Black Note 4 Owners - Metal Bezel paint chipping?

[05GT]

Used black one for about three days naked before getting my hands on the S View case. Absolutely no chipping. The chamfered edge scuffed rather easily, but a little aluminum polish will fix that.

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[YOGaKrite]

there are scratches on my note 4 metal frames thanks to spigen (slim fit and slim armor )

 

[larsonage]

Yeah I just noticed mine chipped. Along the chamfered edge part. It's a little nick. Put it in a case.

 

[anon8126715]

I have the white as well and I don't see it either.

girls love tech too

lol, I was being sarcastic based on how he worded the title. I actually do own a black Note 4.....

 

[Statastic]

Mine has been naked since day one and no signs of chipping at all

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[larsonage]

More that I think about it. I think my cat bit my phone while I was sleeping. He was chewing on my fitbit while I was sleeping.

 

[l No Use For A Name l]

Be safe and put a case on it... don't have a case then don't complain if it gets scratched up

 

[Baby_Doc]

I believe you are correct. My black Note 4 has no issues and I don't use a case. In looking at the black finish on the metal frame, to me it looks more like anodizing or powder coating than "paint".

Actually, the black or white area of the frame is a mat finished plastic. That's why nobody will ever reported any color chipping off, even though it could scratch. The only metal in the frame are the two thin pieces of aluminum that are laminated onto the colored plastic frame edges. Being polished and softer than plastic, any scratches appearing on these thin aluminum strips will be easy to see.

If you doubt what I am saying about the frame, just remove the S pen from its socket. You can then easily see the construction of the so called metal frame. Most of it is plastic, which isn't really a bad thing. It is less easily damaged and won't interfere with any adjacent antennas, like a solid metal frame might.

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[LaTuFu]

It's definitely not paint, and no, mine isn't chipping. But I expect it to pick up scuffs, or at the very least begin to show obvious signs of being handled daily.

Why do we as a culture obsess with irrelevant details?

I'm just as guilty, though. I drive a 10 year old car by choice, in part so that I don't obsess if I bump it into something or don't keep it washed.

I was an OCD obsessed moron about my wife's Jeep Grand Cherokee that we purchased new--until it got the first scratch on it (which happened when I was driving, go figure).

 

[beh]

Actually, the black or white area of the frame is a mat finished plastic. That's why nobody will ever reported any color chipping off, even though it could scratch. The only metal in the frame are the two thin pieces of aluminum that are laminated onto the colored plastic frame edges. Being polished and softer than plastic, any scratches appearing on these thin aluminum strips will be easy to see.

If you doubt what I am saying about the frame, just remove the S pen from its socket. You can then easily see the construction of the so called metal frame. Most of it is plastic, which isn't really a bad thing. It is less easily damaged and won't interfere with any adjacent antennas, like a solid metal frame might.

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I believe you are mistaken. As can be seen in these two images there is in fact a metal chassis in the Note 4 and it is the edges of this chassis that is the metal around the sides of the phone of which the center portion of the metal side is color coated in some manner. What I believe you are describing in the S pen opening is a plastic insert mounted to the metal chassis.
https://tse1.mm.bing.net/th?&id=HN.608016023394190662&w=300&h=300&c=0&pid=1.9&rs=0&p=0
https://tse3.mm.bing.net/th?id=HN.608047552756320700&w=168&h=168&c=7&rs=1&pid=1.7

 

[Baby_Doc]

I believe you are mistaken. As can be seen in these two images there is in fact a metal chassis in the Note 4 and it is the edges of this chassis that is the metal around the sides of the phone of which the center portion of the metal side is color coated in some manner. What I believe you are describing in the S pen opening is a plastic insert mounted to the metal chassis.
https://tse1.mm.bing.net/th?&id=HN.608016023394190662&w=300&h=300&c=0&pid=1.9&rs=0&p=0
https://tse3.mm.bing.net/th?id=HN.608047552756320700&w=168&h=168&c=7&rs=1&pid=1.7

Those pictures are not clear enough to see what the materials are.Take the back of the phone off or look at the S pen socket. You can clearly see the seam of the aluminum layer on top of the plastic on the side of the phone. That to me is convincing. Furthermore, many people have reported damage to the aluminum strips, while there has been no reported damage to the colored portion. Even a coated aluminum pan will scratch so color will come off. The reason nobody is damaging the colored portion of the sides is because it is plastic colored through and through.

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[BarfingMonkey]

Kick your stupid cat out

 

[beh]

Kick your stupid cat out

Amen, brother.

 

[HothTron]

Kick your stupid cat out

Reported for animal abuse

 

[rebanein]

I have a white Note 4 which is 3 days old and I just found a chip in the paint below the earphone jack. Taking it to the retailer today still.

 

[FBA]

The bezel is solid aluminum from top to bottom. It's one piece and has some sort of coating in the middle / top and bottom, where it isn't polished aluminum. It's not layered aluminum with plastic...

 

[efu671]

4 days old and using an S-view case... One drop and it landed at just the right angle to dent the metel edge and bezel. I was so bummed i put it back in a spigen case to protect all the edges till i get back home from my vacation.

 

[ReggieTee]

Two small chips on each side.

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[Tech Addict]

Yes, mine chipped on the bottom left corner only 2 weeks after buying it. I was extremely careful, never dropped it. But lo and behold, a big chip of paint just came off. I was planning to go caseless, but I couldn't bare looking at it anymore so I just got a case and it covers it up nicely.

 

[RobC3]

Purchased the phone like a week after it came out. Never used a case. Not a single chip on mine anywhere. Some almost microscopic scratches along the exposed metal but certainly nothing extraordinary or even noticeable unless you're inspecting the phone.