iPhone 3G owerns reporting mysterious cracks??

Who here owerns an iPhone...

Not to mention "Cracks have been arising on iPhone 3Gs belonging to a number of owners..."

Who here finds the use of the word 'arising' a bit out of place?

I am not an English major and have had my fair share of mutilating the English language both spoken and written, but was this a rushed edition, of a 'read all about it' type thing where the editorial staff did not get the chance to proof?

That first sentence seems really out of whack?

When I went through the new iPhone 3G's body construction in the Apple store I noticed specifically the metallic function key's extremely sharp edges which for me shows very bad workmanship in the product of this nature and brand name. According to the low level of finishing touches it would not surprise me at all, if the material chosen for the plastic body of this phone would be too sensitive for a creation of cracks of this nature.

Nothing rushed about this article at all. MacNN writers have been faithful thesaurus users for a long time which results in some pretty awkward language sometimes.

failure. Shoddy construction by underage Chinese slave labor leads to massive hairline fractures to the point of the rear case just completely disintegrating upon contact. Owners are up in arms and have taken to storming Apple retail stores demanding immediate replacement. I don't own an iPhone yet and already I want my money back. Now I understand how the angry crowd in the Hunchback of Notre Dame felt.

(I'm being sarcastic) However, the cracks are probably due to lousy quality plastic. If it is also happening with the black models, Apple will get crucified.

I just picked up my white 16GB iPhone. small cracks over time with plastic are inevitable, but it is only the back. However, they should not appear this quickly.

Overall, the handling and feel (even "sharp" buttons) is better than the first gen iPhone.

In 2007, Foxconn (in PRC) was 'investigated' and found to be paying its' employees $50.00 per MONTH, for their 80 hour weeks. (Where iPods & other Apple components assembled). Maybe someone was not too alert, or were dreaming where they'd send their $1.66 that day.

so wait...the white ones are crackers?

Hadn't been looking that closely at my white 16GB model lately, but indeed, there it is. Volume button side, but about a half inch from the bottom of the phone instead.

Tiny little crack, and if you think I'm gonna go through the hassle of returning it over THAT, you're NUTS. I love my little gadgets and I'm taking especially good care of this one, but when my VAJA case shows up later this month I won't ever see this little crack again.

Wake me up when entire backs are falling off our phones. 'Cause this is much ado about nothin.

...except these are really cracks. There is definitely no way of playing off that photo as a mold line.

I'm not one to snap to judgment, but this seems significant to me (I'd certainly be upset if it were my iPhone). I guess the question is a matter of scope... how many devices does or will this issue affect over time?