Do you think that Apple will offer laser engraving for the new iPhone? They do on some of the ipods, so I have to think that they will. The back of the phone seems to have ample room for a laser engraving, but I don't know if it is the right material? Any ideas?
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Will Apple laser engrave the iphone?
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All ebullience aside, that's unknown, but I'm pretty sure I'd go for it. At least I'd take it to a laser-engraving place, because I don't want to wait for Apple to ship the dem thing to me!
I don't know...the back looks like the stuff the iPod Nano(2G only), Shuffle(2G only) and Mini were/are made out of, and they offer it on the Nano(2G) and Shuffle (2G), not sure about the Mini, but if they didn't it wasn't before it couldn't be done.
Good if you want to put your house phone number so those few honest people who find your phone will call and return it.
Considering it seems the iPhone won't be bought directly through Apple, I don't think they will engrave it.
It can be bought from Apple Store or Cingular Store...I'd assume that means online store aswell, which would make ingraving very possible
I thought you could though, I think that was in their list of requests for a carrier. So if you can buy it direct I bet you could have it done.
Seems like they would. You can laser engrave pretty much any surface -- even wood. You just have to adjust the power.
As popular as the engraving was on the iPod, it seems crazy to me not to offer it on the iPhone as well.
Being ultra-cynical here for a moment, that could be a little risky. If your phone is stolen, or found by someone more unscrupulous, they presumably would be able to get your name off the phone itself, and would have your phone number. Depending on where you live, they might be able to get an address from that.
Call you up, ask to meet you somewhere, and they'll have a house - presumably with a lot of gadgets in it - and they know you'll be out.
(Of course, if your address is in the iPhones phone book, they already have this...
)In store laser engraving?
Does apple do engraving instore or does it just have to be an online purchase?
Does apple do engraving instore or does it just have to be an online purchase?
Being ultra-cynical here for a moment, that could be a little risky. If your phone is stolen, or found by someone more unscrupulous, they presumably would be able to get your name off the phone itself, and would have your phone number. Depending on where you live, they might be able to get an address from that.
Call you up, ask to meet you somewhere, and they'll have a house - presumably with a lot of gadgets in it - and they know you'll be out.
(Of course, if your address is in the iPhones phone book, they already have this...
Or they could just walk up to a house with a nice car, wait for it the car to leave, and break it.
I dont think if they offered engraving on my Treo that I would take them up on that offer, I kind of always look at things as something I might want to sell in the future, and if my phone had something personal written on the back then it might be hard to sell...Then again I dont think I'd ever sell a first gen iPhone.
Just imagine a few decades from now, opening up an old box and showing your grand kids what the first iPhone looked like. They'll be like "No way! You used to have to use your fingers to dial?!"
Just imagine a few decades from now, opening up an old box and showing your grand kids what the first iPhone looked like. They'll be like "No way! You used to have to use your fingers to dial?!"
If Apple can engrave the back a Mini, I am more than sure they can engrave an iPhone. Hell for what it cost they should be able to do more than engrave it for you.
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Not sure guys...if you know at the moment, engravings are about 1/4 of the way from the top of ipods, right (bar the ipod shuffle)?
The iPhone has wacked a nice big
logo just there...sure they could change it, but they didn't change iTV when it came to TV that much did they? Could be wrong of course...EDIT: Could put it below the logo I suppose--just suggesting here....
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