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Lost some repect for my GN10.1

I dropped my tabby lightly today (something that Doesn't happen). despite it being in a case, I managed to scratch the corner up pretty nasty and unclip the clips holding the back plate in the corner. Wow.
A few minutes later totally unrelated (I hope), I felt that the center of my screen very warm. I took off the case to check the temperature in the back, behind the case where it cant ventilate and Wow! it's running hot! mostly Under the ffc and close to the left side of the tablet holding it landscape. I wasn't even doing anything heavy.
So yeah. I love this thing but I gotta say. I hate the choice of materials here Samsung, Plastic just isn't right for a 500 $ flagship. I gotta say, I'm pretty amazed with the gps on this thing though. .. I know it wouldn't be possible without the plastic construction. I gotta wonder why the compass is so bad though.
Anyway, thats my rant for the day. enjoy.
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What kind of case was it so we can prevent this from happening to anyone else?
Also which part of your tab hit the ground. Though i feel for you and your tab, a lesson can be learned from this on how (if ever) in an event you drop your device, how to drop it "the right way" to avoid damage such as this.
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younix258 said:
I dropped my tabby lightly today (something that Doesn't happen). despite it being in a case, I managed to scratch the corner up pretty nasty and unclip the clips holding the back plate in the corner. Wow.
A few minutes later totally unrelated (I hope), I felt that the center of my screen very warm. I took off the case to check the temperature in the back, behind the case where it cant ventilate and Wow! it's running hot! mostly Under the ffc and close to the left side of the tablet holding it landscape. I wasn't even doing anything heavy.
So yeah. I love this thing but I gotta say. I hate the choice of materials here Samsung, Plastic just isn't right for a 500 $ flagship. I gotta say, I'm pretty amazed with the gps on this thing though. .. I know it wouldn't be possible without the plastic construction. I gotta wonder why the compass is so bad though.
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If it were a metal back that's tightly bonded to the frame your post would be about how easily the screen cracks. My OG G-Tab 10.1 got run over by an "excuse the cart" after it fell out of my briefcase at DFW airport. It survived unscathed. You spin the wheel and take your chances.

younix258 said:
I dropped my tabby lightly today (something that Doesn't happen). despite it being in a case, I managed to scratch the corner up pretty nasty and unclip the clips holding the back plate in the corner. Wow.
A few minutes later totally unrelated (I hope), I felt that the center of my screen very warm. I took off the case to check the temperature in the back, behind the case where it cant ventilate and Wow! it's running hot! mostly Under the ffc and close to the left side of the tablet holding it landscape. I wasn't even doing anything heavy.
So yeah. I love this thing but I gotta say. I hate the choice of materials here Samsung, Plastic just isn't right for a 500 $ flagship. I gotta say, I'm pretty amazed with the gps on this thing though. .. I know it wouldn't be possible without the plastic construction. I gotta wonder why the compass is so bad though.
Anyway, thats my rant for the day. enjoy.
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I wouldn't have another metal one. They don't give for the screen and moreover, just check how poor wifi and gps signals are on tablets that are made of all metal... such as the TF201... or even more famous tablets...

Well how about wood? Jk idk.. maybe thicker plastic, or a metal structure/bezel with plastic for the back. The iPad feels pretty solid though so idk if metal is always bad.
My case is a poetic faux leather case.. I think it had 'slim' in the name.
It slipped off my car's seat thanks to my dumb disobedient cat and landed right on that corner
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younix258 said:
Well how about wood?
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That's one of the funniest things I've seen posted in a long time. Touche.

Lol I could throw my Note across the room and it would be fine. My case is excellent.
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Love the materials rants. First week I dropped my n7k from about 5 ft with only a thin elago case and a screen protector of course and it lands face Down on rough gravel and only a tiny Nick on the very outer bezel between screen protector and case . Nice job Sammy . Last week a co worker drops her iPhone 4 like 3 ft on flat asphalt and crack screen . Hahaha get what you pay for I guess . ....
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So this thread is about you dropping your Note and blaming Samsung for the damage. Seems legit.
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bootloopz said:
So this thread is about you dropping your Note and blaming Samsung for the damage. Seems legit.
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Why not? We don't want to be the only XDA forum not griping about devices being damaged when we drop them.
SGS3 - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1716425
One X - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1606088
TF700 - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1803345

younix258 said:
I dropped my tabby lightly today (something that Doesn't happen). despite it being in a case, I managed to scratch the corner up pretty nasty and unclip the clips holding the back plate in the corner. Wow.
A few minutes later totally unrelated (I hope), I felt that the center of my screen very warm. I took off the case to check the temperature in the back, behind the case where it cant ventilate and Wow! it's running hot! mostly Under the ffc and close to the left side of the tablet holding it landscape. I wasn't even doing anything heavy.
So yeah. I love this thing but I gotta say. I hate the choice of materials here Samsung, Plastic just isn't right for a 500 $ flagship. I gotta say, I'm pretty amazed with the gps on this thing though. .. I know it wouldn't be possible without the plastic construction. I gotta wonder why the compass is so bad though.
Anyway, thats my rant for the day. enjoy.
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Sorry to hear. My luck, thankfully, has been different. Dropped mine twice now and nothing wrong. Both times were without a case. Finally got a case and no drops since.

You should know for the asus transformer prime that metal backs are more pretty than functional.
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Well from what I understand though I am not an expert on this the plastic material is better then metals on Ipad as it can absorb most of the shock bot none the less because of the weight of the tablet you will damage it no matter how lightly it is dropped but that said I have a micromax tablet which has been droped kicked around by my sisters kids to an extent where the casing has cracked but tablet is still running
I sugguest you look at rubber casing because they have the tendency to absorb shock more then anything else only draw back they do not look fancy

samir_a said:
Well from what I understand though I am not an expert on this the plastic material is better then metals on Ipad as it can absorb most of the shock bot none the less because of the weight of the tablet you will damage it no matter how lightly it is dropped but that said I have a micromax tablet which has been droped kicked around by my sisters kids to an extent where the casing has cracked but tablet is still running
I sugguest you look at rubber casing because they have the tendency to absorb shock more then anything else only draw back they do not look fancy
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I guess the . and , keys fell off during the impact. :laugh:

once and forever: Samsung devices are cased in polycarbonate and not plastic !!!!!! And this material is used in aircraft and space engineering, it is light and robust and exceeds cheap aluminum in most parameters !!!!!!

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polycarbonate
I do not know how you define plastic, but that sounds like plastic. It is the other way around. We are flying in plastic planes . And I do not think that planes are built out of the same polycarbonates than this tablet. That is far too simplistic.
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troed said:
once and forever
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That's what you said last time.

Ok This is getting personal lets stick to the issue and irrespective of what material a tablet is made of it will sustain damage if it is dropped its not drop proof so handle with care

samir_a said:
Ok This is getting personal lets stick to the issue and irrespective of what material a tablet is made of it will sustain damage if it is dropped its not drop proof so handle with care
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Sorry, you're wrong. This is a long standing quote that I was kidding the OP about. Also, this is the one forum that I have rarely seen it get personal. Nothing to be concerned about here. :good:

For sure the note 10.1 feels like the cheapest device I have ever got , (in materials and build quality) specially the back blue plastic cover, but if it wasn't made like this it would have been allot heavier and very expensive so get a silicon case or something for it, forget about its build quality and enjoy the real power underhood
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Careful! Pretty Fragile :\

Dropped my baby waist high at the end of my workout and bam screen cracked. My first cracked screen!
Anyways, when I first got this phone I thought "Hey it feels pretty fragile, but it probably is sturdier than it feels... nope. It fell on thin carpet floors with my earphone Jack still in place. Funny thing is.... It fell on the earphone jack creating a small focus area of impact which lead to the crack. I believe it hit it hard enough that it bent it from the inside out breaking the digitizer and cracking the screen. Screen isn't bad but touch doesn't work anymore. More details. It has the spigen case on it with the spigen screen protector. .. But even with that case... it was able to land on the area where it is weakest.
Enough of my rant, just be careful of this phone fellas. Shatter proof film, but not crack proof. Going to insurance claim it on Monday.
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I dropped mine 2 meter high and nothing cracked just little scratch.
Ps i don't use any case.
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I've dropped mine 2 stories up, it landed on grass/mud though. No cracks no dents no scratches.Was hard to clean up the dirt from the speaker and mic lol.

Glass will always be glass. Same things happen to iphone.
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dropped mine from my bed, now vibration motor make an horrible sound and feel. Definitely fragile handset, I remember when revealed they marketed it as robust with special frame and all : BS!

First of a phone is made for many things but not to be dropped. That's a fact. STOP DROPPING **** ALL THE TIME. Second of in the sony center here in Berlin they dropped that phone on concrete tables and all kinds of stuff and it didn't break. But again. Why can't ppl not hold on to there stuff? It always puzzles me.
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dante501 said:
First of a phone is made for many things but not to be dropped. That's a fact. STOP DROPPING **** ALL THE TIME. Second of in the sony center here in Berlin they dropped that phone on concrete tables and all kinds of stuff and it didn't break. But again. Why can't ppl not hold on to there stuff? It always puzzles me.
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You mean something like this?
I've dropped mine from about knee height and mine survived. No case. It slipped out of my pocket when I went to sit down.
I have a technique to hold my phone from the three sides that gravity affects the most for the phone... I noticed everyone holds it from the side but never the bottom, the place most prone that'll make the phone drop out - and down - onto the floor...

Calvat said:
You mean something like this?
I've dropped mine from about knee height and mine survived. No case. It slipped out of my pocket when I went to sit down.
I have a technique to hold my phone from the three sides that gravity affects the most for the phone... I noticed everyone holds it from the side but never the bottom, the place most prone that'll make the phone drop out - and down - onto the floor...
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Exactly they did that in Sony Center here in Germany as well. And I see u like Erica Griffin. She is a great reviewer.
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dante501 said:
Exactly they did that in Sony Center here in Germany as well. And I see u like Erica Griffin. She is a great reviewer.
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I don't really know her none the less like her. She's just one of the few people I stumbled upon who gave reviews and videos of the Xperia Z when I was looking to buy it.
For anyone who drops their phone a lot, remember there's a lanyard on the corner. Finger lanyards even exist now days, but I've got mine strapped to my jeans so if it drops it doesn't hit the ground!

Calvat said:
I don't really know her none the less like her. She's just one of the few people I stumbled upon who gave reviews and videos of the Xperia Z when I was looking to buy it.
For anyone who drops their phone a lot, remember there's a lanyard on the corner. Finger lanyards even exist now days, but I've got mine strapped to my jeans so if it drops it hit the ground!
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Yeah
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I drop my phone when i drunk it was like about 5 inch 5 nothing hapennd just a little scratch ...no case using
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gm007 said:
I dropped mine 2 meter high and nothing cracked just little scratch.
Ps i don't use any case.
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Me to at work on concrete with Water on the floor and no scratch
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sfkaudi said:
Me to at work on concrete with Water on the floor and no scratch
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Mine fell from sink height on ceramic floor, no cracks, no scratches (although I missed a heart bit).

Mine fall on my waist hight and break the fall with my bare foot, the phone is undamaged but my toe painful :crying: all for the sake of saving the phone such thing cause me to reach that way when things fall that is to kick it:silly:

dropped on concrete screen down and corner down in same day; phone is fine. the fact that you dropped yours with one of the flaps open & having headphone jack in created a weak point in the exoskeleton since it wasn't fully sealed
sucks bro

ILoveXperia said:
Mine fall on my waist hight and break the fall with my bare foot, the phone is undamaged but my toe painful :crying: all for the sake of saving the phone such thing cause me to reach that way when things fall that is to kick it:silly:
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I wish I broke the fall with my foot! Argh lol
troyism said:
dropped on concrete screen down and corner down in same day; phone is fine. the fact that you dropped yours with one of the flaps open & having headphone jack in created a weak point in the exoskeleton since it wasn't fully sealed
sucks bro
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Yeah, unfortunate and bad timing. Just finished my workout. About to head to the locker. Whipped my phone out. I think I was swyping... then I put my hand down. Not knowing it caught on to the earphone wires. Bam slung the phone down. Sucks but **** happens.
And yes guys, I know phones aren't suppose to be dropped. Captain obvious. What I mostly find fragile was the digitizer breaking and how the glass was easily pressed upon when touching it. Just a little rant and notice that when the glass breaks... it's really fragile, unlike some of the other phones I messed around with that has cracked screens (besides iPhones) where if it breaks, you can still use the phone without any notice of the glass moving. Oh wells! Waiting on the replacement
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I have a handstrap, so not only can I hold the phone easily, if I'm holding it above my face while on the bed it can't ninja through my fingers and smack me in the face. No case needed, used to have one but I took it off, it's solid as it when naked.

dante501 said:
First of a phone is made for many things but not to be dropped. That's a fact. STOP DROPPING **** ALL THE TIME. . But again. Why can't ppl not hold on to there stuff? It always puzzles me.
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You must be a superhero or a god or something, us human being make mistake sometimes, I don't know nobody on earth that never had a mobile falling from the pocket / bed/ hands / etc. It happens everyday even to the most careful people like me.
I said drop but I should say fall instead if it makes any difference. English not my native tongue.

babylonbwoy said:
You must be a superhero or a god or something, us human being make mistake sometimes, I don't know nobody on earth that never had a mobile falling from the pocket / bed/ hands / etc. It happens everyday even to the most careful people like me.
I said drop but I should say fall instead if it makes any difference. English not my native tongue.
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Dont worry it is all good.
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Today nearly drop my phone to the road surface, luckily had a strap attach the phone to my jeans :silly:
But it skip my heart beat to nearly stop haha was on the way back from Saturday night out, and stop by gas station to refill Gas of bike, thats the time it nearly fall lucky me having the strap, just buy it today itself and man sure was worth it:fingers-crossed::good:

Share your broken screen stories

Supposedly this is the toughest top tier phone out there right now.
I want to hear about your stories of actually damaging the phone. Haven't seen many yet, but they have to be out there. Broken screen, broken chassis, any type of permanent damage - except for screen scratches. Rock, concrete, sand - these will scratch any and all screen out there, so no need to share those!

new one comes tomorrow on the bright side
volunteer firefighter here and was about to leave my firehouse after a call when the phone slipped out of my hand and fell hitting bottom first...landed with screen up and I didn't even have to pick it up before I realized she didn't make it. the actual glass didn't break at all but underneath there's a bunch of cracks to the screen and only the top half of the screen works now

My situation doesn't quite qualify, but after just a few days I pulled the phone out of my pocket to realize it had a hairline scratch going across the middle of the screen. I'm sure it was a bit of sand or something (I don't keep anything else in that pocket), but I haven't had a screen scratch on any of the recent generations of gorilla glass so I was surprised to see it.

Just cracked my screen yesterday morning, dropped it on the driveway as I was getting out of my Jeep. Off to Motorola for $200 repair. My recommendation to everyone here: GET THE MOTOROLA INSURANCE. I wish I had known of it earlier. I think it's $89 for two years and a $39 deductible.

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Just cracked my screen yesterday morning, dropped it on the driveway as I was getting out of my Jeep. Off to Motorola for $200 repair. My recommendation to everyone here: GET THE MOTOROLA INSURANCE. I wish I had known of it earlier. I think it's $89 for two years and a $39 deductible.
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I don't think that's available for the Verizon Moto X. You have to do weird stuff with Asurion instead, at which point, I don't believe your replacement can be a custom Motomaker device.

No broken screen but I have dropped it 3 times onto concrete and gravel. The time it fell onto gravel I forgot I had it on my lap and it fell face down while getting out my truck. These drops have resulted in two nicks on the plastic surrounding the screen and a faint mark on the glass. Overall, I'm pretty satisfied with the durability of the X.

I had dropped it three times, all of them front facing the floor. Two on the street and one on a marble floor.
One of them it fell with the corner right onto my toe, and it slided front facing the kitchen floor. I've had a dislocation in that toe. The phone is good though.

I dropped mine from the top of a ten foot ladder bottom of phone hit and glass is cracked but still works overall 8/10 sad for breaking my awesome phone
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Dropped mine from 3ft onto the deck of a boat and it broke :/
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You all need the otter box defender on your next phone....in the holster.
12 foot drop today onto concrete floor at work from a ladder, phone and holster....and it landed just right that it didn't even come out of the holster. Tiny scratches on holster....nothing else.
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Tripped over the cord to a ceramic heater with phone in hand. Result is a small ding next to the sim card slot. Could have been so much worse

kj2112 said:
You all need the otter box defender on your next phone....in the holster.
12 foot drop today onto concrete floor at work from a ladder, phone and holster....and it landed just right that it didn't even come out of the holster. Tiny scratches on holster....nothing else.
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Rather pay my insurance deductible then have a giant otter box on such a beautiful device . this is my first phone I've ever broken so my track record is good
I personally don't understand why people like those otterboxes but I see them everywhere.
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Legacystar said:
Rather pay my insurance deductible then have a giant otter box on such a beautiful device . this is my first phone I've ever broken so my track record is good
I personally don't understand why people like those otterboxes but I see them everywhere.
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Cause some people could care less what the phone looks like.... As long as it's safe. It's not a showpiece.... To me anyway. It's a tool.
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kj2112 said:
Cause some people could care less what the phone looks like.... As long as it's safe. It's not a showpiece.... To me anyway. It's a tool.
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Not to argue, to each his own, but why upgrade to new devices then? We should all just be using CAT smart phones lol
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I keep my phone in my pocket and cases thicken it too much for my liking--size was one reason I picked the X over the N5. this is the first screen I've broken too. Just bad luck and carelessness this time. I will say that this is heavier than my last phone which means more force upon impact unfortunately.

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Not to argue, to each his own, but why upgrade to new devices then? We should all just be using CAT smart phones lol
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You are arguing tho... And insulting cause someone disagrees.
I don't need an old phone.... or a pretty phone. I need a good phone. That's got very good protection.
Yes..... That's just me. I dropped it 12 feet onto concrete just yesterday. More than likely if it was in any other case or no case.... I'd be typing this from my s2.
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I dropped my phone edge first on ceramic floor from a height of 6 feet, no broken screen no scratches. I'm very impressed with it.
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Slightly OT but if you do drop your phone try and catch it with your foot. Your natural instinct is to catch it with your hands but it will drop too quickly. So if you drop it try to catch it with your foot, I've successfully done this a few times, and it greatly reduces the speed and therefore the chances of a bad breakage.

Dropped my DInc at lake Havasu cracked the screen then I got glass splinters when trying to use it haha. 2 days after I tool my screen protector off
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emailrob said:
Slightly OT but if you do drop your phone try and catch it with your foot. Your natural instinct is to catch it with your hands but it will drop too quickly. So if you drop it try to catch it with your foot, I've successfully done this a few times, and it greatly reduces the speed and therefore the chances of a bad breakage.
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I tried that and had a dislocation in my toe.

Dropped it yet?

Like a lot of people I'm suddenly debating an edge but I'm worried about losing a rim of aluminum or plastic around the screen. I don't do cases and do drop my phone on concrete around twice a year but have never broken anything, am I right in guessing that edge screens lose a lot of durability without a case?

Dropped mine twice, both times onto my Kitchen floor (stone). Not even a scratch, much to my surprise.
Haven't found a case I like yet, and I'm insured, but will eventually get a flip cover I think.

drop it in the toliet 2 times on wooden floor, looks the same as before when i buy it.

That's sweet to hear, thanks!

Dropped my on kitchen floor yesterday thankfully not a mark on it !!

I've had mine for over 2 months, and it's in mint condition. You learn early on that the thing is a bit of a tank, but still manages to be well-manufactured with a premium feel. I've had a few drops thag were hard to look at, but a spray-adhesive screen protector and a flimsy TPU case bought online have protected the phone from any cracks or scratches.

i watched a drop test on youtube of this phone a while back vs an iphone, and although ymmv compared to the video, it did seem like the S6 was pretty tough, it took dropping the phone from around 10feet high before the glass smashed on back or front! I was very impressed.
I want to also highlight how I've gone without a case for the few months I've had this phone, and there isn't one scratch to be seen! Yes it is a fingerprint magnet, but I seriously thought that the back of the phone would look awful pretty quickly, but it's just pristine!

Dropped mine again in the kitchen again no damage thankfully.
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My phone is cracked to **** - top right corner, middle of screen and on rear! I may need to rethink a glass phone next time lol

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My phone is cracked to **** - top right corner, middle of screen and on rear! I may need to rethink a glass phone next time lol
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May be buy a case.
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DBZo07 said:
May be buy a case.
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Without a good case; this thing is so painful to hands, i mean sharp rear lines. After a long surfing on the hand, it is giving cramp. [emoji51]
And sending an another post. Why?
Because I can..

Yes I dropped mine onto a beer can on the floor which still had some beer in it, this made sure the can did not move. The result of the 3ft fall? the pixels at the impact point are completely knackered, so will need to claim on the insurance when it comes to selling it for the Note 6, as I imagine the phone is probably a write off as it is the screen as well as the glass. Not sure I think much of this Gorilla Glass!

I owned the xperia z and z3 and never managed to crack these once. On the three occasions I dropped my s6e+ it resulted in damage. Why buy an expensive beautiful glass phone to put it in a plastic case?

yep yesterday camera len broken. looks like a right pain to do and looks like camera its self looks damaged too.
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About those scratches.

My girlfriend is notorious for scratching and breaking her phones. She has had her Note 7 for 1 week now and the phone is totally naked. She throws her phones into her purse and they ping pong around bouncing off various plastic and metal objects while shes on the move. I warned her over and over that this glass is softer and scratches easier, she didn't listen. Today her phone was sitting face down on the tile counter top covered in greasy, lotion smudges. She hasn't even removed the IMEI sticker from the back of the phone yet. It looks like ****. So I took it and spent 3 minutes wiping it down to take a really close look at it under our dining room table light. I cleaned it to perfection and put it under the light. Can you guess what I found?
Not a single mark or scratch. I don't know if she has been lucky or if the scratches have been hyped up somewhat. I have a Note 7 on the way and plan to put it through some real world use, not the Mohs scale.

If it helps you i have thrown my phone pretty hard and it is perfectly fine. I was testing the forces on it. As well there is a video were a user dropped it from 100FT in the air and it was enclosed in ice and it was perfectly fine. You have no worries G glass 5 is pretty dam strong , Other users will have their thoughts i am giving my 1st hand experiences.
PS I put my phone in my pocket with my keys for most of the day a week ago and it had no scratches i could see... I use and abuse my phones for durability

ice5192 said:
If it helps you i have thrown my phone pretty hard and it is perfectly fine. I was testing the forces on it. As well there is a video were a user dropped it from 100FT in the air and it was enclosed in ice and it was perfectly fine. You have no worries G glass 5 is pretty dam strong , Other users will have their thoughts i am giving my 1st hand experiences.
PS I put my phone in my pocket with my keys for most of the day a week ago and it had no scratches i could see... I use and abuse my phones for durability
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Wow a day riding around with keys lol Can you please find the nearest light and look closely for any scratching? I was thinking that maybe my girl got lucky and her phone missed the keys every time, but if you had it in a small pocket with nothing but keys, well that right there is scientific evidence my friend lol

I left mine with my keys also and have not scratches. I even check under bright lights.

I left mine in a bucket filled with bricks....What do you know? Not one scratch! I love this phone.

suzook said:
I left mine in a bucket filled with bricks....What do you know? Not one scratch! I love this phone.
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I'm saving the link to this thread and when XDA implements the the thumbs down button, you will be the first to receive it.

suzook said:
I left mine in a bucket filled with bricks....What do you know? Not one scratch! I love this phone.
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lmao

Funny i babied mine for a week, i have a fine scratch on my screen and smaller ones on the back near the bottom curve from dust/sand that got in the case.
These testimonials are great but Gorilla Glass hasn't broken balance of hardness to toughness so the more shatter resistant they claim to be, its very likely the easier they will become to scratch as hardness drops.
Some of you just arent looking hard enough and micro scratches add up over time.
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pcriz said:
Funny i babied mine for a week, i have a fine scratch on my screen and smaller ones on the back near the bottom curve from dust/sand that got in the case.
These testimonials are great but Gorilla Glass hasn't broken balance of hardness to toughness so the more shatter resistant they claim to be, its very likely the easier they will become to scratch as hardness drops.
Some of you just arent looking hard enough and micro scratches add up over time.
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Sand will scratch diamond lol No but sand is some scary stuff. I've seen so many friends get grime in between their phone and case and they pull it out months later only to find their phone is destroyed. No cases for me.

I read an article where the author gave Corning a chance to rebut the whole scratch video and what the essentially said was that it wasn't the glass scratching but the softer substrate being left on the glass. Also was stated that all glass has a hardness rating of at least 5. I'll see if i can find the article and link to it
Here we go
http://www.androidauthority.com/corning-responds-samsung-galaxy-note-7-scratch-test-video-711210/
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seh6183 said:
Sand will scratch diamond lol No but sand is some scary stuff. I've seen so many friends get grime in between their phone and case and they pull it out months later only to find their phone is destroyed. No cases for me.
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I keep my case and take a risk, maybe get that spray on stuff for the back. Fine scratches from a case is better than a shattered back or from no case IMO

pcriz said:
I keep my case and take a risk, maybe get that spray on stuff for the back. Fine scratches from a case is better than a shattered back or from no case IMO
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I've have 14 quadrillion phones and have only broken one so I just keep insurance for that super rare occurrence. I do have a huge problem with phones falling out of basketball shorts when I'm sitting but that only chunks the housing. Damn basketball shorts....

I did nothing on my screen for the first few days. Put the phone in a pocket on its own. Clean pockets. No sand or anything. I have two scratches so far on the front screen. FML. They are fairly surface. But there. I now have been on the hunt for a decent screen shield as a result.
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drmacrofish said:
I did nothing on my screen for the first few days. Put the phone in a pocket on its own. Clean pockets. No sand or anything. I have two scratches so far on the front screen. FML. They are fairly surface. But there. I now have been on the hunt for a decent screen shield as a result.
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Yeap. Pretty much how i got my first one.
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drmacrofish said:
I did nothing on my screen for the first few days. Put the phone in a pocket on its own. Clean pockets. No sand or anything. I have two scratches so far on the front screen. FML. They are fairly surface. But there. I now have been on the hunt for a decent screen shield as a result.
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Yeap, happened exactly like that for me.
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ice5192 said:
If it helps you i have thrown my phone pretty hard and it is perfectly fine. I was testing the forces on it. As well there is a video were a user dropped it from 100FT in the air and it was enclosed in ice and it was perfectly fine. You have no worries G glass 5 is pretty dam strong , Other users will have their thoughts i am giving my 1st hand experiences.
PS I put my phone in my pocket with my keys for most of the day a week ago and it had no scratches i could see... I use and abuse my phones for durability
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My friend on my plan was taking a photo while hiking and dropped it onto dirt and grass and the screen shattered. It's all about how it's dropped I guess
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I will say that I've been rocking mine without a screen protector for a week and I have no scratches. However, on my first Note 7 (returned it because of
) I got two small very thin scratches on the screen within having it for 3 hours... I had only put it in my clean pockets for like 10 minutes, I pulled out lint and vacuumed my pockets since it was day one and the video had just come out showing how easy it was to scratch.

blakedunc235 said:
My friend on my plan was taking a photo while hiking and dropped it onto dirt and grass and the screen shattered. It's all about how it's dropped I guess
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I will say that I've been rocking mine without a screen protector for a week and I have no scratches. However, on my first Note 7 (returned it because of
) I got two small very thin scratches on the screen within having it for 3 hours... I had only put it in my clean pockets for like 10 minutes, I pulled out lint and vacuumed my pockets since it was day one and the video had just come out showing how easy it was to scratch.
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No pics of the shattered device ?

no screen protector no scratches since day 1 and i put in my pocket.
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5 days now and no marks. Woke up and the phone was on the floor this morning 10 feet from my bed. No idea how it got there. Was on carpet though. Bumped it into a door frame earlier and not a mark. Phone is flawless. Only time will tell.

I dropped mine face down and it didn't scratch or ding. I was expecting a broken screen lol. I got lucky
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no marks here either
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