I recently purchased a galaxy S5 from the carphonewarehouse in the UK and noticed that my screen was slightly off-centre with a wider black space between the white bezel and the screen on one side and at the top. I went back into store to look at some of their display models and they all seemed to be off-centre either to one side or too high or low. I exchanged it for another device which still is slightly off centre but not as much as the original. Has anybody else noticed this. When I mean off centre I'm talking 0.X mm. Once you notice it though you cannot un-notice it. Its easier to notice when comparing each corner with the black spaces.
The best way to notice is to get a pure white screen up by saving a white image in the gallery.
I'd rather not notice it!
Didn't notice it here
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louie875 said:
I recently purchased a galaxy S5 from the carphonewarehouse in the UK and noticed that my screen was slightly off-centre with a wider black space between the white bezel and the screen on one side and at the top. I went back into store to look at some of their display models and they all seemed to be off-centre either to one side or too high or low. I exchanged it for another device which still is slightly off centre but not as much as the original. Has anybody else noticed this. When I mean off centre I'm talking 0.X mm. Once you notice it though you cannot un-notice it. Its easier to notice when comparing each corner with the black spaces.
The best way to notice is to get a pure white screen up by saving a white image in the gallery.
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Yep mine has this too, noticed it first day out. Mine has a slightly thicker black boarder on the right side and bottom though...
that doesn't bug me as much as my home button, the silver boarder around it has a small 'gouge' in it where it looks like its slightly peeled up.. It's tiny, but still.. Fit and finish is a little 'rushed' for these phones I feel. but as long as it works, it's good therapy to calm my OCD that everything has to be perfect, so i'll learn to get over it
Yes my first one had a thicker bar at the top and on the left side. This one I have now is only off centre a tad to the right.
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When you pay £570 for a device you would expect them to at least be capable of putting it together properly.
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When you pay £570 for a device you would expect them to at least be capable of putting it together properly.
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I can understand functional defects but this has to be about the absolute worst complaint I have ever heard about a phone. It does not affect your usage AT ALL. I used to work retail and hated to deal with people who would return a laptop because the printed T on the keyboard was slightly off centered. Get a grip on reality. Jeez.
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Are any of you mechanical engineers or familiar with production and automated manufacturing equipment. If you were familiar with them, I guarantee you would have a much greater appreciation for engineering put into a device like this. Not only from a design perspective but also from a manufacturing standpoint.
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I can understand functional defects but this has to be about the absolute worst complaint I have ever heard about a phone. It does not affect your usage AT ALL. I used to work retail and hated to deal with people who would return a laptop because the printed T on the keyboard was slightly off centered. Get a grip on reality. Jeez.
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Are any of you mechanical engineers or familiar with production and automated manufacturing equipment. If you were familiar with them, I guarantee you would have a much greater appreciation for engineering put into a device like this. Not only from a design perspective but also from a manufacturing standpoint.
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That's your opinion and I appreciate it, but I don't agree with it.
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I can understand functional defects but this has to be about the absolute worst complaint I have ever heard about a phone. It does not affect your usage AT ALL. I used to work retail and hated to deal with people who would return a laptop because the printed T on the keyboard was slightly off centered. Get a grip on reality. Jeez.
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Are any of you mechanical engineers or familiar with production and automated manufacturing equipment. If you were familiar with them, I guarantee you would have a much greater appreciation for engineering put into a device like this. Not only from a design perspective but also from a manufacturing standpoint.
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Lol. Dude, you spend good money on something, it's suppose to be right. Something like the screen being dead on center is to be expected. Come on man. It's the same when you buy anything of "quality" So what it doesn't effect performance?
Would you buy a brand new car and be ok with it having a huge scratch down the side of it before you leave the lot? Doesn't effect performance does it?
Didn't think so.
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Lol. Dude, you spend good money on something, it's suppose to be right. Something like the screen being dead on center is to be expected. Come on man. It's the same when you buy anything of "quality" So what it doesn't effect performance?
Would you buy a brand new car and be ok with it having a huge scratch down the side of it before you leave the lot? Doesn't effect performance does it?
Didn't think so.
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This isn't the equivalent of having a huge scratch on the side of the car. It's the equivalent of complaining that your A/C button has too much play or the logo on the hood is not centered by .003 microns. The type of precision you guys are requesting would fall in the medical devices category which falls in the thousands of dollars because the precision is exact down to the micron. If you are willing to pay $3000 to have a perfectly symmetrical phone, then I say you could complain. Absolutely ridiculous.
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This isn't the equivalent of having a huge scratch on the side of the car. It's the equivalent of complaining that your A/C button has too much play or the logo on the hood is not centered by .003 microns. The type of precision you guys are requesting would fall in the medical devices category which falls in the thousands of dollars because the precision is exact down to the micron. If you are willing to pay $3000 to have a perfectly symmetrical phone, then I say you could complain. Absolutely ridiculous.
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Ehh...I disagree. Your phone is with you all day and you probably stare at it more than anything else you own.
I think most here with disagree but hey it's all good!
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Ehh...I disagree. Your phone is with you all day and you probably stare at it more than anything else you own.
I think most here with disagree but hey it's all good!
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are you willing to pay $3000 grand for a perfectly symmetrical phone? I'm sure the inexactness of the display falls within quality control parameters. The type of precision you are requesting would cost a lot more than $700. Are you willing to pay more?
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This isn't the equivalent of having a huge scratch on the side of the car. It's the equivalent of complaining that your A/C button has too much play or the logo on the hood is not centered by .003 microns. The type of precision you guys are requesting would fall in the medical devices category which falls in the thousands of dollars because the precision is exact down to the micron. If you are willing to pay $3000 to have a perfectly symmetrical phone, then I say you could complain. Absolutely ridiculous.
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are you willing to pay $3000 grand for a perfectly symmetrical phone? I'm sure the inexactness of the display falls within quality control parameters. The type of precision you are requesting would cost a lot more than $700. Are you willing to pay more?
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$3000 to make a phone symmetrical made me chuckle quite loudly. Brb, my $18 dollar calculator on my desk has a perfect screen, brb, perfect display on my conference phone, brb the knife I am carrying has perfect blade centering, which is tougher to do then make the screen perfectly in the middle of a phone. HAHAHA. Bro..just....bro
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$3000 to make a phone symmetrical made me chuckle quite loudly. Brb, my $18 dollar calculator on my desk has a perfect screen, brb, perfect display on my conference phone, brb the knife I am carrying has perfect blade centering, which is tougher to do then make the screen perfectly in the middle of a phone. HAHAHA. Bro..just....bro
Solid troll effort though, had me for a second.
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Seriously comparing a calculator to a cell phone? I work in manufacturing. There is a reason that $2 worth of metal costs $100 when it is formed into an exact size down to .000001 of an inch. Samsung does not have quality controls or manufacturing processes in place to have this amount of precision. Why? Because it is unnecessary and I doubt they care that one whiner like you complains about the screen being off centered by .00001 inches. Do you think a metal hip replacement, which is only $50 in materials only costs $700 to produce? Since it has to be nearly exact in size, it costs a lot more than that. Stop being ridiculous.
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Seriously comparing a calculator to a cell phone? I work in manufacturing. There is a reason that $2 worth of metal costs $100 when it is formed into an exact size down to .000001 of an inch. Samsung does not have quality controls or manufacturing processes in place to have this amount of precision. Why? Because it is unnecessary and I doubt they care that one whiner like you complains about the screen being off centered by .00001 inches. Do you think a metal hip replacement, which is only $50 in materials only costs $700 to produce? Since it has to be nearly exact in size, it costs a lot more than that. Stop being ridiculous.
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The human eye can't detect .00001 inches lmao. Might see +/- .01 but not past that. From your dialogue, I highly doubt you work in manufacturing.
What do you manufacture? Footlong subs at subway?
Agree to disagree!
I work in medical devices manufacturing. I dare you not to look at the camera lenses also being off centered on the front and the back. Totally ruins the phone right?
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The human eye can't detect .00001 inches lmao. Might see +/- .01 but not past that. From your dialogue, I highly doubt you work in manufacturing.
What do you manufacture? Footlong subs at subway?
Agree to disagree!
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LMAO!! :thumbup:
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LMAO!! :thumbup:
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You pay lots of money for an expensive car. Do you really think from model to model that every single button, display, crevice, vent, molding has exactly the same spacing? Is the stitching on the upholstery symmetrical? Are all the printed logos exactly in the same spot for every part on the car? By your logic, if I'm buying a BMW that every single tiny little piece of hardware, no matter how insignificant should be absolutely symmetrical and perfect even if it does not affect the use of the car? Seriously. Instead of using ad-hominem attacks, why do you refuse to use logic?
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Or look at it from this standpoint. If you're Samsung, would you invest 10 million dollars in a new automated glass digitizer fusing machine that is capable of the precision you guys are demanding? It makes no sense to waste money on something that 1 in 30,000 people will complain about. They could tighten QC and have to rework or scrap thousands of display assemblies because one guy on XDA whined about the tolerance? Sorry. You lose.
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You pay lots of money for an expensive car. Do you really think from model to model that every single button, display, crevice, vent, molding has exactly the same spacing? Is the stitching on the upholstery symmetrical? Are all the printed logos exactly in the same spot for every part on the car? By your logic, if I'm buying a BMW that every single tiny little piece of hardware, no matter how insignificant should be absolutely symmetrical and perfect even if it does not affect the use of the car? Seriously. Instead of using ad-hominem attacks, why do you refuse to use logic?
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Or look at it from this standpoint. If you're Samsung, would you invest 10 million dollars in a new automated glass digitizer fusing machine that is capable of the precision you guys are demanding? It makes no sense to waste money on something that 1 in 30,000 people will complain about. They could tighten QC and have to rework or scrap thousands of display assemblies because one guy on XDA whined about the tolerance? Sorry. You lose.
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No one's going to respond to this bc they know your trolling. 10 million buys a jet. It doesn't take 10 million dollars to make a device to make screens dead center. Solid troll job though lmao. Pro status.
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A guy I work with was showing me his new AT&T Galaxy 2. And it is a nice phone, a bit bigger then maybe I would go for, but still a nice phone.
So I pulled out my lowly Epic 4G running AKOP to show him an email App.
His jaw dropped, he went on and on about how nice it looks, and he couldn't get over the custom apps on the lock screen, or the smooth cube transition from homepage to homepage. It truly is something to behold what has been done to this phone. I have no desire to look for another. I think I made a convert that day
Other then TV-out this phone has everything.
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Still laggy... recent apps are jerky. Its bulky and not nearly as thin.
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Still laggy... recent apps are jerky. Its bulky and not nearly as thin.
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Is it trolling if it's all true?
Looks beautiful too me.
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Is it trolling if it's all true?
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Good point....
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Looks beautiful too me.
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Battery's 69 lololol :3
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Still laggy... recent apps are jerky. Its bulky and not nearly as thin.
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"Thin" is SO overrated. Much like small size became 6-7 years ago. Thin phones are more likely to break in half in your pocket. Wait until you can get a flexible phone.
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"Thin" is SO overrated. Much like small size became 6-7 years ago. Thin phones are more likely to break in half in your pocket. Wait until you can get a flexible phone.
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Lol not the gnex... it curves
Trololo (which means I'm trolling I'm not that serious)
But having a thinner phone is much better... especially when the total length if the phone is 5.3inches... helps a lot.
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"Thin" is SO overrated. Much like small size became 6-7 years ago. Thin phones are more likely to break in half in your pocket. Wait until you can get a flexible phone.
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bulk equals heavy; thin equals less weight, more portable, just more attractive than this
when it being compared against this
Oh and for the whole felxible thing check this out http://searchcio-midmarket.techtarget.com/definition/FOLED
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bulk equals heavy; thin equals less weight, more portable, just more attractive
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So the epic being the same weight as the evo 4g and a few motorola slates means what? I could buy your argument if you were trying to compare a ppc slider of old, but the epic is the lightest most functional slider out there and a replacement could be made with the same footprint and thinner with a larger screen, larger battery and the guts of a gs3. So why would I want a slate if I can get the added functionality a great keyboard provides?
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So the epic being the same weight as the evo 4g and a few motorola slates means what? I could buy your argument if you were trying to compare a ppc slider of old, but the epic is the lightest most functional slider out there and a replacement could be made with the same footprint and thinner with a larger screen, larger battery and the guts of a gs3. So why would I want a slate if I can get the added functionality a great keyboard provides?
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your missing the point and you will not get the same weight nor the same depth as the GS3 with a keyboard not anywhere close to it.
Uber thanks for the laugh I had a rough day and you cheered me up.....
But I must agree with the OP.... My little epic is a beautiful little piece of hardware backed up by an awesome group of devs. I think this will be my phone upgrade or not until they come out with a true predecessor
And there is a 69 in my pic to but it was not intentional
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your missing the point and you will not get the same weight nor the same depth as the GS3 with a keyboard not anywhere close to it.
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You miss the point. Law of diminishing returns. How thin is thin enough? How thin is too thin to not feel good in the hand? I'll take something a little thicker with nice curves that cradles in my hand better than something that is ultra thin just because it can be. How light is light enough? A slider will always be a little thicker and a little heavier than a similar slate. The question is, at what size/weight is the trade off worth it to have the extra functionality/productivity of the keyboard. At the time, the evo was a squared off brick, the epic came in with a smaller footprint and lighter plus it had a keybosrd. But it was a little thicker. That was two generations ago. The droid 4 is pretty damn thin, and with some well used samsung plastic would be even lighter than it is. That's is an easy trade off for me over a gs3 or oneX.
Everyone in here has some love for a hard keyboard or why would they be in here? Then they seem to care more about what slab they'll get next. I prefer to hold off and keep lodging complaints/requests with sprint for a new slider. Then again, I held on to my i500 longer than most until I couldn't take not knowing who was texting me any longer. I just don't see how faster processors and bigger screens make me more productive than the keyboard, because so far they haven't outside having an extra icon row to play with on my photon which was easily negated because i needed the toggle widgets without the toggle inthe drop down menu.
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You miss the point. Law of diminishing returns. How thin is thin enough? How thin is too thin to not feel good in the hand? I'll take something a little thicker with nice curves that cradles in my hand better than something that is ultra thin just because it can be. How light is light enough? A slider will always be a little thicker and a little heavier than a similar slate. The question is, at what size/weight is the trade off worth it to have the extra functionality/productivity of the keyboard. At the time, the evo was a squared off brick, the epic came in with a smaller footprint and lighter plus it had a keybosrd. But it was a little thicker. That was two generations ago. The droid 4 is pretty damn thin, and with some well used samsung plastic would be even lighter than it is. That's is an easy trade off for me over a gs3 or oneX.
Everyone in here has some love for a hard keyboard or why would they be in here? Then they seem to care more about what slab they'll get next. I prefer to hold off and keep lodging complaints/requests with sprint for a new slider. Then again, I held on to my i500 longer than most until I couldn't take not knowing who was texting me any longer. I just don't see how faster processors and bigger screens make me more productive than the keyboard, because so far they haven't outside having an extra icon row to play with on my photon which was easily negated because i needed the toggle widgets without the toggle inthe drop down menu.
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Ha aha you got sucked into arguing with lost soul. Let it go. Your wasting your breathe
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Ha aha you got sucked into arguing with lost soul. Let it go. Your wasting your breathe
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My bad. Don't pay much attention to who's worthwhile to banter with and not.
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Jmax0420 said:
Uber thanks for the laugh I had a rough day and you cheered me up.....
But I must agree with the OP.... My little epic is a beautiful little piece of hardware backed up by an awesome group of devs. I think this will be my phone upgrade or not until they come out with a true predecessor
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Predecessor means what came before like the moment, successor is something that comes later, like the epic two. Not trying to be grammar police, but thought it may help. I definitely agree though.
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Thank you for correction. I have four kids and worked 12 hour shift. I hope it was understood what I meant. Oh yeah and my day started with a special guest visiting my work to notify us that the new parent company that bought us in November and promised us that we will be open for years to come is shutting our doors in October. Been kinda rough day for me. So point is this is a rockass phone.
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Thank you for correction. I have four kids and worked 12 hour shift. I hope it was understood what I meant. Oh yeah and my day started with a special guest visiting my work to notify us that the new parent company that bought us in November and promised us that we will be open for years to come is shutting our doors in October. Been kinda rough day for me. So point is this is a rockass phone.
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I am so sorry. I understand what you meant and shouldn't have corrected you. That sucks.
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Ha aha you got sucked into arguing with lost soul. Let it go. Your wasting your breathe
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+1 he's right arguing with lost soul is a lost cause!
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So the epic being the same weight as the evo 4g and a few motorola slates means what? I could buy your argument if you were trying to compare a ppc slider of old, but the epic is the lightest most functional slider out there and a replacement could be made with the same footprint and thinner with a larger screen, larger battery and the guts of a gs3. So why would I want a slate if I can get the added functionality a great keyboard provides?
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It would be nice if there was a successor like that. GS III with an unlocked bootloader, large 4.5" super AMOLED plus, quad-core Exynos and a 2K+ Mah battery with a 5-row QWERTY with an overall profile as thin or thinner than Droid 4 (salivating). Unfortunately, Samsung (or HTC or Moto) don't seem to think that KB is where it's at these days, and it is likely their market research supports their decision NOT to manufacture such a phone for the minority that would want it.
Well this certainly would be a deal breaker.
http://m.pocketnow.com/2012/06/21/g...ng-aware-of-the-problem/?wpmp_switcher=mobile
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there are already like 2 threads about this.. did we need another?
Welcome to two days ago OP.
close thread please.
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Well this certainly would be a deal breaker.
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This would of made a great at&t 4G commercial
Now if only Samsung would care this much about lesser issues like the screen problems.
Oh no. Oh no! OH YEAH!
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Old..... and dupe thread.
wow...
and here I thought my S3 is way more cooler than my old S2...
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Now if only Samsung would care this much about lesser issues like the screen problems.
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What screen problems?
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Yes, one reported melted phone and suddenly all of the millions of phones out there are ticking time bombs? Don't be silly...
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wow...
and here I thought my S3 is way more cooler than my old S2...
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It is, the battery is a different story.
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there are already like 2 threads about this.. did we need another?
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I did not see them. Thank you for your graceful kindness in pointing that out.
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Love it.
I love all the Samsung name calling that's going on in the comments of the article in the OP.
So, lets look at this, 9 million devices pre-ordered, god only knows how many others sold, already. 1 in 9 million catches fire and melts, and all of a sudden Samsung has gone completely wrong?
I wish people would grow up. As for the one guy with a One X, I just like a comment I read here on XDA somewhere that people justify to themselves their purchase by making out they got the best device for one reason or another.
All I can say is, when it comes from an S3 owner, it's true, we really do have the best consumer mobile device on the planet xD
:cyclops: I wish we had a troll smiley.
It is, the battery is a different story.
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If you bothered looking up the other discussion thread and the original photos of the damaged phone, you'd soon see that the battery is one of the few components it could NOT have been.
i hope that fake picture does work it's magic like it was supposed to.
so guys, please watch those pictures closely. it' is claimed that the phone melted by itself, right ? so this means the heat source has to be inside of the phone. if you burn something from the outside with a lighter for example you will get black marks on the item where you hold the lighter to and not so dark black marks on the areas around it.
so when this phone did melt because of an very high internal heat source, why is the most black part of the phone on the outside and the less black marks further away from the phones border?
in addition to that just look at a picture of the disassembly of the phone and where the heat source would have needed to be, if it melted because of inner parts of the phone. (keep in mind it's still BS because the marks that are visible on the phone point to someone using external heat.)
at the point of the black marks is only a screw hole (left to the microusb port), so do you really think the holding of a screw or a screw itself would magically heaten up to such an extent?
if you check the other ifixit-teardown pictures you clearly see that apart from that metallic holding for a screw there is not even a chip where the supposed melt down occured. surely the creater of this fake picture wants to make you believe that the empty space did heat up so much that it melted, lol
i don't want to point fingers here, but it is extremely telling how much energy some people spend just to convince others that the galaxy s3 is crap and their phone (most of the cases the one x) is better. there is no reasonable explanation for those people other than psychological deficit which leads them to spend unusual amounts of energy to worsen samsungs reputation or justify their own choice of another phone. a healthy human being would just not care about other phones. if you are satisfied with your own decision you are at ease and would not even try to point fingers at others and how the others are (allegedly) worse.
the fact that samsung said "it nows of that case" is the standard call center reply, to let the customers think that "everything is in check". just think what the feel of the customer was, when the support tells him "hey, we never heard of such a thing and have no clue what to do".
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i hope that fake picture does work it's magic like it was supposed to.
so guys, please watch those pictures closely. it' is claimed that the phone melted by itself, right ? so this means the heat source has to be inside of the phone. if you burn something from the outside with a lighter for example you will get black marks on the item where you hold the lighter to and not so dark black marks on the areas around it.
so when this phone did melt because of an very high internal heat source, why is the most black part of the phone on the outside and the less black marks further away from the phones border?
in addition to that just look at a picture of the disassembly of the phone and where the heat source would have needed to be, if it melted because of inner parts of the phone. (keep in mind it's still BS because the marks that are visible on the phone point to someone using external heat.)
at the point of the black marks is only a screw hole (left to the microusb port), so do you really think the holding of a screw or a screw itself would magically heaten up to such an extent?
if you check the other ifixit-teardown pictures you clearly see that apart from that metallic holding for a screw there is not even a chip where the supposed melt down occured. surely the creater of this fake picture wants to make you believe that the empty space did heat up so much that it melted, lol
i don't want to point fingers here, but it is extremely telling how much energy some people spend just to convince others that the galaxy s3 is crap and their phone (most of the cases the one x) is better. there is no reasonable explanation for those people other than psychological deficit which leads them to spend unusual amounts of energy to worsen samsungs reputation or justify their own choice of another phone. a healthy human being would just not care about other phones. if you are satisfied with your own decision you are at ease and would not even try to point fingers at others and how the others are (allegedly) worse.
the fact that samsung said "it nows of that case" is the standard call center reply, to let the customers think that "everything is in check". just think what the feel of the customer was, when the support tells him "hey, we never heard of such a thing and have no clue what to do".
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If you actually check iFixit yourself as you suggested and check the back of the board at the same position you will notice that the bottom capacitive microphone is in exactly that position, and since it is a type of capacitor, it can blow up like that. Stop with your consipiracy bull****, malfunctions happen and this is just another of them, although a weird one. It had nothing to do with the battery or any other of the more complex components.
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If you actually check iFixit yourself as you suggested and check the back of the board at the same position you will notice that the bottom capacitive microphone is in exactly that position, and since it is a type of capacitor, it can blow up like that. Stop with your consipiracy bull****, malfunctions happen and this is just another of them, although a weird one. It had nothing to do with the battery or any other of the more complex components.
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Exactly.
So f*cking what if ONE component in ONE phone malfunctions!!
Samsung will replace his phone, all will be good in the world again, let it go.
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So I was looking at the LG nexus 4 design and I liked it until I saw the back it looks too much like the iPhone 4/4s, I would be ashamed to pull this out of my pocket infront of a crowd. When people see it they are not going to say "hey thats the new nexus" their going to say "look LG copied the iPhone". So many android fans criticised iPhone for easily breaking but when a nexus phone COPIES it then it becomes okay, talking about being biased.
I mean I'm no head of design for apple but it's just an absolute copy if their where lots of phones with glass backs then it would be just another phone with a glass back, but the only phone that has that and has had that for 2 years is the iPhone I just can't understand. I was watching a video made by verge in google hq about the nexus 10, 7 and they said they choose the design to their liking then they obviously are a fan of the iPhone. I like the nexus 4 design but its been taken by another company I want apple to sue LG this is absolutely wrong companies like samsung and LG don't end up in court for no reason.
Another thing I noticed was the camera was underneath the glass panel but the camera flash light had a black ring around it which looked awful. if your going to copy someone atleast do it properly. It just goes to show that this is LG where talking about. I've heard a saying a person who copies another cannot do it better then the original because they intend to also inherit the same mistakes as the original. I've come to conclusion that all the mistakes to iphones made by shattering easily LG just did. I don't care if LG copies but this is a nexus android flagship, it is this device which will be compared to the iPhone /4s/5. How do you feel about the design I think they should have gone for the same back casing as nexus 10.
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I'm all for public appearances, but don't you think that not getting a phone because of what "people will think" when you pull it out of your pocket is a bit... well, selling what the device is a little short?
If you don't like the design, that's one thing, but not buying a phone because of what you think other people will think is convoluted to even type. xD I'd just a soon take the opportunity to tell them, "Heck no this isn't an iThing! It's the Nexus 4 and waaaaay better. Check out what Android can do." If even by your own admission it's a nice design, why let the fact that an iThing has it degrade it? If anything, it's a time to claim look who did it best!
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So I was looking at the LG nexus 4 design and I liked it until I saw the back it looks too much like the iPhone 4/4s, I would be ashamed to pull this out of my pocket infront of a crowd. When people see it they are not going to say "hey thats the new nexus" their going to say "look LG copied the iPhone". So many android fans criticised iPhone for easily breaking but when a nexus phone COPIES it then it becomes okay, talking about being biased.
I mean I'm no head of design for apple but it's just an absolute copy if their where lots of phones with glass backs then it would be just another phone with a glass back, but the only phone that has that and has had that for 2 years is the iPhone I just can't understand. I was watching a video made by verge in google hq about the nexus 10, 7 and they said they choose the design to their liking then they obviously are a fan of the iPhone. I like the nexus 4 design but its been taken by another company I want apple to sue LG this is absolutely wrong companies like samsung and LG don't end up in court for no reason.
Another thing I noticed was the camera was underneath the glass panel but the camera flash light had a black ring around it which looked awful. if your going to copy someone atleast do it properly. It just goes to show that this is LG where talking about. I've heard a saying a person who copies another cannot do it better then the original because they intend to also inherit the same mistakes as the original. I've come to conclusion that all the mistakes to iphones made by shattering easily LG just did. I don't care if LG copies but this is a nexus android flagship, it is this device which will be compared to the iPhone /4s/5. How do you feel about the design I think they should have gone for the same back casing as nexus 10.
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To say the Nexus 4 looks like a iPhone just because of a glass back is insane. It looks NOTHING like the iPhone. It has a pattern on the glass and it is rounded more than that Brick.
So iPhone users should be ashamed to use the pull down notification in the crowd according to your logic?
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When I said I didn't like the nexus 4 back design it wasn't because I care what people think that was just an example of what it reminds people of. I know that the nexus 4 does'nt look anything like an iPhone but the back does. Yes I know it has some sort of crystals but it still looks like an iPhone because only the iphone has a glass back, if more then the iPhone had a glass back then it would be okay but only the iPhone has a glass back.
Their was no need for the crystal effect that they used, only because without that it really would look like the back panel of an iPhone. Those crystals or what ever they are called are usually used on girly products handbags, jewellery etc I'm not saying men can't have diamonds and crystals on their clothes and products but they do say diamonds are a girl's best friend and they do attract the female audience more. If a girl sees the phone they will say how pretty because believe me it will attract them its true.
Another thing why hasn't anyone criticised it for being easily shattered like the iPhone or slippery. One more thing the nexus 4 does share a lot in common with the iPhone 4 double sided glass,metal or aluminium around it. I know the nexus is more rounded and it is absolutely identical to the galaxy nexus but the back panel is just wrong. One of the comments said that if anyone thinks the nexus 4 looks like the iPhone 4/4s because of the glass back panel are crazy then you are seriously insane for think it doesn't, why could they have not used polycarbonate or aluminium. Believe me because of this design the nexus 4 will probably be ban in some countries by the ITC, Apple already attempted to ban the nexus but dut to it having a battery hump and camera humo they failed but not this time especially with the use of a micro-sim and sealed battery.
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Another thing why hasn't anyone criticised it for being easily shattered like the iPhone or slippery.
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Because we don't have any real REVIEWS and there is no indication that it's any more slippery than other devices? Have you held this device yet?
I don't really know why I am responding... you basically just said you think it's a girly device because of a pattern on the back. Feeling a bit insecure about sequins?
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Another thing why hasn't anyone criticised it for being easily shattered like the iPhone
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Gorilla glass2..... nuff said...
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Gorilla glass2..... nuff said...
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Meaning it wouldn't shatter just as easy? naaaaaaah glass will break period.
Gorilla Glass is just a brand name hell it might even be worse than some other third party and the glass is just efficient for minor scratches by like your nail not drops
I'm not a spokesperson for gg but if you see my other post about how my phone has been used and abused i think you'll understand why I'm pretty confident in it.... granted it doesn't stand much chance against sand and stuff but I'm pretty confident about it not shattering too easily...
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I want apple to sue LG this is absolutely wrong companies like samsung and LG don't end up in court for no reason.
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You want Apple to sue LG because it also have a phone with glass back? That is pretty ridiculous. Since when am I a consumer who is not allowed to buy any product made of glass unless it has an Apple logo?
Just don't buy the phone if you're ashamed of others seeing you with it. Personally, I do not buy phones to make status or fashion statements, I'm going to be doing more fun stuff on the actual device, it'll probably be in a case anyway.
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IMAGINE STUPID FANBOY OR TROLL PICTURE HERE THAT CLAIMS TO JUST SAY IT ALL!
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Although it's just plain petty to worry about whether some will regard your phone as a replica, it's just downright brain-dead to post these troll/fanboy posts. This is XDA for god's sake. For all things holy and respectable, can you please just cut out these dumb post-pics and just add to the discussion, if there even is one at this point? I mean, aren't you just getting sick of the words troll and fanboy? Personally, I would just as soon throw them into the incinerator and let them die a slow death.
2 separate screen protectors needed for the front and the back... Le sigh...
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Although it's just plain petty to worry about whether some will regard your phone as a replica, it's just downright brain-dead to post these troll/fanboy posts. This is XDA for god's sake. For all things holy and respectable, can you please just cut out these dumb post-pics and just add to the discussion, if there even is one at this point? I mean, aren't you just getting sick of the words troll and fanboy? Personally, I would just as soon throw them into the incinerator and let them die a slow death.
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umadbro?... :silly:
i was kinda hoping for this back
I love that tactile sensation on iPhone 4, now it on best android device. Glass back - this is great!
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noobdeagle said:
i was kinda hoping for this back
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Give me a pink Brony edition with glittered back any days.
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Precisely
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This entire thread is pretty amusing, especially the OP.
I'm not going to argue for or against it looking like an iPhone or whatever.
However, I was under the impression that Apple picked glass for functional reasons and not purely for aesthetics. I believe it allows wireless signals through more easily than most metals and is tougher than most plastics.
So LG may have chosen it for the same reasons?
So I've owned the tablet for over a week now. I like it. However the plastic backing around the microSD slot has slowly become loose and now holding the device feels like cheap plastic. I don't access the port at all, save the one time i put the sd card in.
Anyone else noticing this build issue?
I'd exchange it if it really bothers you. Mine is snug.
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Mine has it too. It was there when I got it. I bought a book case and now I just ignore the creaking. No big deal.
cmunho said:
Mine has it too. It was there when I got it. I bought a book case and now I just ignore the creaking. No big deal.
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You're probably right. When I bought it, bestbuy had no covers. Now I guess more are getting released. did you get the official one or another? I do like the feature of the samsung one that will wakup the device when opening.
Billyvnilly said:
You're probably right. When I bought it, bestbuy had no covers. Now I guess more are getting released. did you get the official one or another? I do like the feature of the samsung one that will wakup the device when opening.
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I got the official one. While it may not be worth $50 I like it well enough and it protects from the "everyday". I've never dropped a tablet so I'm not worried about drops.
thank you
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So I've owned the tablet for over a week now. I like it. However the plastic backing around the microSD slot has slowly become loose and now holding the device feels like cheap plastic. I don't access the port at all, save the one time i put the sd card in.
Anyone else noticing this build issue?
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yes the same is
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When I bought it, bestbuy had no covers. Now I guess more are getting released.
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Most of my local Best Buys had the Samsung cover (white), and a black Belkin one on release date. You can check on their website what is in stock at your local stores. I'm sure more are on the way, too.
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Most of my local Best Buys had the Samsung cover (white), and a black Belkin one on release date. You can check on their website what is in stock at your local stores. I'm sure more are on the way, too.
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The Samsung cover, does it stay closed on the screen just by weight, or do the magnets actually keep it closed?
magnet
I have same problem same area since day 1. Went to exchange, all sold oit! Other 2 problems are lightbleed and loose micro usb port.
maybe you provide us with an image to better describe the situation
Well. It is quite plasticy
I have mine over a week now, and haven't felt it loose. You should trade it mate. I like the bezel of the tab but the plastic is really annoying. There are quite a few cases out there though...
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So I've owned the tablet for over a week now. I like it. However the plastic backing around the microSD slot has slowly become loose and now holding the device feels like cheap plastic. I don't access the port at all, save the one time i put the sd card in.
Anyone else noticing this build issue?
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I got mine a few days ago and I must say I quite like it! The only build issue I have is a somewhat remarkable amount of light bleed along the bottom but it doesn't bother me enough to post a pic of it. Best buy only had one case that didn't look very good so I'm still sporting the protective back covering till more cases are in stock. I have high hopes for this!
I am on my 3rd Note trade in. It finally is not loose next to the sdcard. I told them I expect near Perfection if I Pay 400 for an 8 inch tablet!
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I am on my 3rd Note trade in. It finally is not loose next to the sdcard. I told them I expect near Perfection if I Pay 400 for an 8 inch tablet!
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It really should be of better build quality for $400. Or it should be at least $100 cheaper. I have the 10.1 and it feels OK, not terribly cheap but not of high quality. I will be putting it up on eBay and going to the 8.0 regardless, due to it being a more pragmatic size for my day to day use. I’m just waiting on the black version.
I had this problem as well. I replaced it at best buy and haven't had a problem with the new one.
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you know it dont matter for they all are the same. The back just pops off very easy. Build quality was just to cheap and to thick for me.
Zeblade said:
you know it dont matter for they all are the same. The back just pops off very easy. Build quality was just to cheap and to thick for me.
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Sure the build quality could be better but I haven't had a single issue with mine since I bought it on release day. From the reports here it seems like maybe some of them are not as solid as others.
Zeblade said:
you know it dont matter for they all are the same. The back just pops off very easy. Build quality was just to cheap and to thick for me.
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Obviously they are not "all the same" since some owners are reporting here that there are no issues with theirs. I think most people are going to use some type of case with this, so IMO it's not too much of an issue. Of course I would like to see better build quality, but I don't think it's that bad. I agree that the plastic back is too shiny/greasy/slippery/nasty, but then again most people are going to put it in a case.
You can get a good sense of the build quality by checking out the display units at Best Buy (if you live in the U.S.). These things are handled by tons of people and kids each day who treat them with little respect because they don't have any personal investment in them. You can always tell which products on display have subpar build quality.
And Really? It was too thick for you? How much thinner do you want it? There won't be any room for the battery if it's thinner, or for the S-Pen silo/dock. I'd rather have a bit longer battery life and a secure place to store my S-pen rather than a thinner tablet. The weight, thickness, and balance in the hand are the best I have experienced in this general size.
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Oooooooo magnets Are bad man. Not so much for regular phones but for phones with stylus and digitizer it will over time cause dead area s on your screen. Don't believe me ?
Head over to the note 2 forums and check out all the problems with cases involving magnet clasps. If got so bad the companies offered to replace your magnet sealing case with one with a simple button in stead. I had one and as soon as I put it on I started having problems with the area around that magnet.
Just stay away from magnetic cases period. Just trust me. Or mess up big time. Once that part of the screen gets borked its borked
That pic is the replacement one with the button they sent me. Also watch out for those magnetic kickstand cases. Big no no too those utilize neodymium!
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Obviously they are not "all the same" since some owners are reporting here that there are no issues with theirs. I think most people are going to use some type of case with this, so IMO it's not too much of an issue. Of course I would like to see better build quality, but I don't think it's that bad. I agree that the plastic back is too shiny/greasy/slippery/nasty, but then again most people are going to put it in a case.
You can get a good sense of the build quality by checking out the display units at Best Buy (if you live in the U.S.). These things are handled by tons of people and kids each day who treat them with little respect because they don't have any personal investment in them. You can always tell which products on display have subpar build quality.
And Really? It was too thick for you? How much thinner do you want it? There won't be any room for the battery if it's thinner, or for the S-Pen silo/dock. I'd rather have a bit longer battery life and a secure place to store my S-pen rather than a thinner tablet. The weight, thickness, and balance in the hand are the best I have experienced in this general size.
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Amen thin ness had gone to far. I don't want any thiner devices. Just keep them how they are and make better thinner batteries cpus whatever. Battery tech needs a big overhaul that's our biggest weakness
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Really impressed on how the Z2 did in this test, considering how the Z1 one was rendered inoperable after AA did their drop test on it. Only slight structural damage and the dead pixels with no shattering of the glass.
Even I feel the test really made me very happy.I just loved that even after 3 deadly drops the phone was as good as New.
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Wow it took some time until someone made a drop test but thats really good results.
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Awesome! I watched the videos, was the only one left alive in this test! The rest either stopped working or broke the screen!
BR4DOKYBrazil said:
Awesome! I watched the videos, was the only one left alive in this test! The rest either stopped working or broke the screen!
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No other phone worked? None?
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I don't know about android authority but this is what happened when I dropped mine face down yesterday. I even had a gel casin
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I don't know about android authority this is what happened when I dropped mine face down yesterday. I even had a gel casin
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That's sad.Do u have insurance?
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Ouch... That hurt.
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Xperia series too fragile
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That's sad.Do u have insurance?
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Fortunately yes. But I still have to pay $125 excesses
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I don't know about android authority but this is what happened when I dropped mine face down yesterday. I even had a gel casin
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Do keep in mind that Android Authority's Josh Vergara dropped the phone on what looks to be a very flat surface. From the cracks on your phone, it looks like it might have landed on a pebble or something that could have applied more pressure on that one spot on the screen. It's just bad luck
It is rather odd how norms in society change. Drop tests? We all seriously do realise that this concept is absurd! Who purchases any such mobile device then starts to drop test it? I have just paid 1100€ for new glasses and am not going to drop test them! Guess what, if I did they would break or scratch...SURPRISE.
Any one dropped tested their new born baby yet? Equally absurd and distasteful. WHY would one even expect such a device to survive such drops? Is it designed to be dropped? There are industrial accredited mobile phones and lap tops that are built to survive a certain amount of abuse BUT they are not general consumer units.
I truly find such tests absurd and very immature. Please tell me we are not going to accept such 'tests' as the norm? Any one going to drop test their ultra book costing 1200€? No? Their new car. Drive it into a wall to test the airbags and crumple zones? No? I simply despair at some of the things we now accept in society. Drop tests on technological devices? So absurd it beggars belief.
If you drop your mobile it will be damaged. Is that not as obvious as driving our new car into a wall? What manufacturer says one can drop their device and have it survive? Where is this even written in the specs?
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I don't know about android authority but this is what happened when I dropped mine face down yesterday. I even had a gel casin
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I am GENUINELY sorry you dropped your mobile, that truly is a pain in the neck.
What surprises me is you are surprised it broke? You do realise that its a mobile phone made from Glass and other sensitive interior materials?
One cannot drop such a device and these absurd unofficial 'drop tests' should be taken for what they are, silly and stupid. Problem is they will build into the public this false idea that such devices are designed to be dropped when no manufacturer would dare write such a thing.
Again I am sincerely sorry you dropped your phone. I hope it was insured?
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I don't know about android authority but this is what happened when I dropped mine face down yesterday. I even had a gel casin
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Looking at the crack pattern, it would seem that it landed on a stone, or something that focused the pressure on a very small surface area, the cracks seem to originate from a very specific point, if it was just the shock that cracked it you wouldn't be able to see a specific origin point from the cracks, whereas this one you can.
Ryland Johnson said:
It is rather odd how norms in society change. Drop tests? We all seriously do realise that this concept is absurd! Who purchases any such mobile device then starts to drop test it? I have just paid 1100€ for new glasses and am not going to drop test them! Guess what, if I did they would break or scratch...SURPRISE.
Any one dropped tested their new born baby yet? Equally absurd and distasteful. WHY would one even expect such a device to survive such drops? Is it designed to be dropped? There are industrial accredited mobile phones and lap tops that are built to survive a certain amount of abuse BUT they are not general consumer units.
I truly find such tests absurd and very immature. Please tell me we are not going to accept such 'tests' as the norm? Any one going to drop test their ultra book costing 1200€? No? Their new car. Drive it into a wall to test the airbags and crumple zones? No? I simply despair at some of the things we now accept in society. Drop tests on technological devices? So absurd it beggars belief.
If you drop your mobile it will be damaged. Is that not as obvious as driving our new car into a wall? What manufacturer says one can drop their device and have it survive? Where is this even written in the specs?
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I am GENUINELY sorry you dropped your mobile, that truly is a pain in the neck.
What surprises me is you are surprised it broke? You do realise that its a mobile phone made from Glass and other sensitive interior materials?
One cannot drop such a device and these absurd unofficial 'drop tests' should be taken for what they are, silly and stupid. Problem is they will build into the public this false idea that such devices are designed to be dropped when no manufacturer would dare write such a thing.
Again I am sincerely sorry you dropped your phone. I hope it was insured?
Ryland
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HeartUnderBlade said:
Do keep in mind that Android Authority's Josh Vergara dropped the phone on what looks to be a very flat surface. From the cracks on your phone, it looks like it might have landed on a pebble or something that could have applied more pressure on that one spot on the screen. It's just bad luck
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Ryland Johnson said:
It is rather odd how norms in society change. Drop tests? We all seriously do realise that this concept is absurd! Who purchases any such mobile device then starts to drop test it? I have just paid 1100€ for new glasses and am not going to drop test them! Guess what, if I did they would break or scratch...SURPRISE.
Any one dropped tested their new born baby yet? Equally absurd and distasteful. WHY would one even expect such a device to survive such drops? Is it designed to be dropped? There are industrial accredited mobile phones and lap tops that are built to survive a certain amount of abuse BUT they are not general consumer units.
I truly find such tests absurd and very immature. Please tell me we are not going to accept such 'tests' as the norm? Any one going to drop test their ultra book costing 1200€? No? Their new car. Drive it into a wall to test the airbags and crumple zones? No? I simply despair at some of the things we now accept in society. Drop tests on technological devices? So absurd it beggars belief.
If you drop your mobile it will be damaged. Is that not as obvious as driving our new car into a wall? What manufacturer says one can drop their device and have it survive? Where is this even written in the specs?
Ryland
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I am GENUINELY sorry you dropped your mobile, that truly is a pain in the neck.
What surprises me is you are surprised it broke? You do realise that its a mobile phone made from Glass and other sensitive interior materials?
One cannot drop such a device and these absurd unofficial 'drop tests' should be taken for what they are, silly and stupid. Problem is they will build into the public this false idea that such devices are designed to be dropped when no manufacturer would dare write such a thing.
Again I am sincerely sorry you dropped your phone. I hope it was insured?
Ryland
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delsus said:
Looking at the crack pattern, it would seem that it landed on a stone, or something that focused the pressure on a very small surface area, the cracks seem to originate from a very specific point, if it was just the shock that cracked it you wouldn't be able to see a specific origin point from the cracks, whereas this one you can.
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No I'm not surprised.. I have friends who broke their S4 screen from having it on the back pocket.. But this is the first time this has happened to me as I have dropped my S1, S3, XZ many times without breaking the screen. In-fact I never had a casin for XZ. I'm not saying that we should worry about the durability of the Z2. This could be just bad luck as it went facedown probably hit something like a small piece of stone like you said..
So my point is don't look at those drop test videos and think your phone will survive in real life conditions when it drops. Make sure to have a full leather casin or something.
Ryland Johnson said:
It is rather odd how norms in society change. Drop tests? We all seriously do realise that this concept is absurd! Who purchases any such mobile device then starts to drop test it? I have just paid 1100€ for new glasses and am not going to drop test them! Guess what, if I did they would break or scratch...SURPRISE.
Any one dropped tested their new born baby yet? Equally absurd and distasteful. WHY would one even expect such a device to survive such drops? Is it designed to be dropped? There are industrial accredited mobile phones and lap tops that are built to survive a certain amount of abuse BUT they are not general consumer units.
I truly find such tests absurd and very immature. Please tell me we are not going to accept such 'tests' as the norm? Any one going to drop test their ultra book costing 1200€? No? Their new car. Drive it into a wall to test the airbags and crumple zones? No? I simply despair at some of the things we now accept in society. Drop tests on technological devices? So absurd it beggars belief.
If you drop your mobile it will be damaged. Is that not as obvious as driving our new car into a wall? What manufacturer says one can drop their device and have it survive? Where is this even written in the specs?
Ryland
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I am GENUINELY sorry you dropped your mobile, that truly is a pain in the neck.
What surprises me is you are surprised it broke? You do realise that its a mobile phone made from Glass and other sensitive interior materials?
One cannot drop such a device and these absurd unofficial 'drop tests' should be taken for what they are, silly and stupid. Problem is they will build into the public this false idea that such devices are designed to be dropped when no manufacturer would dare write such a thing.
Again I am sincerely sorry you dropped your phone. I hope it was insured?
Ryland
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Butthurt much? First of all it's their choice to drop test the phone. How does it bother you that they drop and break "expensive" phones. If they are so expensive for you don't buy them. Second of all they are probably sponsored by the companies.
With iPhone 1 surviving drops was not required because it was in the early years. Now phones develop and dropping is a real issue, because smartphones does not have the same strength as old phones. Phones now a days should survive normal drops, and this test shows that it does (or does not). It helps people with clumsy hands to choose which smartphone they should go for.
Go troll somewhere else.
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kamalmawa said:
I don't know about android authority but this is what happened when I dropped mine face down yesterday. I even had a gel casin
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hi,
really sorry about your phone.
is the screen still working ? if yes, is the digitizer still working too ?
thanks.
kamalmawa said:
No I'm not surprised.. I have friends who broke their S4 screen from having it on the back pocket.. But this is the first time this has happened to me as I have dropped my S1, S3, XZ many times without breaking the screen. In-fact I never had a casin for XZ. I'm not saying that we should worry about the durability of the Z2. This could be just bad luck as it went facedown probably hit something like a small piece of stone like you said..
So my point is don't look at those drop test videos and think your phone will survive in real life conditions when it drops. Make sure to have a full leather casin or something.
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Indeed. Its a shame we need to cover such a handsome mobile but it can pay dividends if we drop them. Any idea of the cost to repair?
Kind regards,
Ryland
Ryland Johnson said:
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It's a durability test , it's done for hundreds of thousands of items in many different ways depending on the item in question! Why wouldn't you want the same done for your device? The only thing wrong with this imo is that someone had to go and pay for a phone to do this rather than it coming directly from Sony themselves.
Your car argument is completely invalid, manufacturers are REQUIRED to have the car crash tested before its even allowed to go on sale just as scratch resistant/proof glasses, glass etc etc....
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M8 didn't really fair well btw.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRHTlUvpvQE