Macally Folio Stand Case (Red/White) For iPhone 5 (SLIMCOVER5R)

 

 My order of this case arrived today from Macmall.  Here are some of my pros and cons:

Pros:

• The case looks really nice.
• The leather is shining.
• The inside cover is soft.
• The feel is good when holding in hand.
• Not bulky.
• Magnetic cover, holding the cover together when closed.
• Feeling that phone is safe and secured in case.

Cons:

• Unnecessary latch:  The pictures from the Macally don''t show it, but there's a little red plastic latch.  If you look at the picture above, there's that red latch in the middle.  There's one like that on the opposite side to hold the phone secured.  Why do I think it's a con?  Well, because I like to use it as a stand and having it there prevents me from doing so.  Having it there is unnecessary in my opinion (the other three you see in the picture above should be enough).  The latch makes it hard to quickly put it in stand mode.  You have to unlatch your phone first.  Maybe, it's just me, but I'm afraid that by taking phone out and putting it in may scratch that side of my phone.
• The leather is very nice but not strong enough I think.  I was holding the case with the phone in my hand along with some boxes of hair dye (I was shopping for my mom :).  Unintentionally, I must have held it at such an angle that one of the corners of a box was poking at the case; now, I have a small cut on the case.  It was my fault.  Not sure if other kinds of leather would have had the same damage by the same force.  Since I got the white case, the cut is more visible.  Well, I guess the case did its job of protecting.  LOL

Overall:

•  So far, I like it.  I know there's no perfect case.  I would have liked it a lot more if it were not for those two cons mentioned above.

iPhone 5 Gets Really Hot

After having used it for a couple of weeks now, I've noticed that it gets really hot when I'm browsing the Internet with 3G. It's cool when I'm running over WIFI.  It gets hot when I am doing voice calls, too.  Not sure if this is normal?

Set Default XCode

Context:
XCode 4.3
XCode 4.5

Problem:
I want to keep XCode 4.3 and default to XCode 4.5.  I want to switch between the two.

Solution:
At command line,

xcode-select --print-path to show the current path
sudo xcode-select -switch /Applications/XCode4.5/Xcode.app

Apple iPhone 5 - Unhappy Customers - Apple Failed

Context:
Advanced Apple User and Owner - owning many Apple products (iPod nano, iPod, iPad, MacBook Air, MacBook Pro, Mouse, Keyboard, Headphones and now, iPhone)

New Apple iPhone 5

Problem:
Ok, we preordered three new iPhone 5.  Two of the iPhones (mine and one of my brothers' rattle.  Sounds like the internal components are loose.  My brother took his to the Apple Store and asked what was wrong.  They replaced him with a new one.  He didn't pay too much attention to the new one -- thinking that it must be good since it's coming out of the box.  He walked out of the store.  On his way, he noticed that there was a nick (notch, dent, scratch, however, you call it) on the silence switch.  He went right back to the store and asked for another one.  They refused to replace again.  WTF?  We are very unhappy with the situation.  I still have the rattled phone.  Right now, only one of the three is good. One rattles; and the other one has a nick.  Looks like Apple failed us this time.  This makes me think twice now before I buy another Apple product.  I always thought that Apple products were high quality, and their customer service was top notch.  Well, today, I certainly don't think that way anymore.  I've recommended and persuaded my friends to buy Apple products before.  I guess I can't and won't do that anymore.  Apple, you lost my trust and loyalty in you.

Solution:
Apple needs to correct this problem before the customers become too unhappy and never want to buy Apple products again.