iPhone 8/Plus iPhone 8 Space Grey owners - paint chipping?

[TheBrokenBee]

I have owned this phone for a year now. Always babied it - dbrand skin and then in a case and all that jazz. I noticed today that small amounts of paint flaking off around the screws at the bottom near the charging port. Is this normal? I thought the paint chipping was limited to matte black 7s. There are small dots around my screws where the paint has come off.

 

[akash.nu]

It could very well be the case you’re using. I used space grey 8 plus for a year without any issues.

 

[44267547]

I have owned this phone for a year now. Always babied it - dbrand skin and then in a case and all that jazz. I noticed today that small amounts of paint flaking off around the screws at the bottom near the charging port. Is this normal? I thought the paint chipping was limited to matte black 7s. There are small dots around my screws where the paint has come off.

Picture?

It’s not normal in the sense that paint should be flaking away from the charging port. And I have not read any cases where anyone has any issues with the paint flaking off the aluminum specific to the iPhone 8.

{This is just an optional-last resort method:

If this not a defect and You’re out of warranty, a black sharpie should hide any chips or touch up paint to prevent the flaking to continue to spread.}

 

[TheBrokenBee]

Here is a quick pic. Look around the screws.

 

[44267547]

Here is a quick pic. Look around the screws.

What’s strange, is that the chipping is only around the pentalobe screws and nowhere else. Almost like it has been dissembled sloppily at one point. A few questions that would be helpful, Has The phone been serviced for anything? Was this purchase new or used? How long have you owned it?

 

[TheBrokenBee]

What’s strange, is that the chipping is only around the pentalobe screws and nowhere else. Almost like it has been dissembled sloppily at one point. A few questions that would be helpful, Has The phone been serviced for anything? Was this purchase new or used? How long have you owned it?

Never opened or serviced. Purchased brand new about a year ago.

 

[44267547]

Never opened or serviced. Purchased brand new about a year ago.

Then something is coming in the contact causing the chipping. It wouldn’t just chip in those two areas randomly, so it’s either from a case or something else. I also gather that you carry your iPhone in your pocket mainly, because all the speaker holes appear clogged full of dust.

 

[Falhófnir]

It reminds me of the problem the 6s had when first introduced that consensus ultimately had to do with the amount of zinc used in the 7000 series aluminium.

https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/iphone-6s-plus-aluminium-chipping.1930678/

 

[44267547]

It reminds me of the problem the 6s had when first introduced that consensus ultimately had to do with the amount of zinc used in the 7000 series aluminium.

https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/iphone-6s-plus-aluminium-chipping.1930678/

The difference being the 6s had a ‘bad batch’ with the anodization on the 7000 Series, which affected a various group of members with over 26 pages on that thread you linked. (And Macrumors reported a front page article on this in addition. This is the _first_ case I have read concerning the iPhone 8 with any type of chipping. But again, look where the chipping is on this individual‘s phone compared to the 6s, it’s near the pentalobe screws, which to me, it appears something came in contact with this particular iPhone 8. It’s not just randomized chipping as the 6s was.

Also, reference the chipping with the iPhone 6s, that was more widespread all over the body of the phone as well.

 

[TheBrokenBee]

The difference being the 6s had a ‘bad batch’ with the anodization on the 7000 Series, which affected a various group of members with over 26 pages on that thread you linked. (And Macrumors reported a front page article on this in addition. This is the _first_ case I have read concerning the iPhone 8 with any type of chipping. But again, look where the chipping is on this individual‘s phone compared to the 6s, it’s near the pentalobe screws, which to me, it appears something came in contact with this particular iPhone 8. It’s not just randomized chipping as the 6s was.

Also, reference the chipping with the iPhone 6s, that was more widespread all over the body of the phone as well.

I had a FULL dbrand skin on it up until a few days ago. It was in a case inspite of the skin. After taking it off its been in a soft full coverage case. I am not really sure how its happened. Even though I have another year of warranty remaining I dont think apple is going to replace it for this cosmetic issue.

 

[44267547]

I had a FULL dbrand skin on it up until a few days ago. It was in a case inspite of the skin. After taking it off its been in a soft full coverage case. I am not really sure how its happened. Even though I have another year of warranty remaining I dont think apple is going to replace it for this cosmetic issue.

No, Apple won’t cover this, not unless they can determine it’s a defect of some sort. What would lead me to believe if this was a defect, is if the chipping was randomized around the aluminum housing surrounding the glass, but it’s not, it’s an exact two positions around the Pentalobe screws, which may or may not have been caused by the skin you appied. Again, something came in contact with it or it was caused by the third-party skin that somehow flaked the aluminum away from the chassis screws. Is this possible it could be a defect? Maybe. But I have my doubts being what I mentioned above.

You could have Apple look at this, and see what they think, if they think it’s a defect, then perhaps they will issue you a replacement device.

 

[TheBrokenBee]

No, Apple won’t cover this, not unless they can determine it’s a defect of some sort. What would lead me to believe if this was a defect, is if the chipping was randomized around the aluminum housing surrounding the glass, but it’s not, it’s an exact two positions around the Pentalobe screws, which may or may not have been caused by the skin you appied. Again, something came in contact with it or it was caused by the third-party skin that somehow flaked the aluminum away from the chassis screws. Is this possible it could be a defect? Maybe. But I have my doubts being what I mentioned above.

You could have Apple look at this, and see what they think, if they think it’s a defect, then perhaps they will issue you a replacement device.

I am in a country with only apple authorized service providers so I doubt its worth the trip at all. I'll keep using it I guess. Its sort of mitigated my obsession with keeping it pristine. I finally plonked it into the leather case I bought months ago but didnt use because it had an open bottom.

 

[Falhófnir]

The difference being the 6s had a ‘bad batch’ with the anodization on the 7000 Series, which affected a various group of members with over 26 pages on that thread you linked. (And Macrumors reported a front page article on this in addition. This is the _first_ case I have read concerning the iPhone 8 with any type of chipping. But again, look where the chipping is on this individual‘s phone compared to the 6s, it’s near the pentalobe screws, which to me, it appears something came in contact with this particular iPhone 8. It’s not just randomized chipping as the 6s was.

Also, reference the chipping with the iPhone 6s, that was more widespread all over the body of the phone as well.

The usual suspects making the usual noises 'you must have been stabbing it with a screwdriver for that to happen'. Have you seen the phone in it's entirety? Quote from said article:

I believe the chipping is due to a rare flaw that happens in the anodization process that doesn't reveal itself until later. It doesn't matter what color you have

I wouldn't be so hasty to discount this as a further example of this issue that happened to a small number of units across the 6s and 7 series - it's a rare flaw and takes time to develop, and there's nothing to say Apple completely eliminated it with the 8 (being just an incidental manufacturing defect there's nothing systemic they can address). I don't think OP would have much luck convincing Apple but it's worth a try.

 

[44267547]

The usual suspects making the usual noises 'you must have been stabbing it with a screwdriver for that to happen'.

Why the unnecessary hyperbole in this thread? I never made any such comment, I suggested that at first it looked like it might have been disassembled sloppily near the Pentalobe screws, which is why I asked if it was dissembled at one point. Again, The 6S/7 was more widespread through a defective batch, no one is dismissing this couldn’t be defective, but I’m not convinced that it is either. Which is also why I suggested Apple look at if possible.

 

[Falhófnir]

Why the unnecessary hyperbole in this thread? I never made any such comment, I suggested that at first it looked like it might have been disassembled sloppily near the Pentalobe screws, which is why I asked if it was dissembled at one point. Again, The 6S/7 was more widespread through a defective batch, no one is dismissing this couldn’t be defective, but I’m not convinced that it is either. Which is also why I suggested Apple look at if possible.

Sorry, it just seems a little discourteous to me to jump straight to the conclusion the user is at fault, which is how I read your sequence of responses - especially when there is a similar known problem on previous models. Perhaps I was also a little discourteous to you myself in my previous post and for that I apologise. Back to work after the festivities and straight back under a lot of pressure hasn't helped my general mood this week

 

[BugeyeSTI]

I have owned this phone for a year now. Always babied it - dbrand skin and then in a case and all that jazz. I noticed today that small amounts of paint flaking off around the screws at the bottom near the charging port. Is this normal? I thought the paint chipping was limited to matte black 7s. There are small dots around my screws where the paint has come off.

Those screws look like they have been hammered by someone trying to remove them. At least that’s what it looks like when blown up on a big monitor. Can you clean all the lint and debris out of the screw hole and take a pic to rule out that the head of the fasteners are or aren’t chewed up.

 

[Enclavean]

Long shot but you didnt possibly come home drunk one night and hammered the lightning connector on the wrong place? :X

 

[TheBrokenBee]

Long shot but you didnt possibly come home drunk one night and hammered the lightning connector on the wrong place? :X

No man not a chance that could happen. It was in a full dbrand skin and a case until a few days ago.