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For some, fashion means a wardrobe makeover for spring. Then there are those for whom it means an elaborate neck tattoo.

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The predictability and popularity of the iPhone help to explain why modding is much less common among owners of other phones. There are dozens maillot foot 2014 of different Android phones on the market, for example, making it difficult for technicians to boutique maillot de foot become an expert in tweaking each one.

Messing around with the iPhone can be expensive and is not without risk Apple does not condone it and may refuse to service or repair a phone if it clearly has been tampered with. But those who do so say the trouble is worth it.

"It gets a lot of attention," said maillot foot personnalisé , 33, who is the chief executive of a maker of orthodontia products. He replaced the back cover of his iPhone with a maillot foot france custom engraved, polished piece of maple. "It's so different from acheter maillot de foot what everyone else is used to seeing. People don't know what to think."

Pumphrey, who lives in Houston, ordered a kit online from a company called

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