Hello there.
At first, I'm german and this is my school english and i wasn't realy good at school, so i'll try my very best and hope it will be readable.
I have my HD2 now for 5 month so it near to the half year.
As you know it'S not the cheapest thing in the world i had a few moments with it when i thought to myself: "God how stupid was that?".
The first moment i was thinking that was in the first week of using my HD2.
It was in the morning. standing in front of the mirror in the bath i had my hd2 under the mirror runing some music for a better start in the day. It stood upright beacause of the rubber end that i was thinking it will give enough grip to hold it right there. i was brushing my teeth and at the and i turned on the water spit out the crap and then it happend. i thing there was condensate unter my HD2 and the grip was suddenly gone. know you have to imagine slowmotion. my hand goes to the water-tap as i wanted to turn of the water. right in that moment the HD2 slipped off from the frame above the washbowl.it arived in the moment when the water stoped an the last drop was gone. there was my HD2 in the washbowl dry as the desert and looked into my face as it wants to say " you know that was lucky you stupid ashole". And that was exact that what i was thinking right in that moment.
no scratch and not a tiny drop of water on it. that was nearly a miracle.
the second time was very evil. i had to add the fact that i have a cat.
so i thougt, make it save to carge my HD2 and searc the highest point in the house. so i put it on top of my closet. i thought that the cat would never get up there and know the suprising thing in this story. the cat didn't got up there ever. to be true the cat didn't have anything to do with that .
i was in another room and then i heard that sound i never heard before. i never heard it because i didn't know the sound of vibrating HD2 on my hardwood closet. then there was another sound. i think it was the sound of a faling HD2 and the alu cover flewing around the room.
as i got aware of that i went into the room my HD2 was charging and it was on the floor screaming for help. so what happend was i didn't expect that the vibration of a incoming call was that hard, that my HD2 could fall of the closet. so it falls 2 meters down throws the back cover away and that was all. No scatches no broken display nothing. just the back cover falls of. the phone was still ringing and the first thing i said to my mother who was calling : "you nearly broked my HD2". I will never put it on top of anything. from that day on i'll charge on the floor.
so i've had a few moments like this and till today there is nothing broken or scratched. when i clean the disply it looks like fresh out of the box. so i think im the stupidest HD2 user on earth and i'm happy that this thing is the strongest phone i ever had. the first time i think that the mony was good invested.
so what about your storys?
ps.: hope my english wasn't that bad.
Guten tag lokiderelb!
Your English is certainly better than my school German!
I personally have a story from less than a few minutes ago.
I popped the HD2 on my work desk (which is quite smooth and slippery) next to my keyboard, and near the edge of the desk.
I did think to myself it was a bit near to the edge, but the keyboard is in the way, so I can't knock it, right?
What did I do? I knocked it, *with the keyboard* and it bounced off the desk, onto the handle of my chair, onto the foot of the chair, then onto a solid floor.
About a metre off of the floor, with several obstacles along the way
It ended up screen-down on the floor, a wash of fear went through me as a million pictures of smashed HD2s and iPhones* flashed before my eyes, like my life would in a near death experience...
I picked it up, making sure I didn't run it over with my chair (that would be my luck!) and slowly turned it around. Now, you know you get that fear wash through you, and a much better wash of relief? Well I got the latter.
My HD2 is now firmly on my desk, right in the middle!
* (my mate has broken several iPhones like that)
I can hear my heartbeat while reading your story
I wonder where is the limit to get this phone broke.
I saw pictures of broken displays and everyone knows the "knife vs HD2" movie on youtube. (i never will be able to give that a try).
ps.:thanks for the compliment.
I bought one.
hd2
sad stories btw why dont you buy a nice case for your mobile?
I bought one.
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Mhh. I respekt your expirience with HD2 and also could exept your point of view for the HD2 also i can't confirm that opinion , but i realy think this isn't the right thread for this.
do you know what spam is?
sad stories btw why dont you buy a nice case for your mobile?
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there comes a nice thin leader cover with it and most of the time i don't use the hd2 its in there, but to get the hole expirience of this device you can't keep it inside of any case, even it won't be very comfortable.
but my long time expirience with HD2 makes me wonder if i could ever broke it.
lokiderelb said:
from that day on i'll charge on the floor.
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until the cat knocks the wardrobe over...
lokiderelb said:
Mhh. I respekt your expirience with HD2 and also could exept your point of view for the HD2 also i can't confirm that opinion , but i realy think this isn't the right thread for this.
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With all due respect, just because you dont agree with my opinion, it doesnt make it invalid and it doesnt make it spam.
It was just meant to be a bit of humour about my regret of having purchased this phone.
So than it was ment ironic or some other kind of humor. But it would have been easier to understand with some of these --->
I got over excited on the day got it and nearly bricked it by flashing, funny thing is been flaahing my T/diamond 1 & 2 for ages lol, luckily this website saved my ass
Okay. Here's my story.
I like to listen to music a lot with my HD2. it was after 2 weeks of owning the device, (TMOUS), and I JUST took off the silicone case it came with because it made it hard for me to slip HD2 in and out of my jacket pocket.
Anyways, I was listening to music with the pair of earbuds connected to the device, and I saw this stray cat right in front of me. The cat was friendly for some reason, and started to rub on my legs.
So i bent over to pet the cat.
As I bent over with my arm extended, the earbuds pulled my phone from my pocket, and since I was leaned forward, the phone slipped out!
I haven't experienced that kind of slow motion yet, but it happened. I immediately moved my handto follow the device, but my hands were too slow or far away to save the phone from hitting the asphalt road.
At the last second my foot somehow moved on its own, and broke the fall.
I have a slight scratch on the corner of the phone, but it's pretty concealed with the case.
I'm NEVER taking off the case again.
Put my digital camera back on the desk without really looking... oops, actually on the HD2 that was exactly at the same place. Got 2 scratches on the screen from the screws on the camera bottom, after 3 weeks...
LOL Funny stories. Well, my story is short and it doesn't have a happy ending. I went for a walk and used my 4 day old HD2 as an "MP3 Player". I pulled it out of my pocket and dropped it face down on the sidewalk. CRACK. The glass shattered. The end. The moral of the story is, a touchscreen phone is not a "walkman". One fumble and it's going for expensive repairs.
Funny/sad stories This is for the HD1, so apologies for cheating, but it was still in the last year (October)
I cancelled my phone insurance two months into owning my HD. That very day I left it on an outdoor table with friends for one minute while I popped to the loo. This was the very first time I'd decided not to treat it like a real-life baby, and I paid for it, because I returned to a phone dripping in beer and my friend with a very guilty expression.
It survived almost working for three months, but then I got annoyed and got the HD2
Anyway, anyone want to buy an HD1? It's in excellent condition
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Funny/sad stories This is for the HD1, so apologies for cheating, but it was still in the last year (October)
I cancelled my phone insurance two months into owning my HD. That very day I left it on an outdoor table with friends for one minute while I popped to the loo. This was the very first time I'd decided not to treat it like a real-life baby, and I paid for it, because I returned to a phone dripping in beer and my friend with a very guilty expression.
It survived almost working for three months, but then I got annoyed and got the HD2
Anyway, anyone want to buy an HD1? It's in excellent condition
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lmao!
mine's not too funny it's more of a mystery.. (crazy ninja face)
one day i put the phone in my pocket, nothing special, walking around etc, i took it out of my pocket and the camera glass was smashed to bits
to this very day im still clueless
i guess i need bigger pockets
*eh...
For some reason I double posted on an accident.
Sorry.
Haha that was an awesome story! but cmon, you cant blame your mum for it hehe
I was just thinkin before i read the post that someone will say "i bought one" and lo behold some one did. if you dont like the phone, RETURN IT or give it to me! i wont mind having two hd2s!
i was browsing on the web..
while i waiting the youtube buffer( the internet here so slow....)
i hand on my hd2 and start a movie clip..
i was also charging my itouch with that d*mn broken cable
because of something i want to put back my hd2 on the desk
and i touched that d*mn cable and i get electrocuted
and my hd2 fell to the floor so hard...
since then, i charged my itouch far away from my hd2
sorry for bad english
Bent
I crushed it in the car door. Now the LCD is cracked and the chassis(?) is bent so the battery cover won't fit. Does anyone know if its worth selling it for spare parts (e.g. camera module/buttons/batteries)?
Well, I bought a Case-mate Barely There for HD2 and put it on. And for the 1st time put it off it nearly scratched my HD2 corner. I returned it right away. That's my only sad story
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I dropped my Universal yesterday. My fault. True.
And now it thinks there is always the headset in, so it's stuck and I can't answer the calls using the phone microphone, just bluetooth. And I can't hear the sms alert.
Again, my fault.
BUT it was already faulty, I had to put something in-out the heasdset hole because the sensor didn't work very well (it's a well known problem).
I should change the mother board, now, and I don't want to spend so much money. :evil:
Also because it happened to me to put the Universal in my pocket and... surprise, the screen was broken (substitution: round 150 Euro). Then I bought also a leather case to avoid this problem in the future.
I used to have a Sony UX50 (unfortunately NOT the Vaio UX50, same name, but it was Palm, not Windows XP) and I kept it with no prob in my pockets, and it fell down several times, surviving!
I'm not saying it should be unbreakable, of course, but my opinion is that a mobile device should be more robust. :?
Mate its all a matter of luck really. Im sure theres users on here like me who keep it in there pocket, who have knocked it around, and who have had some spills with it and theres still works fine. Well mine does. You people though who put them in your pocket and break the scrrens, id love to know what you are doing to have such an impact come down on your leg you break the screen.
Either that or your extraordinarily uncoordinated and walking into poles all day....in any case yours should be more durable, but you got unlucky unfortuntely.
This reminded of two anecdotes.
1) You're right, the sensor doens't work well. On my way to work the headphone jack slipped a quarter of a millimetre while I was listening to hardcore gangsta rap. You should have seen my face rushing for my pocket, desperatly trying to figure out what was happening. Even more shocked where the train passenger, having to listen to the Universal full blast :-D
2) I wouldn't call the the Universal flimsy, but it definitely doens't seem like the kind of device that could handle shocks well. I had 6 nokias and 3 motorolas before, and all 3 motos died (I'm rough with my devices ). The nokias where dropped off buildings and slammed against walls (don't ask) yet kept on soldiering. I would dare to subject the universal to the same treatment.
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I decided to send my babe to Germany, where it came from, trying to resolve the problem.
In the meanwhile, I ordered the Nokia E61, by far an interesting smartphone (and, as you mentioned, Nokia phones are robust!).
My first Nokia, really amazing: wifi, bluetooth, 3g, latest symbian operating system.
If the Universal returns home, maybe I'll keep the Nokia as really "mobile" solution (that is in my pocket) and the Universal for business (taking notes, extensively browsing the web...)
Nokias, robust?
You obviously never had an 8210 lol
My wife and I really liked these phones when they came out so we had one each. We got through on average one a month. As I may have mentioned elsewhere in this forum, my wife doesn't do technology very well, walking into poles, dropping phones in toilets, coffee, beer, and other assorted disasters. I'm very careful with mine yet these 8210s seemed to be made of rice paper.
I'm now on my second HTC unit and the construction seems adequate, but not great. The hinge will be the first thing to go on my Uni, but that won't be because I'm rough with it, it just seems to be a weak point.
JasJar Universal screen broke for no apparent reason.
My JasJar was on a hotel bed. On moment I was playing with it. Put it down. Picked it up in a few minutes and the screen was broken and leaking liquid internally.
In this same hotel My little girl previously pissed on a imate PDA2.
Bad luck places aside. I had nokias 9X00 series the calm shell pda type. Those are much stronger than most HTC stuff.
I mean I paid lots and I mean lots of money for the JasJar, really as far as I know it is THE MOST EXPENSIVE MOBILE WITHOUT REAL DIAMONDS IN IT. And we get a flimsy case. The cover of the LCD is very weak. Very.
Take care of your HTCs.
Really HTC the next JasJar should be stronger and have more ram. Hello, we are buying the most geeky phone, a little more ram will really help. Wimps may be able to live on less ram but someone who buys jasjar would not.
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Nokias, robust?
You obviously never had an 8210 lol
My wife and I really liked these phones when they came out so we had one each. We got through on average one a month. As I may have mentioned elsewhere in this forum, my wife doesn't do technology very well, walking into poles, dropping phones in toilets, coffee, beer, and other assorted disasters. I'm very careful with mine yet these 8210s seemed to be made of rice paper.
I'm now on my second HTC unit and the construction seems adequate, but not great. The hinge will be the first thing to go on my Uni, but that won't be because I'm rough with it, it just seems to be a weak point.
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Just shows how different people can have different experiences. I still have an 8210 and it's by far the toughest phone I've ever had. (admittedly I've got it in a G-shock type cover I found online, but that's been soaked, thrown about, crashed on a motorcycle etc etc and still works fine. (Admittedly it's the 2nd one I had - the screen became faulty on the first).
the good ol 8210s I had mine for so long, actually I had mine for about 1.5 years but then my mum had it for over 3 years. So 4.5yrs out of the one phone and during that time it had been pounded and dropped a hundred dozen times.
Such tiny phones, simple phones. The old days hey.
memories....
Most solid ever would have been my nokia 3310. That thing was shaped like a brick but was also solid as a brick. I dropped it hundreds of time, one time it even went completly under a car! I also threw it away as hard as I could against a wall (I get mad sometimes :evil: ). Well, short of a few cracks in the cover, that phone still works today.
It doesn't resist water though, a friend of mine swam with his ( :lol: ) and the poor thing worked for like a few hours then stopped.
Hello, im buying Touch HD and I saw people whining about paint getting damaged and dropping off. I have had 2 Diamonds, people said the same thing about these but I have never had paint problem myself.
So could you tell do you have this problem or not with paint. other threads are spoiled full with "it sucks" comments from same people 10 times which makes it hard to read is it major or just some people scratching phones with keys.
Maybe even tell when and where you bought your device from. This effects do I buy HD now or when invisible shield comes for HD.
Thanks!
If you dont have touch HD please press "View poll results"
Thanks
I can only vote once so I will add this: 2 of my friends have the HD and 4 colleagues have the dianond or the pro. NONE of them have paint chipping, only one has a single chip as a result of dropping it on a brick floor.
At this point, the only thing that really puts me off about this phone is the endless complainin and whining... it must be a certain type of person this phone attracts because e.g. the iphone 3g had similar and even worse problems: freezes, very poor call recepion, memory leaks, ****ty battery performance, super weak cracking and scratching plastic back cover and still it gets a religious following of people who believe and support it till the bitter end... ignorance? i doubt it, the iphone is an amazing phone, just like the HD.
I've been using HD for about three weeks now, and don't have any signs of paint coming off anywhere. I carry it in my pocket without any shield or case (although I don't carry keys or anything like that in the pocket).
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I can only vote once so I will add this: 2 of my friends have the HD and 4 colleagues have the dianond or the pro. NONE of them have paint chipping, only one has a single chip as a result of dropping it on a brick floor.
At this point, the only thing that really puts me off about this phone is the endless complainin and whining... it must be a certain type of person this phone attracts because e.g. the iphone 3g had similar and even worse problems: freezes, very poor call recepion, memory leaks, ****ty battery performance, super weak cracking and scratching plastic back cover and still it gets a religious following of people who believe and support it till the bitter end... ignorance? i doubt it, the iphone is an amazing phone, just like the HD.
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I think the reason people winge on here is because we are geeks. fact. we want it to be the very best technically and also to look at. The Iphone is aimed at a different market. maybe the more fashion concious? i.m happy with my HD and I've been using wm since the first spv. go and get yourself one. they are great, I wish the rom chefs would get on it though. hope dutty starts cooking soon!
Have been using it for the last 2 weeks and I have purchased from orange. I had no problem with the body /paint. I am quite a heavy user and don't use any case.
In addition,every day at least for 2 hours, I use it for listening to music over A2dp, using opera and rss hub as well as checking, replying email/sms, freezing issue people mention did not happen once.
what the heck - I'll vote on this one
phone is now 2 weeks old, direct from Orange.
I tend to be reasonably careful with it - buit no more so than I've been with any other phone really.
This means it usually (but not always) get's carried around in it's sock.
It doesn't get put in the same pocket as my keys.
I not at all careful though when putting the stylus in / out.
No paint issues at all, nothing, nada, zip. Looks exactly the same as it did when I got it out of the box
That said, from looking at the (few) posted pics on the other poll, I would say that there is definately a (small!) batch of phones out there where the paint hasn't been put on properly.
In my opinion (form what that's worth LOL), those owners should be sending them back for a replacement unit.
A chip of paint coming off - could be anything.
A chip of paint where it has left a spot of paint in the middle of the chip - that doesn't sound right to me.
ok I'll bite....
had device for just over two weeks. Overall very impressed, just found opera a little slow, but not unuseable.
Then the paint started coming off. I haven't dropped it, it's been well looked after. At the stylus slot, there is maybe a 2 mm strip where the paint has flaked off. I found the more i used the stylus, the more the paint came off.
Then I found it coming off near the home button. So it would only get worse.
IMHO this is not acceptable for a £500 handset. That is a LOT of money. I'd rather the handset finish was better than the trendy packaging.
So I mailed HTC and they told me to return it.
I will wait until this has been resolved before getting another.
I dont own one so I didnt vote, but yes I would say there is an actual issue with the paint.
Just look at these polls
xda-developers - 37,9% having problems
A swiss forum - 9,4% having problems
A german forum - 17,5% having problems
My paint go off. Less than one week of normal use (never fallen, never clashed or shocked). Scandalous, 600 euro paid.
My serial start with "HT843..."
Thank you for your replies. maybe there was some batch with problems, but it doesnt seem too big problem to make me not buy touch hd :>
less than 20% with problems - some user faults (not blaming anyone) - and some inaccuracy from poll, cant tell everyone who voted has HD.
Id say it isnt so big problem and since stores and HTC said to replace the device its fine for me. Sooon touch HD <3
I was fortunate enough to read about this before I started using mine, so I've been EXTRA CAREFUL, and haven't had any problems so far... >fingers crossed<
I've had no problems, but then I'm being quite cautious after seeing the paint chipping others have experienced before I got my HD.
ordered my HD yesterday, I hope it was just one faulty batch or something, getting invisible shield asap it comes to zagg.
for what its worth, i had my HD ordered on the 19th of Nov. and after using it for 3 days i noticed two extremely small paint peals on the top left corner. device has been cared for like a baby!
Time to buy invisible shield :> ordered mine 4 days ago, should be coming sooon to save my HD from scratches and stuff.
I got mine since 4 weeks now. Carry it without any cover in my jacket or my pants. Sometimes together with my keys "shame on me". It even made one hard contact with the floor from 5feet. Not one scratch. Got lucky.
But since I read here, maybe invisible shild isn't a bad idea at all.
are here already some closeups of HD with IS installed?
If i knew this i would happen, i would have never have bought mines.. completely amateurish
Yes my paint comes off too.
Have a spot on top, 1 on the left and one on the right side.
All three are non-scratches, but 'round-ish' spots were the paint fell off.
On the bottom side the paint around the USB connector flakes off very baddly.
Going over it softly with my nail, you can feel the paint chip off like mad.
I was one of the first to own an HD in the Netherlands.(reference to the possible batch problems)
I'll post photos and serial later.
Paint scratched but only by keys
I scratched my phone badly with a set of keys placed carelessly in a rucksack. In a few weeks of ordinary use no other parts of the phone (except the parts scratched by the keys) show any sign of damage - even around the USB port where I always try inserting the cable the wrong way around appears undamaged.
I had a huge fit of anger today and threw my X1 down on the floor. It bounced off the carperted floor, and hit the steel wall of my cubicle. The battery cover flew open and the battery flew out.
The slider is now loose. I went to the SE service center and they said that they've to import a part from Sony to fix my phone.
Luckily no more issues. everything else works fine, no cracks and paint peeling off.
Can I ask the reason you throw your X1 is because of the phone or work? I have a sudden urge to throw my X1 too as it kept hanging on me...
Ouchies!
Hopefully everything works out with parts replacement,
..and whatever you where angry for
Haha... Your story amused me. I'm glad it survived I once threw my cell-phone in rage with full force into a brick wall, drunk, late at the night of my graduation... Hehe. It smashed into pieces. That was ten years ago though, and it was no big loss since it was a big old clumpsy Nokia that hit the dust
Get anger management courses.
wht else, girl problems, can't live with them, can't live without them
Everrything else works fine though, and it'll take 6-7 days for the new part to be shipped. Have to wait till that.
But 1 point i'd like to make, after the most of man handled, not even scratch or a crack... and mine is 08W44.... can anything be deduced from tat?
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and mine is 08W44.... can anything be deduced from tat?
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That it's two weeks older than mine?
Glad to hear it survived mate, I threw an old nokia 6210 at a stone wall back in the day when they were new (same reason as you. women, eh?), and it somehow survived... I doubt my beloved x1 would survive such a collision but I also doubt that I'll let myself get that heavy handed with this phone
I've broken an NEC in half using just my hands.
It all depends on who you're dating I suppose.
Oh, and I've slammed the receiver of a normal cord telephone onto a desk so hard it broke off the whole earpiece. Same girl. Looong time ago.
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How true!!! Very true!
next time throw it at the girl [evil face], and see what will break
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joking
(ironic mode: ON)
girls = phones
-at first you love them
-you decide its worth investing
-you achieve expected sattisfaction- or not
-with time they disappoint you somehow
-then *you shoud make up your mind and decide whether to keep or change* because:
there's a lot of phones out there to choose from
there's always a better one coming
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- - how can u said like that.
Newer phones are getting better -> fact
Newer girls are getting better -> you did not learn
I seriously started this thread to tell you guys how sturdy the Xperia is, and look at what it's turned into
lmao how very amusing
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I seriously started this thread to tell you guys how sturdy the Xperia is, and look at what it's turned into
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It is because girl issue is more interesting(and exciting) than our sexy X1
if your willing to thow a phone over a girl its time to get a different chick.
now i agree the x1 is very sturdy my phone has taken acouple falls. all of them battery cover and battery came out of the phone it self. the pices were acouple feet apart. minor scratches in the plastic ring around the 3.5mm jack and my batt cover is scratched. my slider is still nice and stiff and i have no peeling plastic, no cracks. have had the phone for almost 2 months and goes through more usage then phone reviewers review phones.
My phone about 2 phones ago hit the wall with max force I remember.
During a night shift, for some reason I had a moment of blind rage
What sucked was that all my contacts was stored on the cell and it was totally destroyed =(
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I seriously started this thread to tell you guys how sturdy the Xperia is, and look at what it's turned into
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Pro tip: Don't throw $800 phones, least of all because of girl problems. In fact, show off the $800 phone to attract more girls (and more girl problems ^^).
As for me, I never throw my phones but it's good to know that it's durable; I always carry my phone in my left pocket, and when I'm skateboarding my left leg is almost always forward (in other words, when I fall I tend to land on it or it will eject from the pocket if I'm going very fast). My SE K550i survived plenty of falls, let's hope that X1's quality construction does the same.
Dropped my blackstone last night, head height onto concrete!
Its fine except for bad scuff on housing by sync connector, lucky or what.
Paul.
Lucky for falling on the sync connector(not screen) and Touch HDs good construction!!
Good construction?
remember the 3310's ?
you could drop em of 2 stories high and re-attach the battery and cover and you were good to go.. Wouldnt want to do that to my HD..
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Good construction?
remember the 3310's ?
you could drop em of 2 stories high and re-attach the battery and cover and you were good to go.. Wouldnt want to do that to my HD..
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good construction for a smartphone!!!!
yea 3310s were the good ones!!!
I still have a working 6210 (which was dropped from 4th floor to a concrete) only the vibration and infrared isnt working!
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Lucky for falling on the sync connector(not screen) and Touch HDs good construction!!
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Good Construction????????????? Your kidding....I mean I much prefer my Blackstone to my wife's iphone but the casing is flimsier than paper machete by comparison. I would much prefer a little extra weight and a solid casing.
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Good Construction????????????? Your kidding....I mean I much prefer my Blackstone to my wife's iphone but the casing is flimsier than paper machete by comparison. I would much prefer a little extra weight and a solid casing.
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solid casing-- agree on that (cuz the phone aint going in screw when you try to bend it, but it squeaks a lot) but it is much more solid than a lot of phones that I have held in my hand(not the hardest of them, but still..) its quite solid for a device at that size , just compare it to some PDAs with screen atleast 3.5 inches large-- not all of them are solid but some are more solid---- but those all were of course my thoughts!!
Splashed it!
Ive treated my Touch HD like a puppet for the last two months, then I leave it on the table at a friend's house for five minutes while I go to the loo and some idiot splashes wine or something over it...
For a day the phone thought it had headphones plugged in, and now the power button doesn't work. Guess I should be grateful that that's all, but I kinda feel like someone plucked the leg off my new puppy
Appears to be no real point to this thread. Yes you dropped phone and it had a bad scuff. You haven't actually asked for anything
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Ok. So. Before I begin, I am telling the world my experience with Sony because I feel an injustice has been committed and I want to let people know what they are getting themselves in for.
Right.
So, the day the Xperia Z was released in New Zealand, I went out and purchased one. After seeing many videos on YouTube of people banging the phone on the edge of tables and dropping it into water, I was convinced that it was both durable, functional and fashionable.
So last last week, I was doing the same as any regular day, which was making my hour long commute into University.
That day I had a test, which meant I was pretty nervous about studying, so I decided to stop holding my phone (which is what I usually do on the bus.. just hold my phone and listen to music), and place it in my satchel bag which was on the chair beside me.
After about 10 minutes of listening to music, I decided the current song I was listening to wasn't what I wanted to hear. So, I reached into my bag and pulled out my phone. I noticed some "fluff" on the bottom of the phone, but figured it was just some out of my bag that had gotten stuck to the screen and shrugged it off. I turned on the phone using the power button on the side, and then tapped my finger on the next song button. Nothing happened. I then assumed it had something to do with the so-figured "fluff" on the bottom of the phones display by the mic , and as I reached to brush it off with my finger I noticed that it wasn't fluff at all... It was a group of cracks....
I then angled my phone, and saw that there were a few cracks running to various points on the perimeter of the screen. It was shocked.. and taken aback... How did an Xperia Z, which is marketed as this "durable" beast, succumb to the most mundane of things?
The phone did not break underwater after saving my life from a bullet in an underwater gunfight as I had imagined... No, it had broken in a bag, on a bus.
I later called the hotline, who noted straight away that it was physical damage, even though in a bag on a bus surely is considered in "typical use" as the warranty says, and referred me onto a service center in Auckland.
After hearing a verbal $200-250 estimate repair bill, I paid $40 for a technicians analysis, which was then to be deducted off the final price.
I gave them a call to ask about the repair, and they gave me a new figure. Double that of their estimate. $483...
So my phone is on the threshold of being a write-off ($999 retail). With absolutely no sympathy from Sony, and a massive bill to pay if I am to use it again.
I think this is terrible.. My old phone.. Correction -- current phone.. An iPhone 4, has survived drops, bangs, BUS RIDES, and even a trip in the toilet, without need for repair or damage other than a couple scrapes. No dead pixels... Still works as new practically.
TL;DR "durable" Xperia Z glass front panel cracked doing the most mundane of tasks, in a bag, on a seat, in a bus. Phone is more or less a write-off, and Sony has offered no support or sympathy.
Thanks for reading...
P.S if anyone wants pictures, I cannot post them until I retrieve the phone from the repair shop. I just called today about a quote after the technicians analysis.
I guess bad luck. You probably hit the bag somewhere while commuting and with that hit the screen at the wrong spot. The screen isn't unbreakable and only the polycarbonate frame protects it (because the screen is positioned slightly lower) when banging it on a tables edge or something.
So I'm very sorry for you, but this isn't bad quality of the device or lack of customer service on Sony's part. This is just plain bad luck. Be more careful with your current device. Yes, even your iPhone can break this way.
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Egan said:
This is just plain bad luck. Be more careful with your current device.
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I totally agree with this !
Damn, dude. Sorry about your XZ.
This is where apple IMO have the edge. You break the screen and they have a reasonable flat fee and give you a (refurbished) replacement.
You must have crushed the phone in an awkward place in your bag for it to break though. I had mine fly out of my top pocket, went over my head and landed on a surface about 1 meter away, thankfully it didn't hit the floor though - still it would have dropped about 30-60cms with some speed.
Almost $500 is absurd especially considering the phone brand new is $600 (at a lot of places in Australia).
Ouch.. Seriously, I can't see why u had so many issues with it.
Mine has been banged around for two weeks now, been in the shower multiple times and most importantly survived series of drops in to the ground. I've ordered a 2$ rubber case on eBay, just to be sure!
I think your issue is Sony in your country. It need better insurances!
And yeah iPhone 4 got like 9 lives or something. First we heard about the screens cracking but now how much they overcome(toilet drops, hardcore floor hitting and others!. But still, it can't compare with my Sony Xperia Z!
My opinion!
Cheers! Pietroni
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I don't think Sony ever marketed this phone as super-durable, only water and dust resistant (to a certain point).
salguodnz said:
Ok. So. Before I begin, I am telling the world my experience with Sony because I feel an injustice has been committed and I want to let people know what they are getting themselves in for.
Right.
So, the day the Xperia Z was released in New Zealand, I went out and purchased one. After seeing many videos on YouTube of people banging the phone on the edge of tables and dropping it into water, I was convinced that it was both durable, functional and fashionable.
So last last week, I was doing the same as any regular day, which was making my hour long commute into University.
That day I had a test, which meant I was pretty nervous about studying, so I decided to stop holding my phone (which is what I usually do on the bus.. just hold my phone and listen to music), and place it in my satchel bag which was on the chair beside me.
After about 10 minutes of listening to music, I decided the current song I was listening to wasn't what I wanted to hear. So, I reached into my bag and pulled out my phone. I noticed some "fluff" on the bottom of the phone, but figured it was just some out of my bag that had gotten stuck to the screen and shrugged it off. I turned on the phone using the power button on the side, and then tapped my finger on the next song button. Nothing happened. I then assumed it had something to do with the so-figured "fluff" on the bottom of the phones display by the mic , and as I reached to brush it off with my finger I noticed that it wasn't fluff at all... It was a group of cracks....
I then angled my phone, and saw that there were a few cracks running to various points on the perimeter of the screen. It was shocked.. and taken aback... How did an Xperia Z, which is marketed as this "durable" beast, succumb to the most mundane of things?
The phone did not break underwater after saving my life from a bullet in an underwater gunfight as I had imagined... No, it had broken in a bag, on a bus.
I later called the hotline, who noted straight away that it was physical damage, even though in a bag on a bus surely is considered in "typical use" as the warranty says, and referred me onto a service center in Auckland.
After hearing a verbal $200-250 estimate repair bill, I paid $40 for a technicians analysis, which was then to be deducted off the final price.
I gave them a call to ask about the repair, and they gave me a new figure. Double that of their estimate. $483...
So my phone is on the threshold of being a write-off ($999 retail). With absolutely no sympathy from Sony, and a massive bill to pay if I am to use it again.
I think this is terrible.. My old phone.. Correction -- current phone.. An iPhone 4, has survived drops, bangs, BUS RIDES, and even a trip in the toilet, without need for repair or damage other than a couple scrapes. No dead pixels... Still works as new practically.
TL;DR "durable" Xperia Z glass front panel cracked doing the most mundane of tasks, in a bag, on a seat, in a bus. Phone is more or less a write-off, and Sony has offered no support or sympathy.
Thanks for reading...
P.S if anyone wants pictures, I cannot post them until I retrieve the phone from the repair shop. I just called today about a quote after the technicians analysis.
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never go back to sony for repairs outside of warranty
http://www.parts4repair.com/complet...h&adtype=pla&gclid=CP650rf4rbYCFUlcpQod8gQAEg
Egan said:
I guess bad luck. You probably hit the bag somewhere while commuting and with that hit the screen at the wrong spot. The screen isn't unbreakable and only the polycarbonate frame protects it (because the screen is positioned slightly lower) when banging it on a tables edge or something.
So I'm very sorry for you, but this isn't bad quality of the device or lack of customer service on Sony's part. This is just plain bad luck. Be more careful with your current device. Yes, even your iPhone can break this way.
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It was just sitting on the seat beside me... I didn't do anything
They had no sympathy. Just straight we can't do anything for you, go get it repaired. (paraphrasing)
Sounds like it was the phone was hot, then cold, so the glass cracked?
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salguodnz said:
It was just sitting on the seat beside me... I didn't do anything
They had no sympathy. Just straight we can't do anything for you, go get it repaired. (paraphrasing)
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Whell, they can't create case history of people calling them and asking to repair free their broken phone.. sorry for you but i agree with the "bad luck theory". My phone fell many times and has only three little scratches on the frame.
(that i think is covered with some sort of gum and that gum is scratched)
metcard said:
Damn, dude. Sorry about your XZ.
This is where apple IMO have the edge. You break the screen and they have a reasonable flat fee and give you a (refurbished) replacement.
You must have crushed the phone in an awkward place in your bag for it to break though. I had mine fly out of my top pocket, went over my head and landed on a surface about 1 meter away, thankfully it didn't hit the floor though - still it would have dropped about 30-60cms with some speed.
Almost $500 is absurd especially considering the phone brand new is $600 (at a lot of places in Australia).
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Yeah.. thats just unfair really.Ugh. Life... :\
robogo1982 said:
I don't think Sony ever marketed this phone as super-durable, only water and dust resistant (to a certain point).
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from the website:
"An incredibly tough frame
The skeleton frame is made of tough glass fibre polyamide. It has superior mechanical strength, and is so strong that it’s often used as a metal substitute in cars and electronics."
"Durable glass panels
Both the front and back panels of Xperia Z are made of durable tempered glass that’s much stronger than conventional glass. Each glass panel also has an anti-shatter film for even greater durability."
decentgi said:
never go back to sony for repairs outside of warranty
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wow... that link is a nice find! I'd include that in my response if I had posted enough.. I wonder if I can leverage this in my negotiations tomorrow with the repair shop at all.. hmm..
I'll post back with how it goes when I know..
salguodnz said:
Ok. So. Before I begin, I am telling the world my experience with Sony because I feel an injustice has been committed and I want to let people know what they are getting themselves in for.
Right.
So, the day the Xperia Z was released in New Zealand, I went out and purchased one. After seeing many videos on YouTube of people banging the phone on the edge of tables and dropping it into water, I was convinced that it was both durable, functional and fashionable.
So last last week, I was doing the same as any regular day, which was making my hour long commute into University.
That day I had a test, which meant I was pretty nervous about studying, so I decided to stop holding my phone (which is what I usually do on the bus.. just hold my phone and listen to music), and place it in my satchel bag which was on the chair beside me.
After about 10 minutes of listening to music, I decided the current song I was listening to wasn't what I wanted to hear. So, I reached into my bag and pulled out my phone. I noticed some "fluff" on the bottom of the phone, but figured it was just some out of my bag that had gotten stuck to the screen and shrugged it off. I turned on the phone using the power button on the side, and then tapped my finger on the next song button. Nothing happened. I then assumed it had something to do with the so-figured "fluff" on the bottom of the phones display by the mic , and as I reached to brush it off with my finger I noticed that it wasn't fluff at all... It was a group of cracks....
I then angled my phone, and saw that there were a few cracks running to various points on the perimeter of the screen. It was shocked.. and taken aback... How did an Xperia Z, which is marketed as this "durable" beast, succumb to the most mundane of things?
The phone did not break underwater after saving my life from a bullet in an underwater gunfight as I had imagined... No, it had broken in a bag, on a bus.
I later called the hotline, who noted straight away that it was physical damage, even though in a bag on a bus surely is considered in "typical use" as the warranty says, and referred me onto a service center in Auckland.
After hearing a verbal $200-250 estimate repair bill, I paid $40 for a technicians analysis, which was then to be deducted off the final price.
I gave them a call to ask about the repair, and they gave me a new figure. Double that of their estimate. $483...
So my phone is on the threshold of being a write-off ($999 retail). With absolutely no sympathy from Sony, and a massive bill to pay if I am to use it again.
I think this is terrible.. My old phone.. Correction -- current phone.. An iPhone 4, has survived drops, bangs, BUS RIDES, and even a trip in the toilet, without need for repair or damage other than a couple scrapes. No dead pixels... Still works as new practically.
TL;DR "durable" Xperia Z glass front panel cracked doing the most mundane of tasks, in a bag, on a seat, in a bus. Phone is more or less a write-off, and Sony has offered no support or sympathy.
Thanks for reading...
P.S if anyone wants pictures, I cannot post them until I retrieve the phone from the repair shop. I just called today about a quote after the technicians analysis.
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mmmmm, unlucky.
Used my xperia z without a case for about 3 weeks and its still fine.
robogo1982 said:
I don't think Sony ever marketed this phone as super-durable, only water and dust resistant (to a certain point).
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Yes sir they do, that is one big hype on all the Xperia Z overview pages on the Sony internet sites
Can you post the picture of the glass crack in your Xperia Z ?
metcard said:
Damn, dude. Sorry about your XZ.
This is where apple IMO have the edge. You break the screen and they have a reasonable flat fee and give you a (refurbished) replacement.
You must have crushed the phone in an awkward place in your bag for it to break though. I had mine fly out of my top pocket, went over my head and landed on a surface about 1 meter away, thankfully it didn't hit the floor though - still it would have dropped about 30-60cms with some speed.
Almost $500 is absurd especially considering the phone brand new is $600 (at a lot of places in Australia).
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Dude I have seen more broken screens on Iphones than any other phone, so I guess they have to do something about it, when the phone to buy outright is almost twice the price of almost any others.
Pure bad luck maybe...?
I hate to say it, but phones don't break by themselves.
Mostly people damage them like a chip on a windscreen and don't notice it, and it gets worse over time until BOOM.
I only know that over the many many years i've had phones, and trust me, since the dark days of bricks i've almost had them all, with all the punishment i've given my phones, including dropping them onto concrete (I've never owned an apple phone before anyone goes hang on), i've never had unexpected issues like this arise. In fact, i've been lucky enough not to actually ever crack or shatter a screen.
Sorry but i'm with Sony on this one, and they burned me with the X10.
As for Apple, they will just tell you your phone is water damaged and to get the hell out of their store unless you come back in a cardigan, slippers and non prescription glasses, and buy a new iphone off them when you do come back.
I used mine as a ping pong ball .....
Maybe you bended it ALOT.
That's pretty sad man. Then again these things happen, but not for everyone. I had a similar issue with my Samsung Galaxy S2. It got bended in my pocket while, I was sitting. When took it to repair they said we cannot fixed it under warranty coz it has been damaged. I was shocked and they said we can fix it with over 400 euros. Its insane.
Best way is to fix it yourself if its fixable by ordering the parts.
if you wanna sell it let us know lol im sure in a few months parts will become really cheap. we have a guy at our local shopping centre who charges by the hour to fix your phone, im sure it wont take more than an hour to replace since i saw a video of one being put together in under 5 min lol
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and to be fair there is no way for sony to really know how it got broken, if apple honoured warrenty on their broken screens they would have gone bankrupt but there is nothing more disspointing than to have that happen. i dropped mine a few times not a scratch on it
Of course shouldn't that kind of dammages be coverd by the warranty. Sony has thr right on their side. On the otherside, I understand that you get mad at Sony.