Saw someone started another thread, and everyone I’ve asked that I know that owns one has mentioned the edge is sharp on back. Oh well, 🤞 crossed I get lucky tomorrow.I do wonder how widespread this issue is and would like to see others who are reading this thread to report their findings.
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iPhone 15 Pro Sharp edge between glass and titanium frame
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That's great to hear. Although it means a trip to the apple store to exchange this thing.
Hopefully a few more people will chime in. Hoping our 2 phones are an anomaly. We did order our phones within the first 2 or so minutes, so perhaps we got some of the earliest phones out?
Its in the tolerance guys. If you want to change, Apple would say "cosmetic".
Apple will allow an exchange, but up to a point, some are saying it’s perfectly smooth.
I’d suggest looking at the ones on display and verify that there are differences and make a final determination from there.
SharpGate 😱😱😱
that's a feature, not a bug
Curious if color makes any difference. Maybe people can post their specs of the phones that are affected and area where the cheese grater is most prominent, to try to see if there is any pattern.
Mine is:
Model: iPhone 15 Pro Max
Carrier: Unlocked
Capacity: 1TB
Color: White
Effected Areas: back of phone, lower left (opposite side of the volume/action buttons) is worst area
Mine is:
Model: iPhone 15 Pro Max
Carrier: Unlocked
Capacity: 1TB
Color: White
Effected Areas: back of phone, lower left (opposite side of the volume/action buttons) is worst area
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From the friends I’ve spoken with so far, 5 smooth, 2 questionable, as in they said they could feel the edge, so the odds are looking in the favor of getting a good one. I bet build date would be a good indicator, maybe a bit of rushing to keep up with launch demand on some?
I confirmed this. I did not feel and see the glass and titanium transition issue on my white titanium.
I definitely feel the sharp edge on my Natural Titanium PM. If I hold it screen down in my hand it feels really smooth and I’m guessing this is how the back should feel also, it’s back in the box for now. I’ll need to go and see how others feel at the Apple Store to see if this is “normal” or not. Noticed it as soon as I unboxed though.
Disappointing to hear they have some bad build quality out there. So far every exchange has reported no issues, I’ll be updating what I get tomorrow. Really hoping not to deal with this, as last year got a half pink screened 14pm and that exchange took FOREVER
I came to post this. One important note from his video: He said a similar problem exists on his titanium Apple Watch (not Ultra). He thinks it's because of the slightly different tolerances of titanium machining vs aluminium and stainless. I think he's probably right, it's NOT because of the changes made to the back glass otherwise it wouldn't affect the Apple Watch too.
Why is everyone reporting the front glass to be perfectly smooth on edges? It’s the same different tolerances of glass and titanium, which makes it even more frustrating that they are not getting the back right.
