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IPhone 5s Delivered Scratched and Scuffed

The recent release of the iPhone 5 saw a ton of hype. We recently described exactly how much here. Launch date delivery ran out within an hour of the opening of preorders and analysts all over were discussing the effect that sales of the new gadget could have on the U.S. economy. The pros and cons of new features were debated and speculated about and Apple enthusiasts and newbies alike were impatiently awaiting the delivery.

Unfortunately, some of them were to be disappointed. Nobody seems to be happy with Maps program in iOS 6, which comes with the iPhone 5. People around the world have been offended by the fact that their house is on the wrong block, or their street or neighborhood simply isn’t labeled. One of the best examples is a 35 acre city farm in Dublin which was labeled as an airport, probably because its name is Airfield. But don’t worry, Ireland’s Minister for Justice noticed the problem and wrote a snarky email to Apple, suggesting some alternative symbols to replace the plane that is shown on the map, including a cow, goat, sheep or any type of plant. After all, he said “An aircraft is an entirely inappropriate flight of imagination.”

Some people point out that this is just the first version of Apple’s Maps and it’s not fair to compare it to Google Maps 6.0 which it replaced. What is fair game however, are scratches and scuffs that customers have found on their factory new iPhones. Complaints about the black and slate version seem more common than about the white one but it is possible that scratches are simply more visible on the darker colors.

While the attention this has garnered means that Apple is likely to want to solve the problem in their next version, nobody knows if changes will be made to the iPhone 5 or how easy it will be for customers who received scuffed iPhones to exchange them. Of course, if they do exchange them, they will almost certainly have to wait an increasingly long time, as orders continue to pour in.

So what we want to know is: Is it worth it?

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