Sooo, I just popped open my 15 Pro 512 Natural…..fondling and caressing it like I was Gollum…..and I noticed it straight away. Something just had to be “wrong”. So I came here, off course.
The back is perfectly smooth around the curved glass/titanium edge. I can’t even feel the transition with my bare skin, only using my nails I can barely notice the slight edge between the glass and frame.
But the front is another matter. It’s like the glass is recessed beneath the frame edge. Some places it’s just slight, but on others, especially the corners, it feels like it’s up to 0.5mm height difference. I can only describe the feeling as if I was running my finger on a freshly sharpened knife. That kind of razor blade friction on the skin. And no, it’s not sharp, there’s no paper cut, it just has the same sensation.
I’m writing this on my iPad 12.9 M1 and the edges are wonderfully lovely compared to the phone.
Clearly I’m not alone on this and I’m not sure what to think. Probably won’t matter, I will most likely use a case. BUT I’m not sure I WANT a phone that I paid this much for having such an issue.
EDIT:
I guess a glass screen protector will solve this. But it’s a premium device dot dot dot.
Seems also from reading all the posts in this thread, drops will either dislodge glass and a) make this an issue where there was none, b) make this issue worse or c) potentially remove the issue from your device.
EDIT 2:
I didn’t notice this edge holding my phone when I first took it out of the box, leaving the paper screen cover on. So while I was putting that back on before I put it back in the box….I noticed it completely went away with the “screen sticker” on.
Do they test the tolerance with the sticker on? I guess they use one for the back while assembling also to avoid scratches in the factory? Could explain the issue? That its being assembled and checks out with the sticker on, but once you remove it it’s noticeable? People with no issues could just be slightly off but within tolerance, but it then appears perfect without sticker. I would speculate, but perhaps the issue is not as much assembly issues but rather a design issue that has an extremely small window of tolerance.