Gutted. Noticed it today. A small chip on the bottom of the phone. It's been in a case since day one, no idea how it is happened.
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It's not so bad
i have got one of them too. it happens at boil and and very high temprratures
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It's not so bad
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I know, but its there and its bugging me cause I paid £500 big ones for it!
and with the protection I have applied, shouldn't really have chipped
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i have got one of them too. it happens at boil and and very high temprratures
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not sure what you mean my friend????
Silver paint chipped of top of my phone as well, a bit larger piece than on yours. It this really common?
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Gutted. Noticed it today. A small chip on the bottom of the phone. It's been in a case since day one, no idea how it is happened.
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Looks looks a fabrication issue to me. Probably a defect in the frame that have developed into a chip breaking away!
I would have gone back to the store just to see what they said about it.
Who knows, maybe they can arrange something!?
Yeah, I believe in Santa Claus as well!
//Ohamn
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Take it back, get a brand new one
Ohamn said:
Looks looks a fabrication issue to me. Probably a defect in the frame that have developed into a chip breaking away!
I would have gone back to the store just to see what they said about it.
Who knows, maybe they can arrange something!?
Yeah, I believe in Santa Claus as well!
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I sent sammy a tweet, lets see what they say!
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I know, but its there and its bugging me cause I paid £500 big ones for it!
and with the protection I have applied, shouldn't really have chipped
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I know mate, it'd bug me too but I'd put it in a case that covers the bezel so I don't have to look at it anymore. As long as the phone is working sound I'd be okay with a few cosmetic marks.
got similar chip as well 2 weeks after i got mine plus my usb port burnt too. sammy asked me to pay another S$250 (already paid $900 for the phone). i refused and wrote something on their facebook plus sent an email to them n got it replaced. good luck.
achillies said:
got similar chip as well 2 weeks after i got mine plus my usb port burnt too. sammy asked me to pay another S$250 (already paid $900 for the phone). i refused and wrote something on their facebook plus sent an email to them n got it replaced. good luck.
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What did you do to get your phone and usb port burnt?
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winwiz said:
Gutted. Noticed it today. A small chip on the bottom of the phone. It's been in a case since day one, no idea how it is happened.
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Is the chip a piece of plastic or only paint?
Mine has small but clearly visible scratch on the power button...
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Is the chip a piece of plastic or only paint?
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difficult to say, when I run my finger over it I can barely feel anything. I'm more inclined to think that the paint has peeled off
Who cares as long as the phone works?
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Who cares as long as the phone works?
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He cares and I don't blame him, paying £500 for a defective device is unacceptable.
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I too has one chip off and one misplaced glue and the back cover started creaking , how can Samsung do this to such a flagship model. I consider it more cheap feel the even S2.
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What did you do to get your phone and usb port burnt?
The Sammy pple told me the phone was corroded as there were water in the phone causing corrosion to the chip...blah blah. Told them there were burnt smell but they don't care. I was using the phone as per my other previous HTC phone from desire HD/sensation/one X ie., daily usage plus abt 3-4 times a week jogging with the phone in the arm strap. The only way the water can be found in the phone was from my running.
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He cares and I don't blame him, paying £500 for a defective device is unacceptable.
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airf0rce said:
Silver paint chipped of top of my phone as well, a bit larger piece than on yours. It this really common?
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I guess this really is common. I had the same problem a small chip on the top left corner right near the glass , showed up in less than 2 weeks of getting phone.. The phone definitely never had any impact or anything. Took it to **** Smith Store Where I purchased it and had it replaced with no issues..
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I just dropped my phone and the screen cracked completely. I'm under full warranty and wondering
what I should do. I've had this phone over a year though.
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under full warranty meaning...??? if you have never had a courtesy repair done in a S&R corp store, i would suggest trying that before going online and buying parts. unless your handy like some of us and u want to do that most of the time you'll get the one tech that says no but if you get lucky you might get one that doesnt mind actually working on a phone. imho it wouldnt hurt to try that. just ask for a courtesy repair and if they say no, well then on to parts-hunting lol sorry
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under full warranty meaning...??? if you have never had a courtesy repair done in a S&R corp store, i would suggest trying that before going online and buying parts. unless your handy like some of us and u want to do that most of the time you'll get the one tech that says no but if you get lucky you might get one that doesnt mind actually working on a phone. imho it wouldnt hurt to try that. just ask for a courtesy repair and if they say no, well then on to parts-hunting lol sorry
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i have full insurace i mean. completely different but idk what to do. will sprit ask for $100 or what can they do. ugh this sucks -___-
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i have full insurace i mean. completely different but idk what to do. will sprit ask for $100 or what can they do. ugh this sucks -___-
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sorry but I am confused why do you need anyone here to tell you what to do. Its your phone and what are your choices really. They all consist of you spending money so figure out which one is the cheapest for you. Not exactly a community problem in my eyes but more you and your pockets.
Good luck....
You could get a replacement digitizer off amazon and then put it in yourself. I just did that to my tbolt and it works fine and looks great. 30 bucks is a lot cheaper than 100.
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Okay so i just broke the actual glass. the touch inputs and everything work fine. what part of the screen is that exactly? Also if its the digitizer, i found there is two versions. One's more narrow and one's wider. I have hardware rev 003. which one would i have to get?
The narrow one might be for EVO3D?
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That made me sad..
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That made me sad..
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Tell me about it ;/
I cracked my screen once and it looked like a honeycomb. I have insurance under sprint though I think it's about 8 dollars a month and they replaced the screen with no charge.
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I cracked my screen once and it looked like a honeycomb. I have insurance under sprint though I think it's about 8 dollars a month and they replaced the screen with no charge.
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They won't fix mine...
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They won't fix mine cause its bigger then an inch. It's a bogus system imo. They claim accidental damage is covered and everything...to a degree. Anything too bad is a "claim" and requires a deductible. Ugh either way the screen gets replaced...no F' in difference
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They won't fix mine cause its bigger then an inch. It's a bogus system imo. They claim accidental damage is covered and everything...to a degree. Anything too bad is a "claim" and requires a deductible. Ugh either way the screen gets replaced...no F' in difference
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Exactly. Big crack or small crack, screen gets replaced either way. What's the big deal?
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Okay so i just broke the actual glass. the touch inputs and everything work fine. what part of the screen is that exactly? Also if its the digitizer, i found there is two versions. One's more narrow and one's wider. I have hardware rev 003. which one would i have to get?
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You'll need to disassemble the phone to find out whether you have the wide or narrow cable. All hardware revisions have either a wide or narrow cable, and it doesn't depend on which type of display you have either, unfortunately.
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You'll need to disassemble the phone to find out whether you have the wide or narrow cable. All hardware revisions have either a wide or narrow cable, and it doesn't depend on which type of display you have either, unfortunately.
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Here are some pics of my phone opened.
Damn, I have TWICE in the last year had my screen completely shattered as yours, and just took it to sprint repair center (rooted and all), .....30 min later I had a completely new-feeling phone. Replaced screen and bezel.
I've had screen replaced 2 or 3 times, camera lens replaced, earpiece-speaker replaced twice. All on the same evo I bought on launch day.
I don't understand why they gave you any hassle. You try taking it to a different sprint store?
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Looks like narrow cable to me. 2vca=narrow
2wca=wide
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Rem3Dy said:
Looks like narrow cable to me. 2vca=narrow
2wca=wide
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Someone told me the digitizer only has one size
I thought it might be interesting to see how common this issue is. I am calling it a design flaw.
Single, waist high drop onto tile kitchen floor.
It is an awesome phone but people should be aware how easily this device breaks/cracks.
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Unfortunate, but all of these slim smartphones with big nice screens will crack if they hit a hard surface in a certain angle. Looks like your phone hit the floor corner first, that is often big trouble.
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I thought it might be interesting to see how common this issue is. I am calling it a design flaw.
Single, waist high drop onto tile kitchen floor.
It is an awesome phone but people should be aware how easily this device breaks/cracks.
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How can you call it a design flaw when you drop them? So it's not peoples fault when they drop things and ended up breaking but it's company's who made the product? I like to know what Samsung will say to your comment.....
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have you guys watched this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJuNgBkloFE
Im afraid i must echo the comments above. Dropping onto a tile floor would never end well and would have been amazed had it survived scratch/damage free. I've dropped mine a couple times but my foot has broken the floor and i've been lucky. If it had say cracked in my pocked i'd call it a design floor, but this is sadly an accident.
Wow. No Trolls here.
Yeeeeeeah, we trolls sympathize with you. I'd hate to break my phone! (>_>)
I am sticking with design flaw regardless of the above flamers.
Drop testing is a standard part of QC on all phones. Some manufacturers hold in the highest regard as part of QC.
I believe drop test QC was inadequate on this product.
My only point is to make potential buyers aware of the issue. I still think the phone is awesome and worth buying but people need to know that the phone on its own is inadequately protected from standard daily use so some kind of helmet is recommended.
You need to reconsider your definition of the word "troll". They are not trolling you for a reaction; they are advising you that dropping a glass-fronted device onto its corner on a tile floor is pretty much guaranteed to crack it. It's not a design flaw.
First thing I did when I got my S3 was buy a cover and screen protector.
With such an expensive phone I believe its essential
Still a good post to remind us all, that we should really get a protective case.
None yet here, been lazy, hate shopping, might have to get one online
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This is mine.
The crack appeared 2 weeks after I bought it. I haven't dropped it and I don't know how this happened.
Hopefully it's "stable" and it's not getting worse with time. It's been more than a month now.
I had been told that warranty wouldn't cover this so I haven't done anything.
@anthropolyte
If one is not part of the solution one is part of the... a Troll.
No. A troll is someone who baits someone in order to annoy them and get a reaction. People on here are advising you that because you dropped your phone onto a tiled floor, you're responsible for what resulted, not Samsung.
Do you call everyone who corrects you or disagrees with you a troll?
Here's my screen.
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Here's my screen.
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What did you do to your phone?!
sumsy2011 said:
Here's my screen.
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apk name please
ruianast
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Kangburra said:
What did you do to your phone?!
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installed a app !?
ruianast
sumsy2011 said:
Here's my screen.
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+1 ruianast
Apps name please
Lol. The app called. Crack your screen.
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What has happened to my baby???
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I received my bumper from the Play Store a few days ago. I really like the feel and shape of it, but there is a weak spot in the design of the plastic. Mine has a crack right below the USB port. I don't recall it being there when I received it, but it could have been. And now because of this crack, the plastic on each side of the USB port is angling up towards the middle. If or when the crack spreads all the way through the plastic, then it will be only the rubber part holding it together. Anyone else experiencing this?
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Have you dropped it? If not, I'd request a replacement.
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Have you dropped it? If not, I'd request a replacement.
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No I have not dropped it. I do have an email into Google.
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I received my bumper from the Play Store a few days ago. I really like the feel and shape of it, but there is a weak spot in the design of the plastic. Mine has a crack right below the USB port. I don't recall it being there when I received it, but it could have been. And now because of this crack, the plastic on each side of the USB port is angling up towards the middle. If or when the crack spreads all the way through the plastic, then it will be only the rubber part holding it together. Anyone else experiencing this?
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Nothing wrong on my end. It kind of looks like the result of the usb cord you may be using. Are you using the usb cable that was supplied with the phone or are you using a third party micro usb cord? Looks like the plastic part of the usb cord is pressing against the plastic where under enough pressure.
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Nothing wrong on my end. It kind of looks like the result of the usb cord you may be using. Are you using the usb cable that was supplied with the phone or are you using a third party micro usb cord? Looks like the plastic part of the usb cord is pressing against the plastic where under enough pressure.
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That would be pressure in the opposite direction. What you are describing is downward pressure on the plastic, which would close the crack, not pry it apart. I think the crack is a weak spot in the design and happens when installing the bumper. The U-shape of the plastic is akin to pulling apart a Turkey wishbone until it breaks.
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No issues here. I've had mine since mid-November and taken it off and put it back on several times.
Mine must be defective. Sounds like they are going to ship me a new one. :good:
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Mine must be defective. Sounds like they are going to ship me a new one. :good:
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I'm still waiting for them to come back into stock!
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I'm still waiting for them to come back into stock!
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Haha, wanna buy a halfway broken one?
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Haha, wanna buy a halfway broken one?
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I'll take it! $5 shipped? lol
I bid 10$
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I'll sell you mines for -27 I'll pay you just to take it out of my hands
17.89$
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Haha guys, I'm not really selling it. That was a joke.
rmkilc said:
Haha guys, I'm not really selling it. That was a joke.
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As was I I already got one
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As was I I already got one
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No crack in the plastic?
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No crack in the plastic?
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Nope no crack in mine. I would tell them it was a early Xmas gift from someone and it had a crack in it when u opened it today. Then u may get a replacement.
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Jefferyrbrown1983 said:
Nope no crack in mine. I would tell them it was a early Xmas gift from someone and it had a crack in it when u opened it today. Then u may get a replacement.
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No need to make up a story. They are already sending me a replacement.
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No need to make up a story. They are already sending me a replacement.
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:thumbup: That's Good
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And it didn't even land on the screen, but on the plastic chrome bezel around it..
130€ just the screen. F*ck this ****.
If you came here looking for sympathy, you are not going to get any.
It's glass. It breaks. Bummer.
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If you came here looking for sympathy, you are not going to get any.
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What about some empathy then?
I love your phone case!
Oh wait.
Oops
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Yeah I knew the case won't offer enough protection around the edges the second I saw it, but I liked it anyway.. That's Meifeng Hard Skin btw. I should've gotten a bumper.
And that my friends is why phone cases and screen protectors are out there for us to use!
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If I gained £1 for every thread like this, I'd be able to pay someone else to not care about your problem either.
0rigin said:
And it didn't even land on the screen, but on the plastic chrome bezel around it..
130€ just the screen. F*ck this ****.
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Wow dude, that sucks. Sorry about your phone man, Maybe try and get some other prices on a new screen. :crying:
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Wow dude, that sucks. Sorry about your phone man, Maybe try and get some other prices on a new screen. :crying:
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No the screen for this phone is expensive. Around $130 from China, plus tax and customs and we are in the neigbourhood of 130€ again, the same if I buy it directly from the LG importer for my country, plus I won't have to wait a month to arrive..
0rigin said:
No the screen for this phone is expensive. Around $130 from China, plus tax and customs and we are in the neigbourhood of 130€ again, the same if I buy it directly from the LG importer for my country, plus I won't have to wait a month to arrive..
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Grief
Damn, I have the same case.. Might change to the TPU!
Good thing it's not too expensive, eh?
I'm very sorry about your phone. I've had the same case and for some reason decided to change it to the cheap 2.90$ tpu case from eBay. Few days later my phone fell out of my hand about waist height on that same spot and not even a scratch. I'm with that tpu ever since
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Bohoo why post here? Your own daft fault sympathy or funds to fix it?
One thing you will be more careful next time pmsl
Int
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Same thing with mine...except my glass is fine. Chrome bezel has a nick in it from a marble floor. Luckily my diztronic case that I was waiting for at the time covers it completely.
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If you came here looking for sympathy, you are not going to get any.
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A nokia wouldn't have broken in this way. A samsung wouldn't have broken in this way. An HTC wouldn't have broken in this way. A little sympathy wouldn't be amiss.
Just yesterday I dropped my phone 3 feet onto a concrete floor. It bounced at least 2 times. I have on a poetic bumper with no screen protector and not a scratch or mark on the phone at all.
fenstre said:
A nokia wouldn't have broken in this way. A samsung wouldn't have broken in this way. An HTC wouldn't have broken in this way. A little sympathy wouldn't be amiss.
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Nobody was forced to buy this phone
fenstre said:
A nokia wouldn't have broken in this way. A samsung wouldn't have broken in this way. An HTC wouldn't have broken in this way. A little sympathy wouldn't be amiss.
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They also Do Not make a phone like the Nexus 4 with the Edge to Edge glass...
an iPhone would have done this (a more sensible comparison in build)
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0rigin said:
And it didn't even land on the screen, but on the plastic chrome bezel around it..
130€ just the screen. F*ck this ****.
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What were you doing that the phone was only 2 feet from the ground? Are you that short?
I mean seriously a plastic back cover is stopping some people from buying the phone? You know what you can do is buy a metal replacement back cover or what ever one you want and just take the existing one off and put the new one on in 5 seconds.
I don't understand the complaining here, if you don't like that glossy back... buy one you do like!
Metal affects the antenna signals and the GPS.
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Metal affects the antenna signals and the GPS.
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Yep.
I myself don't mind the plastic as much as most people.. I'll probably have to otterbox it anyways because of my job which has already destroyed a rezound
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I mean seriously a plastic back cover is stopping some people from buying the phone? You know what you can do is buy a metal replacement back cover or what ever one you want and just take the existing one off and put the new one on in 5 seconds.
I don't understand the complaining here, if you don't like that glossy back... buy one you do like!
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It's pretty sad, because the same thing happened last year with the S3. How about this: put a case on. That way, you won't notice that "flimsy" back cover ever again.
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It's pretty sad, because the same thing happened last year with the S3. How about this: put a case on. That way, you won't notice that "flimsy" back cover ever again.
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You can probably even replace the back cover with an aluminium one, so no need for a case.
The criticism on back cover is just ridiculous. I mean most of us put the back cover all the time, so why bothering for it. The thing that matter most is the screen and software
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Toss3 said:
You can probably even replace the back cover with an aluminium one, so no need for a case.
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Exacty.
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The criticism on back cover is just ridiculous. I mean most of us put the back cover all the time, so why bothering for it. The thing that matter most is the screen and software
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Don't forget battery life & processor
What I hate about a metal or glass phone is you have to be careful with it and suddenly the phone becomes horrible to use because you're always scared of scratching. So you get a case and it makes the phone twice as big and way uglier than the GS4 is by default.
With the plastic back cover, it covers the whole rear of the phone that it sits on, so it does it's job properly. Unlike the GS2 which has that big bump at the bottom which is the bit that gets scratches and you cannot replace easily. So you can scratch the **** out of the back of the GS4 and it doesn't matter cause you just buy a new one for a fiver off ebay. The other thing I love is I bent my GS2 back cover in half and it just sprung back and was fine, I'm guessing the GS4 is the same material.
Almost every smartphone owner I know has a case on their phone. Metal body of phones never see the light of the day.
Nerd 1: "S4 is plastic and ugly."
Nerd 2: "what phone do you have?"
Nerd 1: "iPhone 5. It's made of aluminum. You know, metal used for soda cans. Let me show it to you after I take off the Otterbox case. Just give me a minute."
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I want a carbon fiber back
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expertzero1 said:
I want a carbon fiber back
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+1 I would buy one!!
Thing is... I scratch my SG4's back cover I can easily replace it, try that with the One!
stanfna said:
+1 I would buy one!!
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Look at my gorgeous metal phone.. and the butt ugly Otterbox that I put it in
Seriously though, I'm sure there will be better non metal back covers. One disadvantage of metal back covers is the loss of signal and NFC.
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knarfl1 said:
Almost every smartphone owner I know has a case on their phone. Metal body of phones never see the light of the day.
Nerd 1: "S4 is plastic and ugly."
Nerd 2: "what phone do you have?"
Nerd 1: "iPhone 5. It's made of aluminum. You know, metal used for soda cans. Let me show it to you after I take off the Otterbox case. Just give me a minute."
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Made my day, btw :laugh:
carbon fiber skin, looks good
http://www.bodyguardz.com/armor-carbon-fiber-skin-samsung-galaxy-s-4-iv.html
Just put ur phone in the silicon case and trust me ur plastic will be durable and unscratched for years. This is what i did with my note for a year and a half and everytime i take it out its like new.
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Squirrel1620 said:
Yep.
I myself don't mind the plastic as much as most people.. I'll probably have to otterbox it anyways because of my job which has already destroyed a rezound
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It's not most people it's just loud people, most people don't see a phone as symbol of their status and thus just want their phone made of an efficient material, you can get a Ho in the UK for around £26 pm roughly £2.50 a week more than you can get a Samsung Ace on contract, where's the perceived status in a phone an unemployed person could easily afford.
@ KillaHurtz
Sweet! That with a built-in wireless charger will do it for me!
I have this baus on my note 2.
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Considering this for my gs4...liking the nexus 7 esque vibe.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Black-Lux...t=US_Cell_Phone_PDA_Cases&hash=item19db90af10