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So I know there are now threads pertaining to the durability of the glass back of the N4, as well as other threads related to the use of screen protectors, cases, etc. However I'm wondering so far what everyone thinks of the shiny chrome-like band on the edge of the phone. To me that is the one part I'm probably most worried about getting dinged or scratched. Honestly I have no idea why the hell LG did just carry the nice rubberized, less-likely-to-scratch side material all the way up to the top edge of the phone. IMO that would have made it the perfect design from a durability standpoint: you'd have heavy-duty Gorilla Glass 2 on the front and back, and the nice rubbery material on the sides. Instead, I guess because LG insists on adding those touches of glitz or shine, they add this chrome component in the one area that is absolute most likely to scratch or otherwise receive damage. I mean eventually I'm going to have this phone in a Seidio case, or similar, but in the mean time I'm only rocking a leather pouch and will have to be super careful.
Thoughts or experiences thus far from the masses?
I have a nic on the left edge of the chrome about a half inch above the volume rocker. Whatever its made of, it's soft.
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Had my N4 for a couple days now. It suffered a couple low-altitude drops, mostly onto wood floor or table. The only damage to the plastic chrome band so far is a little dink on the bottom edge where it's very very slightly dented, but more importantly, chipped, revealing a tiny spot of the less shiny material underneath. I think a bumper seems like a good investment for this bad boy, because this plastic chrome band is not durable. Weird design choice, I agree. Otherwise though, the glass is flawless, and the rubber texture is great to hold. Overall build quality, 4.5 stars, -.5 because of the weird plastic chrome band. Either should have been metal, or aluminum, or whatever, just not plastic. If it chips, it's very noticeable
I have nic or two on the chrome bezel as well. It's super easy to scratch and being that it's chrome, it becomes the most noticeable thing on the phone come resell time Hopefully it doesn't drop the value too much. On a positive note, if you get a case on it early enough you may preserve the chrome. However, most of the 1st batchers are just now getting cases after about 2 weeks holding it ass naked...
Hi all, I bought this phone and used it for 5 days. In the 5th day it was in my pocket and a little collision with the edge of the desk caused the glass crack and display perforation. It seems the glass of this phone can be Gorilla Glass 2500 but it's not very hard. How can I protect this to avoid another dramatic bill from the assistance? I read the 3ds in the "Accessories" section, but no solution reassures me.
Thank you
I just ordered my Z3C yesterday. This phone is perfect technically but if its this fragile I think I may have made a mistake. Based on these reports I actually (for the first time ever) bought the care program which covers accidental damage.
To further mitigate the risk I have ordered the http://www.rearthusa.com/Xperia-Com...archPage=1&searchRank=salesrank&searchSize=12 .
Ive also ordered front and back rhinoshield protectors as well as the evolutive crashguard bumper http://www.evolutivelabs.com/pages/crashguard-sony-z3-compact for the Z3C as a backup. I hope it does get produced.
Please have a look at the crashguard bumper... it looks great but requires 70% of 1400 units to be started.
A lot on accessories before I even have the phone in hand...... sigh
Tempered glass screen protector and Ringke fusion case here. Seems very well protected.
As I noted above I've ordered the ringke fusion case. Could you take a picture to show how it looks on your phone? It looks like it would not hide the good looks of the Z3C and looks relatively compact in size shape.
Mons1990 said:
Hi all, I bought this phone and used it for 5 days. In the 5th day it was in my pocket and a little collision with the edge of the desk caused the glass crack and display perforation.
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Gorilla or not, it's still glass. If you hit it against something, it will probably break.
ack154 said:
Gorilla or not, it's still glass. If you hit it against something, it will probably break.
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Ok for the glass but i hoped the display can resist to a small impact without being destroyed. Too fragile IMHO; you can do this test (not destructive): pull out the usb port cap and turn it by 90 degrees, insert the cap in the hole as while closing it, simply turning it you can see the screen becoming a little more dark because the T-shaped rubber inside the chassis built to avoid the unthreading of the cap presses on the back of the screen enought to temporarily migrate some liquid cristal, and i'm not asking you to press on the screen with fingers, but only to turn a cap.
How's that a sign of fragility? Every LCD does that and they're very flexible. If anything breaks, it's usually the cover glass or the digitizer, not the LCD itself.
Heh, managed to crack the digitizer of my N5 by pressing too hard to get a bubble out of a screen protector.
But honestly, I've seen threads like this pop up saying the phone is excessively fragile for every phone I've ever owned. The general concensus on each has been that it's the manufacturers fault.
Reality is that phones are delicate pieces of hardware. As we move towards slimmer bezels, they are going to become even more delicate. We can either deal with this, or start demanding larger, more durable phones. I for one prefer the former.
Zurginator said:
Heh, managed to crack the digitizer of my N5 by pressing too hard to get a bubble out of a screen protector.
But honestly, I've seen threads like this pop up saying the phone is excessively fragile for every phone I've ever owned. The general concensus on each has been that it's the manufacturers fault.
Reality is that phones are delicate pieces of hardware. As we move towards slimmer bezels, they are going to become even more delicate. We can either deal with this, or start demanding larger, more durable phones. I for one prefer the former.
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I have owned my sharp aquos crystal for about five days. No case no screen protector. Only after five days did I notice scratches all around the glass panel. Is anyone else besides me experiencing this problem. Is there a safe way to remove the scratches (they are light but I can see them still)
it isn't glass, that is why. it is made of plastic
Seeing that the front panel is completely covered in "glass" that actually is raised it would've been very stupid of sharp to use real glass. Even gorilla glass 3 will shatter with a drop if it is on a phone in the manner that it is on the aquos
x000x said:
it isn't glass, that is why. it is made of plastic
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Technically 'Acrylic'. But yes this phone will scratch pretty easily and the type of material it is will leave a pretty visible mark if it's deep enough.
Similar to this http://www.popularmechanics.com/cm/popularmechanics/images/A0/windshield-scratches-1211-mdn.jpg
Good news is that it won't break as easily if dropped, but say good by to those nice corners.
I only have had tge phone for like four days and it has three really bad scratches and one of the scratches is long and straight down near the center of the screen. DOES ANYONE KNOW HOW TO REMOVE SCRATCHES FROM ACRYLIC. I tried toothpaste but it did Bad enough the light bleed is distracting, now i have to be annoyed by this as well. Please help.
Scratches
I have the 306SH for 2 weeks and no scratches yet.
5 days old and two scratches later. Observations
My Aquos is now 5 days old and I can see two very fine 1/2" scratches already. I fear for the worst on this device over time. I had a ZTE N9500 with Gorilla glass and it was tough as nails. It had a very good feel when touched and was good at not holding fingerprints. I also use a capacitive touch pen stylus on the phones for notes and there I can see a noticeable difference. The glass is just superior. The Aquos is pretty, but it's Acrylic screen hold fingerprints far worst than the glass. With regards to the stylus, it's almost unusable on the Aquos screen. It's doesn't slide smooth and kind of sticks to the screen as its being dragged creating breaks in the lines being drawn. Anyone using a capacitive stylus with the squishy rubber bulb top to avoid fat finger keyboarding maybe deeply disappointed with this screen.
You guys don't believe in screen protectors? All my phones have gorilla glass but I still have screen protectors on them. Scratches will always happen sooner or later on phones eventually.
RayTrue04 said:
You guys don't believe in screen protectors? All my phones have gorilla glass but I still have screen protectors on them. Scratches will always happen sooner or later on phones eventually.
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do they make screen protectors for the beveled edges on the side?
Tempered glass screen protector for 306SH on Amazon, google it.
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I have played with my S7 edge roughly 2 days, got it all protected and covered up except the home button. I also have yet to drop the phone or anything. However I realise there are some micro bumps on the home button which I think possibly appearing due to slotting it into the Gear VR. Also there are some tiny tiny air bubbles on the edges of the surface of the home button which is annoying me a little. It seems as though the fingerprint sensor is a plastic film glued on top of the home button.
I also notice that the home button is not seem to be covered with glass and is just purely having a exposed plastic surface which I think would develop scratches after some time.
Thoughts?
Scratches or not fingerprints still work. Happened on my note 5 before
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Im just concerned over the quality of material used for the home button for it is possibly the most used button and lends itself easily to wear... yet plastic is used?
Same here! very careful with it and after only a day with it can see a little spot on that button... looks very poor quality!!! Just shiny but plastic... at that price, comme on Samsung!
They have done this with every iteration of the Galaxy. I have had quite a few of them and never had a home button that degraded. And I'm pretty OCD with my tech. That being said, you have a valid point. $800 phone, they should have sapphire home button and camera lense. No excuse.
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Can't believe we're complaining about plastic. We're talking about plastic.
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for that price we should demand ceramic or aluminium! plastic is cheap.
Aluminium is not durable, plastic doing better job for it although ugly with micro scratch after prolong usage. My samsung s4 home button still fine till now, need to take proper care though.
Yea the home button and camera lens would be nice to have gorilla glass/sapphire glass on.
But at least we get glass on camera lens cover unlike the Sony Z5 that got plastic.......
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Yea the home button and camera lens would be nice to have gorilla glass/sapphire glass on.
But at least we get glass on camera lens cover unlike the Sony Z5 that got plastic.......
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Well, as far as I know the camera lens has gorilla glass. Same resistance class as the display.
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Well, as far as I know the camera lens has gorilla glass. Same resistance class as the display.
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Good to know, though it was plain glass or at best harden glass.
oh well theres nth we can do about the plastic home button but to live with it =(
Here you go guys!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/s7-edge/accessories/finger-print-home-button-screen-t3337085
Using strong lenses I use at work, the camera glass has no scratches after 6 weeks of use. The glass with the LED and the HR sensor has loads of microscopic scratches suggesting that the glass used in front of the camera is reinforced / gorilla glass.
The home button is my biggest complaint about this phone. I treat this device like a baby, and yet I have a very noticeable scratch on this damn button. The back glass is also of poor quality, Samsung claims it's gorilla glass but it's definitely not the same type used on the screen. If you compare scratch tests with the s6 on YouTube you will see that the s6 is much more resistant.
The build quality on the S7 is garbage. It's not necessarily bad, but for almost 1000€ that I payed at launch, it's garbage.
I immediately looked for this thread after seeing some micro-peeling on my gold SGS7E. Its visible when you look at it in bright light.
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Mine has been holding up fine so far, but I take good care of my phones. The HRM/LED flash is covered with plastic not glass, and yes the home button is also plastic.
we just purchased galaxy s7 edge last 2 weeks and there is 2 hairline scratches already i mean our family don't have point nails and my mom don't bring it outside whenver she goes its just on the house
and the home button has 1 scratch already wtf pls help?
i think the scratch is from the inside of the coating hmmm i can see it only when u flash a light or through the sun
You must buy a cover for this device. Moving with it inside your home, not putting in your pocket, placing it around, it's a definitely risky situation: there could be something that scratch back surface or front surface. Fortunately edges allow cover producers included Samsung to place higher corner at the top and bottom, so it stays on the front without touching what's leaned on. Glass scratches! EVER, gorilla will never tell you
I have the same issue.
I got my device on Monday, Tuesday morning i noticed the first big scratch on top of the screen.
Wednesday morning i noticed another one, this time on the bottom.
They are rather huge, and the funny thing is that when i clean the device, the scratches are gone.
When i use the device and the screen is covered with fingerprints, then they reappear. So I must assume that the oleophobic coating is damaged.
And i think I found out where it happened. In the pocket of my jeans on the inside I have stitches . Seems that when i move around, these stitches will rub on the device and destroy the coating.
This is the first phone where this happened. Ever.
Now i ordered a oleophobic spray and hope that I can repair it.
which spray did you order i need as well and from were
Fusso. Amazon. Expensive. I use rain x though. Apply liberally and then wipe liberally with slight damp microfiber cloth. May need to wipe a couple days to get it to desirable level of smoothness and not leaving bad streaks. But I also do this in screen protectors. I never use the glass directly.
scratches on samsung devices are a known thing since long ago.. nothing new here
gd6noob said:
scratches on samsung devices are a known thing since long ago.. nothing new here
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Silly. Samsung uses the same Gorilla glass everyone else uses, and they all use similar oleophobic coatings.. It's no more susceptible to scratches than any other phone.
Yup, i got i minor one how i dont know but now i have a case and screen protector.
aishakeys said:
which spray did you order i need as well and from were
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I ordered it on Ebay. Somewhere else I read that they are very good, but they will arrive in two weeks time before i can give any impressions.
Dealername - store*japan
Product - F/S Proteger Oleophobic Coating Kit
meyerweb said:
Silly. Samsung uses the same Gorilla glass everyone else uses, and they all use similar oleophobic coatings.. It's no more susceptible to scratches than any other phone.
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you sure its the same glass?
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Just the front is gorilla glass, the back is normal glass.
And the back of the htc is metal, not glass. Stupid comment.
The front of every high-end Android phone sold in the US is Gorilla Glass 4. Yes, the same glass.
well thats me rip my s7 edge has back stratches already regret buying this ****
I've had my Note 4 for a year and a half, not a single scratch, hairline or other. Day 3 with my S7edge, I have several fine scratches. I don't know if it's the curved glass, but this screen is definitely not durable.
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kronium said:
I've had my Note 4 for a year and a half, not a single scratch, hairline or other. Day 3 with my S7edge, I have several fine scratches. I don't know if it's the curved glass, but this screen is definitely not durable.
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My previous S6 Edge+ got a hairline scratch on the display almost right away. It was only visible when the screen was clean.
That's the reason I put a protector on my S7 Edge the second I pulled it out of the box.
The SAMOLED displays definitely scratch easily, or at least the coating does.