Black iPhone 5 sides already scratching.

I've had my 5 for under a week and there are already scratches and paint removed from the aluminum edges. Poor quality/design. I dread what my phone will look like in a few months.

Not a solution but I've found a black Sharpie marker works great to mask tiny/small scratches on black aluminum devices. Trouble is, with all the scratches that seem to be emerging on the black iPhone 5, it may soon be covered in Sharpie rather than anodization.

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