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Love the look of a "worn" iPhone

Xx BEN xX

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Call me crazy, but I have always had my iPhones locked up and sealed away in a case because I couldn't stand the thought of getting it damaged. I was in a meeting this morning and one of my co workers pulled out their iPhone 5 and you could tell this phone had been dropped and abused a few times. The more I looked at his phone the better it started to look to me. Around the bezel was chipped up and missing paint but it had character. Maybe it's just me but I found it very cool looking


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Trees

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In a faded jeans, or scratches and dings on a new vehicle kind of way?
 

Trees

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Screen scratches would be a no go for me. I'm a little less worried about the body, but not going out of my way to induce either.
 

SmartFah

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Dings & scratches?! This is madness! I couldn't handle it. My iPhone goes straight from the box, and into a LifeProof. I even throw on the latex gloves when handling it for the first time, & when swapping cases.

No fingerprints, smudges, scratches, Ever! Ever!
Everrrrrr!!!!!
 

Xx BEN xX

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Dings & scratches?! This is madness! I couldn't handle it. My iPhone goes straight from the box, and into a LifeProof. I even throw on the latex gloves when handling it for the first time, & when swapping cases.

No fingerprints, smudges, scratches, Ever! Ever!
Everrrrrr!!!!!

Wow that's extreme


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SmartFah

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Wow that's extreme


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After reading what I wrote it, I was like yeah, I'm crazy, lol.
I bought my 64gb iPhone 5 off contract, even though I have insurance on it, I'm still treating this thing like Smeagol treats his precious.
 

TurboTiger

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After reading what I wrote it, I was like yeah, I'm crazy, lol.
I bought my 64gb iPhone 5 off contract, even though I have insurance on it, I'm still treating this thing like Smeagol treats his precious.

I'm with you man (except for the gloves )
It's a computer so I treat it as carefully as my MacBook Air.
Good Luck
 

SmartFah

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I'm with you man (except for the gloves )
It's a computer so I treat it as carefully as my MacBook Air.
Good Luck

Yeah, I use the gloves so I don't leave fingerprints on the screen, or sticky side of a screen protector right before putting it on.
 

pr1nce

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Dings & scratches?! This is madness! I couldn't handle it. My iPhone goes straight from the box, and into a LifeProof. I even throw on the latex gloves when handling it for the first time, & when swapping cases.

No fingerprints, smudges, scratches, Ever! Ever!
Everrrrrr!!!!!

Now that's extreme!