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post #41 of 109
7/31/08 at 8:30am
Just looked my white iPhone over... not even a hint of a scratch.

I'm sure if something noteworthy ever developed I wouldn't have trouble getting it replaced.

This sort of thing almost always seems much bigger when you read about it on the internet. Poor Apple, they do have a vocal lot! But that's a good thing in a sense... makes for much better products. Other companies can roll out entire shipments with flaws without even a hint of complaint on the internet.

My chargers have no cracks too... all who-knows-how-many of them.

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Honestly, it serves them right for buying a white iPhone, which is clearly the ugliest thing since Kate Moss. In fact, I think the cracks make the white ones look better.

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post #42 of 109
7/31/08 at 8:34am
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Hey, slow down. It wasn't meant as an insult. I have nothing against people who are gay, my brother is gay. He also likes the white iPhone.

I'm married and have an eleven year old daughter, and until now believed I was pretty much in touch with my sexuality as a fifty year old heterosexual male, but guess what????? I like the white iPhone too. Now, this is just too much. I mean, judging from your post, I'm sure this must mean something, I'm just not sure what.

Oh my God, I just realized that I also really liked my first iPod, and yes.... it was WHITE! Please Abby, I mean Hutcho, help me see the light here.

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post #43 of 109
7/31/08 at 8:36am
Just say no to crack.

Older iBooks often have hairline cracks on their corners.
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post #44 of 109
7/31/08 at 8:36am
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Don't get me wrong I will never go buy a dell or hp, but come on Apple why do you keep using inferior plastics. This is the same exact problem we had with the MacBooks keyboard surface. Both my wife, sister, and sister in law all have the same problem with their computers.
If Apple truly wants to set themselves apart they cannot afford stupid errors like this. They need to switch to a better grade of plastic or just stick to aluminum. I am hoping this is just a mistake and not intentional.

Below are two pictures of my sister and wife's computers. Keep in mind these are taken after the plastic plate has already been replaced once.

Dude, place ridiculously high-res pictures on photobucket, Flickr or similar site and link to it or scale it down to something smaller than the res of consumer computers. Embedding huge pictures is just rude and makes thread navigation a bit more tedious.
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post #45 of 109
7/31/08 at 8:37am
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Maybe I was too harsh.. if you're a girl, or you want people to know you are gay from a far, before they start talking to you, then I guess the white iPhone is ok..

you need a few hundred years social evolution ... until then go back to your cave
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post #46 of 109
7/31/08 at 8:38am
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Below are two pictures of my sister and wife's computers. Keep in mind these are taken after the plastic plate has already been replaced once.

Dude, you need a lesson in photo manipulation. In iPhoto it is very easy, you just export to a given size. In Photoshop you choose Image / Image Size. Reducing you images by at least 50% would make them easier to read. When those two photos loaded they nearly knocked out the side off my 20" iMac. My doc (vertical) got all squished.
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post #47 of 109
7/31/08 at 8:39am
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Originally Posted by Hutcho View Post

Honestly, it serves them right for buying a white iPhone, which is clearly the ugliest thing since Kate Moss. In fact, I think the cracks make the white ones look better.

Apple should just change the casing to the iPhone from Black or White to a Marble Black or White version. That way, tiny stress cracks will blend in naturally with the faux marble cracks.

That said, it gives me more reasons to hold off purchasing an iPhone for now. What with MobileMe, the App Store apps crashing (are they still doing that?) and now these small imperfections in product design. I wonder during the "test" phase of the new plastic casing of the iPhone if any cracks were reported, what was Apples discussion with R&D - 'Grin and Bare It'?! How many peeved customers does Apple consider within the realm of acceptability.

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post #48 of 109
7/31/08 at 8:40am
OK, I have a white iPhone and doesn't have any cracks so far.

And no, I don't think it's indicative of homosexuality, haven't most of you owned white iPods before? iBooks? G5 or G4 iMacs? The MacBook is most commonly sold in white unless you want to pay the extra $50.

I chose white mainly because AI's pictures suggested faint scratching only after its first wipe with a lint cloth. I do wish they'd completed the theme though, with a white front and a white home page background so it's more consistent.
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post #49 of 109
7/31/08 at 8:42am
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For a brief moment there i thought your iPhone had cracks in it.

That's because you have poor reading comprehension.
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post #50 of 109
7/31/08 at 8:45am
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Micro-cracks in the plastic casings of iPhone 3Gs aren't likely to cause physical harm to the owners of the devices, so your analogy is something of a stretch. And picketing, as you threaten, may be a bit of an overreaction. Great movie though!

All the cracks do is make the device look used (as all iPhones most certainly are), though the massive crack around the headphone jack definitely looks like user abuse/carelessness to me. iPhones, like all mobile phones, are going to take something of a pounding. It's unrealistic for people to expect them to look pristine forever.

Caveat venditor? Could Apple have constructed the iPhone 3G out of different materials to better guard against early wear and tear? Perhaps. I don't know what all they did in R&D on the new iPhone 3G, but I'm sure they arrived at what they deemed the best possible combination of form and function that would still be affordable and marketable. Is it a bit early for the new iPhone 3Gs to be showing signs of structural fatigue? Again, perhaps. But like other posters have noted, such signs may have more to do with individual owners' treatment of their iPhone 3Gs than with possible flaws in the design or lack of durability of the materials used.

My iPhone 3G had its anti-glare screen protector affixed and was inserted into its Contour iSee hard shell case before I even turned it on! The case and screen protector, in concert with my diligence to protect my investment, have thus far kept my iPhone scratch- and crack-free (at least to my eyes).

You apologists are out of your minds and are in a tiny minority. Good luck with that slave mentality.
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post #51 of 109
7/31/08 at 8:46am
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Originally Posted by JustBrady View Post

Don't get me wrong I will never go buy a dell or hp, but come on Apple why do you keep using inferior plastics. This is the same exact problem we had with the MacBooks keyboard surface. Both my wife, sister, and sister in law all have the same problem with their computers.
If Apple truly wants to set themselves apart they cannot afford stupid errors like this. They need to switch to a better grade of plastic or just stick to aluminum. I am hoping this is just a mistake and not intentional.

Below are two pictures of my sister and wife's computers. Keep in mind these are taken after the plastic plate has already been replaced once.
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Same here - 10 months old white MacBook developed these cracks on the top panel around the keyboard. A closer inspection of the white plastic revealed semi-translucent regions near the edges, where the plastic was obviously too thin (manufacturing defect?). The panel was replaced on warranty. Of the ~20 white MacBooks used by people at our company, at least 3 developed these cracks. A quick web search indicates that this must be a rather common problem with white MacBooks.

Seems like Apple is experiencing serious quality issues with the casing manufacturers in Asia (China?). This could also explain the rumors that Apple is moving the MacBook line to metal enclosures.
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post #52 of 109
7/31/08 at 8:58am
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I chose white mainly because AI's pictures suggested faint scratching only after its first wipe with a lint cloth. I do wish they'd completed the theme though, with a white front and a white home page background so it's more consistent.

The fingerprints sealed the deal for me...

But once I unpackaged it I was very impressed. The white model is a work of art.

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What with MobileMe, the App Store apps crashing (are they still doing that?) and now these small imperfections in product design.

AppStore is rock solid for me. Always has been.
Don't get too caught up in what you read. Even an extremely rare problem seems common place on an internet forum when you're talking about Apple. The stuff which is reproducible, like occasional lag loading contacts, you can see for yourself at the AT&T stores (where those iPhones have probably been used for all sorts of nonsense without being rebooted). Those matters are trivial and easy to weigh for yourself.

And if you get a major problem, return it.
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post #53 of 109
7/31/08 at 8:59am
I like my iPhone 1G even more now.

Metal > plastic
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post #54 of 109
7/31/08 at 9:15am
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You apologists are out of your minds and are in a tiny minority. Good luck with that slave mentality.

I'm not an apologist nor out of my mind nor suffering from a slave mentality. I do think these micro-cracks aren't such a widespread big deal that anyone should threaten to picket Apple. Talk about "tiny minority." Good luck with your protest.

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post #55 of 109
7/31/08 at 9:15am
post bigger pictures please.
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post #56 of 109
7/31/08 at 9:46am
crack attack


Applewhiteplastic + summer heat + 3G+ heat generated from thighs = crack

Oh well - back to the drawing board!
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post #57 of 109
7/31/08 at 10:04am
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That's because you have poor reading comprehension.

Oh lighten up where's your sense of humor i was joking
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post #58 of 109
7/31/08 at 10:27am
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Originally Posted by Hutcho View Post

Honestly, it serves them right for buying a white iPhone, which is clearly the ugliest thing since Kate Moss. In fact, I think the cracks make the white ones look better.

I got the white one so it would not show finger prints and smudges, and I don't regret that decision at all. If my iPhone cracks, I'll have Apple replace it.
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post #59 of 109
7/31/08 at 10:46am
Another story with the terms 'Kate Moss' and 'Crack'?
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post #60 of 109
7/31/08 at 10:51am
Hutcho, if you have nothing better to do than be rude and homophobic, hit the road or resist the temptation to speak in public unless it's about the topic.

As a Mac-loving, gay guy in the communications field I take offence by your remark. The colour of one's iPhone says no more about a person's sexuality than the colour of their MacBook (mine's black, not that it matters).

I don't expect you to necessarily give a damn, but at least have the common decency to have a civil disussion. Otherwise, please shut your yap and enjoy AppleInsider by quietly lurking.

Thanks.
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post #61 of 109
7/31/08 at 11:06am
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iPhone 3G owners report hairline cracks in their phone's casings.

They don't all own one phone.
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post #62 of 109
7/31/08 at 11:35am
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Another story with the terms 'Kate Moss' and 'Crack'?

No- can only find "Amy Whinehouse" and "Crack".
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post #63 of 109
7/31/08 at 11:38am
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OK, I have a white iPhone and I have no cracks.

You or the iPhone?
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post #64 of 109
7/31/08 at 12:16pm
Am I the only one shocked by those pictures? The buttons are scratched all to hell. In no way do those pictures make it look like it's Apple's fault. It looks like the phone has been dropped, stepped on and then kicked across asphalt.
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post #65 of 109
7/31/08 at 12:30pm
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Am I the only one shocked by those pictures? The buttons are scratched all to hell. In no way do those pictures make it look like it's Apple's fault. It looks like the phone has been dropped, stepped on and then kicked across asphalt.

Was that before or after they subcribed to MobileME?
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post #66 of 109
7/31/08 at 12:34pm
"Those aren't cracks, those are mold lines in the plastic." July 2000, Power Mac G4 Cube.

That's what happens when you make things out of plastic, they can crack. Gotta love my 1st gen iPhone.
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post #67 of 109
7/31/08 at 12:35pm
Note to self: Dont put 3G iPhone in your back pocket.

These cracks can only come from some fat-ass sitting on it.

LOL
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post #68 of 109
7/31/08 at 1:05pm
So is it safe to assume that this problem is limited and is in no way a widespread one? Or do we not even know that yet?

I normally take very good care of my phones and always have them in a case but if it seems the cracks appear even with taking good care of it, that worries me.
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post #69 of 109
7/31/08 at 1:08pm
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So is it safe to assume that this problem is limited and is in no way a widespread one? Or do we not even know that yet?

I normally take very good care of my phones and always have them in a case but if it seems the cracks appear even with taking good care of it, that worries me.

Too early to tell as the iPhone has only been out for 3 weeks. With my original iPhone I never used a case and had in my front pocket with keys and coins. Even dropped it a few times. Sure, there were some scratches on the aluminum no scratches on the glass front.
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post #70 of 109
7/31/08 at 1:49pm
Yeah but its not the screen glass in question, its the case. And anyway the case of the old iphone was metal so no chance of cracks occuring there.
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post #71 of 109
7/31/08 at 1:55pm
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Originally Posted by teckstud View Post

You or the iPhone?

Whoops! Fixed.
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post #72 of 109
7/31/08 at 1:55pm
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Originally Posted by bavlondon2 View Post

Yeah but its not the screen glass in question, its the case. And anyway the case of the old iphone was metal so no chance of cracks occuring there.

You asked if the problem is widespread, my really to that was it's too early to tell. If my white iPhone 4G gets visible cracks after 4 or 6 months from normal use I'll surely be wanting a replacement unit. My point was that there haven't been enough time to determine if it's an issue with a bad batch of white plastic, all the white plastic casings, all the plastic casings, or an a real issue caused by normal wear-and-tear. ihe other stuff was just anecdotal about the resiliency of the old iPhone.
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post #73 of 109
7/31/08 at 2:48pm
They're speed cracks, makes the iPhone go faster.

It's pretty clear that it's a manufacturing defect, and the only question if it's just a bad batch, or a wide-spread thing.

And I do agree, Apple uses funny plastics sometimes; the top of my Mini looks as though its been rubbed over by a Brillo pad after about 8 months, but oddly enough my naked 5g iPod is fine (after a year and a half).
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post #74 of 109
7/31/08 at 3:05pm
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OK, I have a white iPhone and doesn't have any cracks so far.

And no, I don't think it's indicative of homosexuality, haven't most of you owned white iPods before? iBooks? G5 or G4 iMacs? The MacBook is most commonly sold in white unless you want to pay the extra $50.

I chose white mainly because AI's pictures suggested faint scratching only after its first wipe with a lint cloth. I do wish they'd completed the theme though, with a white front and a white home page background so it's more consistent.

I considered getting a white one, but given that buying one may result in cracks (and me becoming gay) I'll go black. And you know what they say about that.
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post #75 of 109
7/31/08 at 3:17pm
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I considered getting a white one, but given that buying one may result in cracks (and me becoming gay) I'll go black. And you know what they say about that.

yeah like none of us haven't heard that before,

"Buying the black iPhone for its resistance to cracking means you didn't RTFA."

I'm so tired of that one.
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post #76 of 109
7/31/08 at 8:55pm
To all of you who think the cracks are associated with only the white iPhones, I have a black iPhone G3 with cracks!!! I handle mine with TLC and there are cracks between the headphone jack and the silver trim. I am a jeweler by trade and used my loop to see them. They are small but you can easily see where the right tension would cause the pieces to fall out. The funny thing is that I have never even plugged my headphones into the jack (I use my bluetooth with the phone and have all my music on my 32 gig iPod Touch). My iPhone looks as new as the day I bought it. There are no other cracks anywhere but around the jack.

I will have to go to the Apple store and see what they have to say. I am kinda bummed. I have never had a problem with cracking before but my son's macbook had to be sent back for a new case because
of cracking.

Oh well such is life!

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post #77 of 109
7/31/08 at 10:40pm
I thought like most that the first news of cracks probably came from poor treatment of the phones but the amount of threads/posts on MacRumors is rather amazing as it is a LOT of different posters, new and old that are reporting cracks.
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post #78 of 109
8/1/08 at 12:16am
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I agree. And I'll take Kate Moss too. You guys are pretty harsh.

Ah, you should see the "before" pictures of her that I've edited.
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post #79 of 109
8/1/08 at 12:24am
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You or the iPhone?

You big dummy, that's the kind of remark I make!
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post #80 of 109
8/1/08 at 12:26am
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Originally Posted by hillstones View Post

"Those aren't cracks, those are mold lines in the plastic." July 2000, Power Mac G4 Cube.

That's what happens when you make things out of plastic, they can crack. Gotta love my 1st gen iPhone.

Those WERE mold lines. Most plastic, and even molded metal parts have them.
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