iPhone 6 Corrosion of sides of body leading to small holes

I Have the same problem too. I wonder apple has to say about the corrosion of the aluminum frame. I took the case off from which I keep protected. The back ofmy phone looks awful!!!

I have seen identical damage on Macbook Pros in Speck cases, I suspect the case you put it in.

Your case was outgassing something corrosive, or you let moisture accumulate between the case and the aluminum. If you are sure you never trapped water inside the case take it up with the manufacturer of the inferior quality case.

I'd like to ask if you got this problem fixed? And how? I'm experiencing this problem too.

Thanks for the help in advance.

GGet rid of the low quality case that exuded chemicals that corrode aluminum and possibly your lungs.

WWhat about the housing? Could it be replaced by an original one?

No.

Apple can replace batteries, and screens, but I've never heard of them replacing the rest of the case. They would most likely replace the whole phone. Whether its covered by warranty or not would be up to Apple. Take it to an Apple store or call them and ask.

The same thing happened to me. The corrosion marks, although minute, can be found almost everywhere on my phone.

Ive used the apple leather case since the time i bought my 6s.

My phone has never been exposed to water and never been dropped. I take a lot of care like many of you out there. I checked my old iPhones, the 5, 4, 2G(still working perfectly) and didn't find this problem on any of them.

I contacted Apple and they told me to show my phone to a Service Provider. Lets see how that goes.

Two frustrating observations around this experience:

1. You pay almost a thousand grand and certainly dont get your money's worth. It is eventually a cheaply made Chinese Phone.

2. Apple does not provide worldwide warranty(even if Apple has a service network in the country you are travelling to)

rush2612 wrote:

I checked my old iPhones, the 5, 4, 2G(still working perfectly) and didn't find this problem on any of them.

The iPhone 4 was a glass front and rear. It would not display metal corrosion. The iPhone 2G never existed, but you may be referring to the iPhone 3G, which was the second generation iPhone. That was a plastic case, so it wouldn't display metal corrosion either.

rush2612 wrote:

Two frustrating observations around this experience:

1. You pay almost a thousand grand and certainly dont get your money's worth. It is eventually a cheaply made Chinese Phone.

2. Apple does not provide worldwide warranty(even if Apple has a service network in the country you are travelling to)

1. Just an observation, but a thousand grand would be one million. I'm not aware of any iPhone worth a million.

2. The iPhone has never had an international warranty, nor has it ever advertised one. Warranty service for the iPhone is only in the country of purchase. iPhones are regional devices, thus the need to only service in the country of sale. Apple cannot keep inventory of all of the different regional devices all over the world.

I've had the exact thing happen. I am on my 4th iPhone this year. All replaced thanks to warranty, but still very frustrating. Every single iPhone that I have returned for the past 6 months were all returned with corrosion and pitting. Even though there was no water damage and they were kept in an Apple microfiber lined case. They also had software issues on top of it. It seems very obvious that Apple is cheaply making these phones with God-knows-what material. Becoming very unconfident in the quality of their products. I've been an iPhone user from day 1 and never had problems until now...

Yes this appears to be a problem with the aluminium casing itself corroding. I noticed last week that my iPhone 6 Plus has to pits exactly the same as in the fist photos. I work in an office and take supercare of my phones. It was in a plastic cover all bought from the official supplier of iPhones in South Africa. I ended up here when I decided to research the problem!

I have the same issue with my phone. Can you please let me know what did they do when you showed them your phone at the service centre.??

Add up the fact that some of my friends experienced the same. These rust behind my phone is like drawing of tiny little worms and they spread out.