Black iPhone 5′s paint chipping on the anodized aluminium edges
If you’re the proud owner of a sleek iPhone 5 then you might be among the few whose handsets have suffered from chips in the anodised aluminium finish.
Stuff has received a few complaints from black iPhone 5 owners about silver chips appearing on the anodised aluminium edges of their new iPhone 5s – and our very own review unit (pictured above) has also suffered, despite our best efforts to keep it in pristine condition.
White iPhone 5s appear to be in the clear for the time being, although we put that down to the lighter colour masking any scratches that might have appeared.
It’s one area where solid polycarbonate handsets like the Nokia Lumia 800 and upcoming Lumia 920 are at an advantage over the iPhone 5 – scratches show up less easily as the phone’s colour runs throughout the polycarbonate, but there’s still no denying the appeal of brushed metal. 
[via stuff.tv]
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Maybe they should be hard-anodized like good pots and pans – ha!