one.
But holy shit will it hurt the first time I drop this phone and expose the aluminum. Like, really bad.
LyleLanley
Banned
I guess this shows how long it's been since I've read anything from them. Maybe he was an Apple fan back in the Engadget days.
Topolsky is going on a popular NBC show tomorrow night to show off the iPhone, I don't think they didn't get a unit.
Snell probably shouldn't be telling everyone he expected to be getting a unit. Even if everyone knows you have one, you're supposed to be NDA'ed and not say so.
Snell probably shouldn't be telling everyone he expected to be getting a unit. Even if everyone knows you have one, you're supposed to be NDA'ed and not say so.
The Verge is pretty objective in my mind. They all use a mix of iPhone and Android. Topolsky has been on a Galaxy Nexus for a while. I agree with the general consensus there that Android's software has caught up for the most part and surpassed iOS in some measures, but they bemoan the lack of stock options. Although touchwiz isn't nearly as bad as it used to be.
Steve wouldn't have let this happen.
Yeah, I think it might be something really minor that they noticed under a certain light or something.. but if it is true, the white version would be superior. :s
AppleSmack
Banned
so what do people think of maps?
LyleLanley
Banned
I've heard the Aluminum isn't even Retina quality!
He has an iPhone 4S and Galaxy Nexus, but I guess Apple is mad because The Verge were saying how bad the patent demands are for the industry, etc.
NYR
Member
If you need a case just to protect the paint job, I'm out. Sorry, I'll be the first to admit I stay on the Apple bandwagon often and almost no matter what, but that is unacceptable product quality for something you move around a lot and stuff in and out of a pocket, just asking for it to scratch so easily.
A case should be optional, never mandatory.
A case should be optional, never mandatory.
Gary Whitta
Member
The annoying thing is even when buying from the retail store at launch you don't get to see the phone in the flesh before you have to decide which SKU you want, you have to decide which one you want while outside in the line. Although sometimes blueshirts DO bring a demo model out to let people see. Hmmm...
CrunchinJelly
formerly cjelly
Free Otterbox for everyone.
Wow. That sounds pretty shitty if true.
Honestly, I agree. I know I'm in the minority, but I've never had a case on my 4S and it still looks great.
NYR
Member
I'm just going to leave mine in the box, and forward calls to my ghetto Samsung flip phone from 2004.
CliqWriter
Member
The lies.
Gary Whitta
Member
Worst thing you can do after buying a beautiful piece of industrial design is slap a fugly case on it.
nhlducks35
Member
I'll wait until I actually receive my iPhone, but I am contemplating returning one if this is true. I too don't use a case with any of my phones.
Mammoth Jones
Member
scratchgate confirmed!
This should be Ive's tombstone.
LyleLanley
Banned
Is it too soon to blame Obama for Scuffgate?
Wow already? When I read their press release saying, "LTE in Philly by the end of the year" I was thinking more like late December lol
Mammoth Jones
Member
I slap a nice case on it because I hate my phones getting scuffed when out and about and laying it on a desk and it sliding everywhere.
I tend to take it out of the case at my desk but I have a small microfiber cloth I place my nekkid phone on. I do the same thing at home. But when commuting? Case. Of course I gotta be careful w/ my case. I had an incase slider on my 3G that destroyed the back of the phone with nasty scuff marks.
-Pyromaniac-
Member
If you have to get a case get the super thin feather cases. Otherwise NAKED 4 LYFE.
I call dibs on the thread!