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Gmash said:
Not saying Apple is crap, but there do seem to be a lot of reports about the anodized finish being scratched or otherwise defective out of the box. I'm sure Apple will make it right, they have enough bad publicity going on with the maps debacle. Yes, every product has defects, especially at launch, but Apple has the allegedly immaculate "build quality" reputation, so you can't expect people not to mention it when there are obvious QC issues.
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Don't forget that Apple products are made in Communist China, where "metal" means some brew of lead, cadmium, antimony and whatever else they drag back from the toxic waste dump.

You might want to put a protective coating on the back to save the finish and to protect you from heavy metal poisoning. :)
 
In Europe the S3 is Quad core, and the obviously we know the S2 ahead of its time was a dual core.
I'm I being unfair to apple by thinking its a more fair comparison to compare the S2 with the Iphone 5 ?

It seems more of an even match up hardware wise ?
 
thehig said:
In Europe the S3 is Quad core, and the obviously we know the S2 ahead of its time was a dual core.
I'm I being unfair to apple by thinking its a more fair comparison to compare the S2 with the Iphone 5 ?

It seems more of an even match up hardware wise ?
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Not necessarily.. Most of the time it's not the number of cores that make the speed. The snapdragon s4 is a dual core. It's in the us versions of many android super phones. And it's said to benchmark faster than the quad core in its overseas counterparts.

Apparently the quad cores don't play well with lte. And we like our lte here in the states. So that's why most overseas models are getting quads while we get duals. But they are progressing, the note 2 is said to be a quad core. So maybe they are making some ground on that.

But you know how people feel about benchmarks. So who knows. Lol
 
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I'm wondering if the sliding quality is from the loss of Steve Jobs.

iMaps and general build quality seem to be taking a beating by the general public. Gotta wonder if a healthy Steve Jobs would have demended better ...
 
kevincott said:
I'm wondering if the sliding quality is from the loss of Steve Jobs.

iMaps and general build quality seem to be taking a beating by the general public. Gotta wonder if a healthy Steve Jobs would have demended better ...
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I have seen something like what you are suggesting. When the final founder of Megahertz left, things changed. We went public and that required us to build more products, quicker. We grew and numbers took precedence.

I recall the new cafeteria we built. We hired a baker to bake cookies every day. At the unveiling, some woman said the cookies were so great, we might start selling them. Best of everything, she said. Best kitchen I ever saw, for sure.

The day it was supposed to open, they closed it. Some bean counter told us it was too costly to run during our shift. We asked where we go to eat, heat our food and rest. Not sure, your car perhaps? Or something like that.

We raised holy hell and they opened the place up; fired the cooks and put in a row of vending machines. Did you know you can make a darn fine, Alton Brown approved potato-beef casserole with potato chips, stale beef jerky and ketchup from those little packets?

When the founders ran things, we thought this kind of crap would have never happened. We went public and boy, we were wrong. When bean counters get involved, there are changes made that people do not like and with Apple, perhaps QC is not as good as it once was.

I can tell you every new owner we had (Megahertz was bought by USRobotics who sold to 3Com and the facility was bought by MSL) wanted big numbers. At every point, it was a chore to maintain quality and keep the numbers high.

No telling what is going on with Apple. Perhaps Jobs would have addressed the QC issues and now that he is gone, perhaps that is less important and number become the deciding factor.

I only hope a few serious bean counters are involved because sometimes I think Apple has started believing its own press.

We hear how much Jobs was loved inside the company, but let's face it, there could very well be people at Apple that perhaps did not want him to die, but are glad he is gone. No reason to think Jobs was universally loved by everyone. Every reason to believe those that perhaps did not like him do not want to be too vocal about Jobs.

Or I am wrong, that is possible.
 
zuben el genub said:
Scratches are normal, Apple tells buyers | TG Daily

Nuff said
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Not to pick a nit, but what was actually said was: ""Any aluminum product may scratch or chip with use, exposing its natural silver color. This is normal," Schiller wrote." The link seems to be saying scratched iPhones out of the box is normal

Apparently, these scratches are on new units out of the box. Right or wrong?

The units should not be scratched out of the box, that is for sure. Rework is costly, especially for the iPhone, so perhaps someone decided the cost was not worth the repairs.Just guessing here.

We had a QC department that made sure our products were not scratched. A scratch is very visible on painted and brushed metal covers.

Schiller is correct. Some finishes do scratch with use. I do not know what process or materials Apple specified, but anodizing can scratch.

Perhaps Schiller is not aware that these problems are with brand new units? Then again, perhaps this is not as serious of an issue as you think.
 
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