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HD2 is TOUGH!

A few days ago, I managed to drop my HD2. This would normally be a bad situation at the best of times, but this was from the top of my stairs at home. The phone fell through a gap in the bannisters and fell SCREEN DOWN on a stack of CAST IRON weights that were stacked on the floor below! I would've bet a lot of money that the phone would've been very badly damaged and was FULLY expecting to find the screen totally smashed with tiny splinters of glass everywhere. I trudged downstairs and, fearing the worst, picked the phone up and turned it over........ the screen wasn't smashed... it wasn't even cracked. I put the battery back in (which had been fired across the room from the impact) and turned it on... PERFECT. The case wasn't even marked or scratched.
Don't get me wrong, I count myself freakishly lucky, but I was truly staggered the phone survived that fall in the WORST of circumstances and didn't even get a scratch.
Just thought I'd share!

did u have any case on it ?
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No case. Phone was naked.

astonishing..

I am amazed as well at the durability of the hd2. Dropped a 3 month old iphone about 15cm off the ground and shattered the screen. Annoying cause of the $ but was an iphone so didn't really concern me greatly. Someone got a used ipod as the phone part died. Anyway so when i was putting stuff in a cupboard with the hd2 in hand inside the stock leather pouch, i tipped the phone upside down by accident trying to keep the pile of junk in the cupboard from crashing down and out of the pouch she slid. This dropped almost 2 metres onto concrete tiled flooring on the top right corner of the phone in what i can describe as an almost vertical fall. I was thinking that the screen was long gone too but to my amazement she was still running fine with only a very slight warping of the hard plastic shell in the corner from where it hit. You have to be looking for it to see the warp that is how minute the damage is but i think i tempted fate once too much also. But hey... a really good phone that has survived a bit already. The only downfall so far is it turns on easily when in your pocket on the plane.

it is tough. accidentally dropped mine from the dressing table to the hard woord floor. did not find a scratch

you guys are lucky, back in february when I'd only had mine for 5 days I dropped it taking it from my pocket, just over a metre, shattered the whole screen to pieces, still used it for a week or so before the touchscreen failed to, god bless insurance!

i felt it 4 or 5 times on the floor witbout one scratch, to be honest only few ones barely visible on the battery cover like 1 or 2 mm long. probably lucky too.
now ... i use my fixed on my motorcycle (gps), went for a 7 days trip with you can guess, a lot of vibrations and sun heat. nothing

I read on here somewhere that the screens most likely to break if the first contact between the phone and the floor is the bottom corner near the hardware buttons because of the gap for the buttons which makes sense........
I would have just sat at the top of my stairs crying if I was the OP.....
Lucky lucky lucky.....

The center of the screen is the place for it to be hit. It's the strongest part of the display, the further out from the center you go, i.e. the edges, the weaker the display gets.
Try smashing a window hitting it in the center with a bat, it will just bounce right back at you with considerable force, hit the corners and you'll get a lot less recoil and you have a much higher chance of shattering the glass. Of course this is just a very crude example of what I mean.

id say you just got lucky

I wish the crap LCD panels HTC use for the HD2 were tough. I have had to return mine twice since I got the phone in November due to developing white patches on the display.
Strange that my 3 year old 2G iPhone doesn't have the same issue.....

Pagnell said:
I wish the crap LCD panels HTC use for the HD2 were tough. I have had to return mine twice since I got the phone in November due to developing white patches on the display.
Strange that my 3 year old 2G iPhone doesn't have the same issue.....
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And I am sure that someone with an iPhone is saying the same about HTC phones. It swings in roundabouts, no manufacturing process is perfect.

Kalavere said:
Try smashing a window hitting it in the center with a bat, it will just bounce right back at you with considerable force, hit the corners and you'll get a lot less recoil and you have a much higher chance of shattering the glass. Of course this is just a very crude example of what I mean.
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You owe me a new kitchen window.

Kalavere said:
And I am sure that someone with an iPhone is saying the same about HTC phones. It swings in roundabouts, no manufacturing process is perfect.
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I must know about twenty people with iPhones and can't think of one who has had a single hardware issues with them. A couple of them dropped their's which resulted in cracked screens but that applies to any device with capacitive displays. I'm not an iPhone fanboy here, I love my HD2. But despite Crapple being **** when it comes to their obsessive control of what the end user can do (which renders their phones unusable without a jailbreak in my view), they are renowned for the quality of their hardware and for good reason.
I just find it annoying that I have had to return my Leo twice for exactly the same issue without treating it any different to my numerous other phones, and I have no doubt the same thing will happen again within 3-5 months. This points to shoddy materials.

Wish I could say the same for my HD2. Slipped out of my hand the other night and onto concrete from about 4 and a half foot up. Screen is cracked all over, gutted. I've dropped it before but its just scuffed the rubberised edges, made a right meal of it this time.

Pagnell said:
I wish the crap LCD panels HTC use for the HD2 were tough. I have had to return mine twice since I got the phone in November due to developing white patches on the display.
Strange that my 3 year old 2G iPhone doesn't have the same issue.....
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sorry for possible hijack, but were those patches that bad? I have some, but I am not bothered bout them as I can only see them browsing xda developers. (whiteish background )

Kalavere said:
The center of the screen is the place for it to be hit. It's the strongest part of the display, the further out from the center you go, i.e. the edges, the weaker the display gets.
Try smashing a window hitting it in the center with a bat, it will just bounce right back at you with considerable force, hit the corners and you'll get a lot less recoil and you have a much higher chance of shattering the glass. Of course this is just a very crude example of what I mean.
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Good to know even the common house thief has knowledge to share with the community

bronx said:
sorry for possible hijack, but were those patches that bad? I have some, but I am not bothered bout them as I can only see them browsing xda developers. (whiteish background )
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It doesn't stop the phone being usable, but why should I put up with a defective screen on a phone that costs this much?

How durable is our HD2?

Hi,
Got my HD2 couple months back and using it with silicon cover since beginning but now I want to take the cover off and show the real beauty of the phone to everyone but I am too scared to take the silicon cover off because I am clumsy and I drop my phone way too frequently.
I know the phone looks very durable but exactly how durable is it??? can people share some experiences like oh I dropped it from 5ft and it was intact or oh I dropped it from 2ft and the screen broke etc etc.
I used to have HTC Kaiser/tilt and I dropped it way too my times without any covers but it never gave up on me.
PS: I know there is no real way to define durability of a cellphone but u know there are some cellphones which are really delicate and u have to handle them with extra extra care. While there are some like the kaiser who are made for rough use. Just want to know which category our HD2 belongs to?
Sorry for the double post, by mistake i posted it in accessories section!

Hey, i droped it many times and nothing happens.
Sometimes from 150 cm and a bit more and less.

I have thrown my Diamond down the street many times on a night out, but I would never want to drop my HD2 outside of a case, the entire front of the phone is glass, so you may get lucky a couple of times you may not. I wouldn't want to take the chance, it's expensive to replace.

I've dropped my HD2 a few times, most recent was when my mate rugby tackled me on a night out and broke my hand in the process, the HD2 survived almost unscathed due to it being in its case, although there is now a tiny chip on the front-facing bezel above the headphone socket where it meets the glass.
I never bothered with a screen protector and the screen looks as good as new and I've had mine since Nov2009. It's a tough little phone. As long as you keep it in its case when its not being used you will be fine.

hardik119 said:
Hi,
Got my HD2 couple months back and using it with silicon cover since beginning but now I want to take the cover off and show the real beauty of the phone to everyone but I am too scared to take the silicon cover off because I am clumsy and I drop my phone way too frequently.
I know the phone looks very durable but exactly how durable is it??? can people share some experiences like oh I dropped it from 5ft and it was intact or oh I dropped it from 2ft and the screen broke etc etc.
I used to have HTC Kaiser/tilt and I dropped it way too my times without any covers but it never gave up on me.
PS: I know there is no real way to define durability of a cellphone but u know there are some cellphones which are really delicate and u have to handle them with extra extra care. While there are some like the kaiser who are made for rough use. Just want to know which category our HD2 belongs to?
Sorry for the double post, by mistake i posted it in accessories section!
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If you're that clumsy, I'd suggest you keep it in it's case Hardik119 as Murphys law says you'll drop it as soon as you take that cover off?

Hulmeman said:
If you're that clumsy, I'd suggest you keep it in it's case Hardik119 as Murphys law says you'll drop it as soon as you take that cover off?
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hehe, i can see tomorrows post already
'so last night i fumbled whilst taking the case off and the phone exploded into 900 pieces'

hardik119 said:
Hi,
Got my HD2 couple months back and using it with silicon cover since beginning but now I want to take the cover off and show the real beauty of the phone to everyone but I am too scared to take the silicon cover off because I am clumsy and I drop my phone way too frequently.
I know the phone looks very durable but exactly how durable is it??? can people share some experiences like oh I dropped it from 5ft and it was intact or oh I dropped it from 2ft and the screen broke etc etc.
I used to have HTC Kaiser/tilt and I dropped it way too my times without any covers but it never gave up on me.
PS: I know there is no real way to define durability of a cellphone but u know there are some cellphones which are really delicate and u have to handle them with extra extra care. While there are some like the kaiser who are made for rough use. Just want to know which category our HD2 belongs to?
Sorry for the double post, by mistake i posted it in accessories section!
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It's great, I dropped it several times from 0.5m-1.0m and it's working perfectly ATM.

Had mine for 9 months now, never put a silicon case or it or screen protector. Only use the leather-ish case that came with it, have dropped my HD2 loads of times. I am litterally the worst person with phones, i had four new phones in a 2 year contract before this because i am so clumbsy, including the kaiser and tp2. HD2 is far more resilient and mine has not noticable marks on it.
Maybe i'm lucky with this phone, but i have seen videos of hd2 and iphone being pushed together screen to screen and the iphone breaks way earlier and considering the screen is that much smaller more pressure would be technically be being applied to the HD2.
Dust in your HD2's USB port is more likely to break your phone than dropping it.

The screen is gorilla glass, check out youtube for some videos of guys trying to break or scratch it, not easy! As for the case, I dropped it a couple of times on asphalt, and while the case looked fine, there is a rubbery edging around the screen that did get gouged. You can't really tell by looking, but you can feel it.

Such a classy device needs to be treated elegantly!!
A screen protector is a must have.
And to show off with ur sexy phone use a OEM leather pouch (slim and rich looking) that can be bought from ebay with a reasonable price.
http://cgi.ebay.com/NEW-Leather-pou...389855?pt=PDA_Accessories&hash=item415267839f

for such a big screen with lots of glass, its pretty tough, im a bit clumsy with phones, like some, i dropped by LG BL40, good job, it was ****e, but screen shatterd, chucked it in the bin and got this...always used the pouch, but had it out playing music, a broom(yes a broom) fell over and i have a c shaped scratch, drives me mad...but did scratch easier i thought..the case marks pretty easy to. But for such a large phone, thumbs up.

sevoflurane said:
Such a classy device needs to be treated elegantly!!
A screen protector is a must have.
And to show off with ur sexy phone use a OEM leather pouch (slim and rich looking) that can be bought from ebay with a reasonable price.
http://cgi.ebay.com/NEW-Leather-pou...389855?pt=PDA_Accessories&hash=item415267839f
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not sure I agree with the screen protector. I can never keep one on the phone, it will be on for a couple of months, then start annoying me and I take it off. The screen is very scratch resistant and I don't tend to drop phones. It stays in it's bodyglove kickstand case (which adds a little lip to the edges) and goes in a leather beltclip case.

hardik119 said:
I know the phone looks very durable but exactly how durable is it???
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The screen is very durable. Over the 9 months I've owned my HD2 the screen hasn't had one scratch on it despite no screen protector.
Drop it and one of two things will happen: nothing or total destruction of the screen.
Unfortunately, after 9 months of being careful I recently dropped my phone onto concrete from about 2 feet and the screen is totalled
The problem lies with the thinness of the bezel where it meets the screen (it deforms easily) and the tight tolerances of the join between the bezel and glass.
The combination is deadly and any design engineer ought to have noticed that at pre-production.
Someone at HTC sacrificed how the phone felt in the hand to how the glass screen reacts to side on pressure as a result of the bezel deforming on impact.
I'd be happy to have a chunkier bezel with just a few more mm of metal on the bezel if it prevents deformation on impact.
The phone is insured but I'll probably get reamed at policy renewal time next year.

the hd2 is durable as far as drops go (i don't use a case) - i've dropped mine twice, once on a wooden floor from about 5 ft up,no damage, and once onto concrete from the same height,only damage a very tiny dent/scratch on the corner of the case where it hit the street.
however, do NOT believe the bull**** about the screen being super scratch resistant !! after only two weeks of GENTLE use,and only being kept in my back pocket with nothing else,there was a one inch scratch across the front. i know,i saw the videos as well, but the fact remains. it scratches,and it scratches pretty damn easy.
GET A SCREEN PROTECTOR IMMEDIATELY !!!!

Neither case nor screen protector has (or will) ever touched the perfect curves of my hd2. Furthermore, it has seen a heavy ammount of abuse.
As far as dropping it goes... I wouldn't reccomend it. Mine has survived chest high (I'm 6'4") drops on to concrete (landing screen first) and not broken. However, many a sad story has been told by users with falls from lesser heights. The unlucky folks notwithstanding, I have to say that the screen is certainly well-made. In the 6+ months I've owned it, the screen remains conspicuously scratch-free. It should be noted that I often take out my car keys and and aggressively assault the screen with them (to the horror of onlookers). I also regularly lay my device down face-first. Still can't seem to find a single scratch.
As previously mentioned, I do not have or use a case of any kind. I keep my phone on me at all times in my front pocket (screen facing my leg). This includes when I am at work. I work... at a warehouse. Which means my hd2 gets to enjoy pallets, boxes, and various other blunt-force trauma slamming against it in my pocket. Here's what I have found.
The parts that are NOT so tough:
1) Battery cover.
I have noticeable scratches and marks on the battery cover. There is a thin coating on it that will flake off after a certain ammount of abuse.
2) The flash.
My led flash was dislodged slightly (some time while at work) and pressed up against the vibration motor. Although it was easy enough to fix by popping the phone open and remounting it.
The parts that ARE tough:
So far... everything else.

jamima69 said:
it scratches,and it scratches pretty damn easy.
GET A SCREEN PROTECTOR IMMEDIATELY !!!!
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No. It really doesn't. Whatever happend to your phone to cause a scratch is unfortunate... but it is the exception, not the rule. When I am unable to INTENTIONALLY scratch something, aforementioned "thing" can not be considered "easily scratchable".

I dropped mine from 4-5 feet high a few times (a couple onto concrete) and it was fine.
Then yesterday I dropped it from 2 feet high onto a wood floor and the screen was totally destroyed. Must have just hit at the right (wrong) angle...
Also, my screen has several scratches on it, so saying it is EXTREMELY scratch resistant is BS. However, now that my screen is destroyed anyway, I tried scratching it with a key, and knife, a pushpin, and a couple other things (haven't tried my wife's diamond ring, heh) and cannot for the life of me scratch it. But it DID get scratched somehow... and one of them was there after only a few days of use.

jamima69 said:
however, do NOT believe the bull**** about the screen being super scratch resistant !! after only two weeks of GENTLE use,and only being kept in my back pocket with nothing else,there was a one inch scratch across the front. i know,i saw the videos as well, but the fact remains. it scratches,and it scratches pretty damn easy.
GET A SCREEN PROTECTOR IMMEDIATELY !!!!
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the one inch scratch on your HD2 is very unfortunate, but does not mean at all that it scratches "pretty damn easy". At this point I totally disagree. I have my HD2 now for more than 1 year and I'm a heavy user, but after all this time there is not one single scratch to detect on the screen. I must say though, that I always have my HD2 in a leather belt case when not in use, but never used a screen protector on my HD2.
So in conclusion: the HD2 does not scratch easlly at all, but you have just been unfortunate and very unlucky.
regards, Kuzibri

I've recently replaced the screen in my HD2 because the old one had sustained some serious damage through an unfortunate encounter with asphalt. The device can handle some serious punishment, but the screen can crack quite easily when dropped just the wrong way. I've heard the screen can handle 400 newton of force which is quite a lot, but a 1 meter drop and slide across asphalt was too much.
Also, the screen is almost scratch-free except for sand! Sand can scratch the screen easily (had it in my pocket when working on the beach) so use a screenprotector when in a sandy environment.

While the phone is durable, it is always a good idea to to have the phone in a gell case to keep it from getting mangled when dropped. having owned several touch phones I have not found a need for a screen protector as I do not put my phone face down or in a pocket with other things...

[Q] is it really so fragile?!

I'm thinking of buying a GS2 and what scares me the most are the threads by people who cracked the screen.
All my phones fall, from the first siemens (back in the '90) to my my last htc hero.
At least once a month it makes a flight off the sofa, off the table, on the cement ... at most the back cover comes off, the battery flies away and the body (not the display) reports some scratches.
My hero also shows signs of bites and scratches by a cat, but nothing more!
(try to control a cat a let me know ...)
I read the last post of a poor guy whose s2 fell to less than one meter on the gravel and the display cracked!
But is it really so fragile?!
Is there someone whose s2 has been dropped from a reasonable height and the screen survived ?
L.

volpe71 said:
I'm thinking of buying a GS2 and what scares me the most are the threads by people who cracked the screen.
All my phones fall, from the first siemens (back in the '90) to my my last htc hero.
At least once a month it makes a flight off the sofa, off the table, on the cement ... at most the back cover comes off, the battery flies away and the body (not the display) reports some scratches.
My hero also shows signs of bites and scratches by a cat, but nothing more!
(try to control a cat a let me know ...)
I read the last post of a poor guy whose s2 fell to less than one meter on the gravel and the display cracked!
But is it really so fragile?!
Is there someone whose s2 has been dropped from a reasonable height and the screen survived ?
L.
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You have a 4.3 inch screen, 8mm phone, ofcourse it's fragile. All of them are. Like ^ said, buy a nice case, and you'll have some protection against small falls.

If you cannot afford the Case Mate Tough Case , then Amazon has some reasonably cheap gel cases , do not buy a silicone case as they attract dirt/dust like a magnet

OP, I dropped mine from 1 meter height a number of times, but always on wooden or carpeted floor. Never dropped on concrete or gravel. But I bet most modern smart phones with large touchscreens will crack if dropped on hard surface landing on the screen or even not on the screen but at a proper angle like someone already mentioned.
Either buy a good case, or buy a tough weather and impact proof phone.

dropped mine 100 times.....apart from a few cosmetic scratches, been fine

volpe71 said:
Is there someone whose s2 has been dropped from a reasonable height and the screen survived ?
My hero also shows signs of bites and scratches by a cat, but nothing more!
(try to control a cat a let me know ...)
L.
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I dropped mine the first day from about 1.7 meters/5.6 feet(?) (I guess that's the height my ear is at) on the pavement. It's fine, just scratches and scuffs on the corners and the back, but nothing bad.
Bought the CaseMate Tough Case though, just to be sure.
PS. Damn cats! mine keeps battling my remote, it lights up as he touches it... chews through the lcd screens

I have just a full-body screen protector on mine and have dropped it a couple of times and its been fine. What part of the phone that hits the ground first is going to make a big difference too. If it hits the ground vertically on a corner than yes, you're more likely to have the screen crack. A couple of the reported cracks were from stress where the screen was in someones pocket and either pressed against something or sat on. Also, consider how many are out there now and the cracked screen reports are less than a dozen. I was afraid of it when I first got it but less so now.

qwerty warrior said:
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Gonna get one of those. Looks good.
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Having come from Nokia phones and Htc phones.. this is as light as a feather and just slipped through my hands quiet a few times.. but you get used to it..
Once it dropped of the table but no harm done. yes it is very light and I would suggest getting it a case or something to make it feel more in the HAnds although I never used cases on any of my phones leave alone screen protectors.
But yeah you get used to it after a while so go GET one

i threw mine, it still works. Buy a big leather case. Top tip of the day, it saves you ££££'s

You guys just need to be more careful with your phones.

DVC1985 said:
You guys just need to be more careful with your phones.
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LOL at "iPhone Dropped in Slow Motion"
Tinderbox (UK) said:
If you cannot afford the Case Mate Tough Case , then Amazon has some reasonably cheap gel cases , do not buy a silicone case as they attract dirt/dust like a magnet
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600€ for the phone so the price of the case would not be a problem.
A must have accessory (for my use) is an active car holder; one you put the phone in without having to plug cables, to put the phone out from the case, etc. ( like the original samsung one )
Anyway, thanks to everybody.
At the end I think I'll go for the phone, some "invisible skin" protector and an insurance.
L.

I am really a bit confused about this entire thread. Maybe I just haven't seen the flood of threads complaining about cracked screens, but the only ones I've seen even remotely related are:
1) Some dude dropped a dumb bell on his phone. You be the judge of whether or not that is indicative of the screen's robustness.
2) Some dude dropped his phone into the toilet for a swim with some poo and water. And, it still survived.
So, I guess if you want a phone that is impervious to heavy metal weights being dropped directly on it, then yes, I would be wary of this phone. The good news is, if you're the type to possibly have your mobile phone go for a **** swim every once in a while, you're in luck.
All joking aside, get a decent case for it, screen protectors, and the phone is as well built as any other well built phone. Plus, the phone in its "naked state" is a bit too thin for me anyway.

I dropped mine from like 1,5M on solid stone. Landed on a corner which now has a little dent other then that there is nothing to see...
I was actually surprised it survived i have seen phones die from less.

1m height to solid stone
Dropped mine from 1m onto solid stone floor. Landed flat on the screen side. 2 or 3 fix points on backcover opened. Other than that, not even a scratch. Back cover was also ok.
I have read these unfortunate threads before and I admit I was scarred to to pick it up lol.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=ErXqnQKs-tA

cmd512 said:
I am really a bit confused about this entire thread. Maybe I just haven't seen the flood of threads complaining about cracked screens,
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XDA is not the only place in the world talking about phones ... anyway, am I free to be scared and ask or not? ;-)
L.

dropped mine 2 days ago ad the screen is chipped and cracked, now on the lookout for a new piece of glass

Fell badly thrice, no effect :)

Hi guys
I have had my device for around 2 weeks. I don't personally believe in using screen guards and cases as I feel it hinders the user experience for which I've paid. Of course this means I need to be real careful! I do use a leather pouch to put my phone in while carrying it around but when I'm at home/work I use it naked...
So, having said that, as a reminder that my said choices are probably not the smartest, since yesterday I've dropped my phone three times. Once from the bathroom counter onto marble floor, once on wooden steps and it bounced down 3-4 of them, and once from a work desk onto wooden flooring. It was face down each time except the stairs when it bounced randomly before landing face down too. I died a little bit each time, but to my surprise my phone is completely ok! No scratches, no dents, no evidence of anything!
Since there is a lot of talk about the cracks appearing on their own, I just wanted to put this out there that things can be good too and this delicate device is actually pretty badass too. I will be using that pouch more though...

Some hope appearing through

Same as my friend: he was gesticulating and literally sent his z3 compact flying a few meters away. It fell face up (shouldn't really matter though, glass on both sides) and not even a scratch on it. I'm thinking there's some defective batch of glass panels.

I think there must be a bad batch, I had some "oh ****" moments too and I don't have broken glass.

Wow !
I don't own one but checked out Z3 C yesterday in Sony Store and due to anti theft tether wires dropped it 2 feet onto counter and nothing happened.
Nice photos in well lit,showroom, sharper than expected
in super auto, more detail in 20.7 no tweak, quik shots.
Get screen protectors or,Rhino Bumper, device shows completely except edges...

robertkoa said:
Wow !
I don't own one but checked out Z3 C yesterday in Sony Store and due to anti theft tether wires dropped it 2 feet onto counter and nothing happened.
Nice photos in well lit,showroom, sharper than expected
in super auto, more detail in 20.7 no tweak, quik shots.
Get screen protectors or,Rhino Bumper, device shows completely except edges...
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Do you have a link for this rhino bumper please??

Here - http://www.evolutivelabs.com/products/screen-protector-for-sony-xperia-z3-compact
Says on the bottom that you can pre order it, but they will only produce it once they collect a total of 1400 such orders

Mine fell like 4 times from about a meter, not a single single scratch on it!

ishaang said:
Here - http://www.evolutivelabs.com/products/screen-protector-for-sony-xperia-z3-compact
Says on the bottom that you can pre order it, but they will only produce it once they collect a total of 1400 such orders
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http://www.evolutivelabs.com/pages/crashguard-sony-z3-compact

Oops my bad..Thanks!
Just bought jeans and found a pocket inside the pocket...perfect for keeping this phone hahaha

Its pretty cool, I dropped my phone another 3-4 times after that and no damage at all.
Once it was in a plane while landing and the phone fell down and slid down many rows till the front of the plane...when the steward gave it back, nothing!
This phone sturdy as hell!

ishaang said:
Its pretty cool, I dropped my phone another 3-4 times after that and no damage at all.
Once it was in a plane while landing and the phone fell down and slid down many rows till the front of the plane...when the steward gave it back, nothing!
This phone sturdy as hell!
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When wqs the phone manufactured (eg 14w38 )

muzab a said:
When wqs the phone manufactured (eg 14w38 )
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Its 14w38. Bought in New Delhi, India...

Will everyone who's dropped their phone please post your year and week numbers? (e.g. 14W42) I'm trying to figure out which are the bad phones and which are the good ones. Thanks.

Hevroth said:
Will everyone who's dropped their phone please post your year and week numbers? (e.g. 14W42) I'm trying to figure out which are the bad phones and which are the good ones. Thanks.
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a survey with year and week number is available here http://forum.xda-developers.com/z3-compact/general/sony-xperia-z3-z3-compact-glass-survey-t2900149
from the results:
https://docs.google.com/a/cmshome.n...S7iXX_mpiXN0MEINdA521bJkWaPlPRk/viewanalytics
it looks like weeks from 30 to 44, and above all 36-37-38, are the most affected

2 Foot Drop = Catastrophic failure

I was in the office, my Note 5 was on the desk. Was getting up and knocked my phone and it dropped to the office-carpeted floor on its back. Didn't think much, I picked it up and went to do my thing. Came back to my desk, then felt like checking something on the phone, fingerprint unlocked, fine, then I found a tiny 1 cm (0.3 inch) crack on the top left corner of the AMOLED screen. I was like wtf?? I'm using a Spigen hybrid case with tempered glass screen protector... it fell 2 feet from the desk on the carpet floor... and it bloody cracked the screen??
After getting really annoyed at what I saw, thought I start looking for the thing I was after on my phone.... but what's this.... I swiped and I swiped but it's not responding.... touch sense has died on the screen.... wtf???? 2 foot drop??? After a minute of being furious, I had an idea of trying if the stylus still worked... and it still does. So the touch layer has died but the digitiser layer is still working... sigh. After 10 mins of being angry, I just put the phone back to sleep and back to work.
30 mins later I went to check my phone again.... and what did I find? My AMOLED screen slowly bleeds purple blood from the sides (not from the crack itself) and purple spots like bruises all over the screen. Omgwtf??? 2 foot droooop come ooooon! And after a day, you can see what my screen looks like now on the attached picture.
I've never seen anyone having 3 different failures from a phone drop.... felt extremely unlucky. I have treated my Note 5 super carefully, although that was the third drop (never more than 3-foot drop) since I purchased it 4.5 months ago from Dubai. I live in UK, so there's no chance of the components being available here since it was never released in Europe. This is the first time I ever broke a phone.... and from a slight drop as well.
Take extra care of your Note 5... it's very fragile...

That's gutting. I switched last month to the note 5 cos I dropped my Nexus 6 off the office desk onto carpeted floor and the screen cracked. Guess side effect of such great designs

It's amazing how fragile things are now days. I dropped an sd card on the carpet once from waist height. Killed it. Lmao
Must of seen at least 50 phones broken in the reception of my old work. People would accidentally drop em or knock them of the counter as they were about to leave and smashed everytime.
For a device that is meant to be carried everywhere they sure are easy to kill.
Why make them.sturdy when they can make another $1000 by selling them a replacement...
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my note 5 fell from 5 feet and nothing happened. it was without screen protector. you have bad luck.

It's unfortunate that this happened. Next time spend the extra cash and get a Otter Box defender. It's not the fact the phone dropped but how it hit once it dropped. My guess is, it dropped directly on the corner.

southphillysean said:
It's unfortunate that this happened. Next time spend the extra cash and get a Otter Box defender. It's not the fact the phone dropped but how it hit once it dropped. My guess is, it dropped directly on the corner.
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Yeah, well worth the money for a decent case. I got blind rotten drunk and dropped my s6 on the concrete numerous times without damage to the phone and just a few chunks of plastic gone from the case.
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I've dropped my note 5 about five times onto hardwood flooring and never had anything happen more than the SPen going for a wander. My friend was skateboarding with his n9200 and he dropped it, poor device went flying face down on the pavement the same day he decided to remove his glass screen protector becaise it was cracked. Bad luck.

I always get insurance with my phone. Worth the 9 bucks a month. Go to the store, ask for replacement, new one is at my door the next day.
ON a side note, my note 5 flew out of my hand and slapped the corner of my closet and the zagg shield shattered but the rest of the phone is golden.

Another problem with lcd glass
In the upper left corner there is an air bubble inside the lcd glass.
it dropped from 2- 3 feet height with silicon cover on it.
here the pictures

Silicone covers are worthless and make the phone look crap. Better to get a minimal hard case

That's how amoled screens work. If you crack an LCD, everytime you turn it on back again you will see the cracks but the screen will still be backlighted. But, since every single led is individually backlighted in amoled screens, if you turn off the screen and turn it on again there's a 90% of chances that the screen will not turn on again. It will start bleeding purple or green colors and flashing straight lines all over the screen until it finally dies. The screen slowly and painfully agonizes until it's dead. Time to get a new Glass + Screen replacement my friend...
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Silicone covers are worthless and make the phone look crap. Better to get a minimal hard case
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This, they could protect you from scratches but they will never save you from a screen crack. Same goes for the tempered glass.

Probably worth remembering that even though stuff does happen, the Note 5 is basically a "glass" object.
Treat it as such.

My note 5 fell more than 5 times on the street and not on the its back but on the screen, everytime i picked it up i was ready to see a big crack! But never was!! And i don't even use a screen protector, just samsung view cover case, i guess it's a bad luck for u my friend.

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Silicone covers are worthless and make the phone look crap. Better to get a minimal hard case
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Silicone cases dont make anything look like crap unless the color or design on it looks like crap. They actually should give u slightly better shock absorption than a hard plastic case. Otterboxes are unusable to me because of the bulk it adds. I prefer slimmer cases and mainly silicone or rubbery. U just were having bad luck.

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The screen slowly and painfully agonizes until it's dead.
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Sady it will be slowly and painfully agonizing for the owner too :crying:
Jokes aside,
The bigger the size of the screen, the easier the glass can resonate-flex when hitting the ground and knock-bend in the AMOLED, without cracking the glass outside. Interesting that the tempered glass protector didn't save it.
Freak accident, indeed
I would buy a screen from ebay, they're 200 bucks, and I'd find a mobile service place who fixes S6 screens in your area and ask them if they could do the swap.

zsolti256 said:
Sady it will be slowly and painfully agonizing for the owner too :crying:
Jokes aside,
The bigger the size of the screen, the easier the glass can resonate-flex when hitting the ground and knock-bend in the AMOLED, without cracking the glass outside. Interesting that the tempered glass protector didn't save it.
Freak accident, indeed
I would buy a screen from ebay, they're 200 bucks, and I'd find a mobile service place who fixes S6 screens in your area and ask them if they could do the swap.
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Well, don't ask me how but my Note 4 screen stopped working when I took it out of my pocket like a year ago. I've sent it for repair and the guy told me that the screen was all shattered by the inside but the glass was brand new. Also they werent signs of bending or a certain sharp point that caused the screen failure. I still have the photo of the old screen. As you can see the glass was fine, but the screen was broken from inside (look at the left edge). Even there's dirt inside the screen!

That sucks for sure, hopefully you can get it fixed without too much trouble.
However since it seems you have the dropsies (3 drops in 4.5 months is a lot) I would do as the others suggest and get a rock solid case for it to prevent future issues.
I've had mine over 6mos and haven't dropped it once. Fingers crossed that trend continues lol
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