Dropped My Phone :( - HTC Droid DNA

I am usually very good about handling my phone and keeping it safe since I keep it naked. But last night as I am coming in from outside, my DNA slips out of my pocket and I hear it hit the ground. I had a brief moment where I thought the phone would be OK, that lasted until I saw the the phone landed screen down!!
I picked it up and can already feel the screen was shattered before turning it over.
It looks like I was angry at it and took a hammer to it.
But good news is I purchased the phone with my AMEX :good: so they will credit back the amount of the phone and I just have to pay my insurance deductible with Verizon to get a new one.

AMEX
I love AMEX. I paid for my DNA the same way. I have dropped mine as well, but only a small chip up by the speaker. I Have put an OtterBox Commuter on is since, and I can't even see the chip anymore.
Cheers!

Ok so I used my Amex too, but didn't know they'd cover a drop. Hmm
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fireguy0306 said:
Ok so I used my Amex too, but didn't know they'd cover a drop. Hmm
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Yes, for the first 90 days from purchase, if you accidentally damage the item or have your item stolen or lost; you can file a claim to have your $$ reimbursed in the form of a statement credit.

I dropped my phone about 1 ft onto the asphalt road, getting out of my mazda miata, with the phone on my lap. Landed upside down. Phone was naked. Screen was shattered.
I paid the $100 deductible w/ Asurion, and have kept the phone in a TPU case since then.
I LOVE the way the phone feels without a case, and the glass that goes all the way to the edge of the phone, with its bevel. But, unfortunately, that makes the phone highly susceptible to shattering with a fall

Dropped mine getting out of the car too within 2 days of buying it... Got a brand new one from Asurion though so i'm not too mad

Every time I ride my Ducati I tell myself that everybody on the road is trying to take me out.
And I never stop telling myself that while I'm on the bike.
Every time I reach for my phone I tell myself that I am going to drop it at any minute.
And I never stop telling myself that the entire time the phone is in my hand.
It's safer....and less expensive that way.

justice_beaver said:
I am usually very good about handling my phone and keeping it safe since I keep it naked. But last night as I am coming in from outside, my DNA slips out of my pocket and I hear it hit the ground. I had a brief moment where I thought the phone would be OK, that lasted until I saw the the phone landed screen down!!
I picked it up and can already feel the screen was shattered before turning it over.
It looks like I was angry at it and took a hammer to it.
But good news is I purchased the phone with my AMEX :good: so they will credit back the amount of the phone and I just have to pay my insurance deductible with Verizon to get a new one.
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no pictures... you know we all want to see it.. yet at the same time we don't like seeing it.. :laugh:

Case, case, case .
Good number of em out there. I have two chips in my DInc 2 from dropping it. When I bought the DNA I almost didn't get one. I never really liked em. But I'm glad I did. It still sides in and out of me pocket just fine.
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lazarus2297 said:
no pictures... you know we all want to see it.. yet at the same time we don't like seeing it.. :laugh:
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I will take some pics this weekend, before I have to send it back.
Luigi711 said:
Case, case, case .
Good number of em out there. I have two chips in my DInc 2 from dropping it. When I bought the DNA I almost didn't get one. I never really liked em. But I'm glad I did. It still sides in and out of me pocket just fine.
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Yea I have been looking at the Diztronic TPU case. Looks very minimal. I love the phone with out a case, but dont want to run into this issue again.

That's a good case I love mine it doesn't feel too different and it slides in and out of your pocket very easily.
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Here is a pic of my screen!
Can't wait to get my replacement.
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justice_beaver said:
Here is a pic of my screen!
Can't wait to get my replacement.
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Eww...
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justice_beaver said:
I will take some pics this weekend, before I have to send it back.
Yea I have been looking at the Diztronic TPU case. Looks very minimal. I love the phone with out a case, but dont want to run into this issue again.
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YES please get the diztronic!!!! i got it and dropped it from the second floor of my house and it took no damage!

Stryker1297 said:
YES please get the diztronic!!!! i got it and dropped it from the second floor of my house and it took no damage!
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Got my replacement phone coming today and the Diztronic case coming tomorrow!! :good:

Ouch! I dropped mine the other day and thought for sure the screen was going to be cracked but I lucked out with zero damage
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ScreenSpace said:
Every time I ride my Ducati I tell myself that everybody on the road is trying to take me out.
And I never stop telling myself that while I'm on the bike.
Every time I reach for my phone I tell myself that I am going to drop it at any minute.
And I never stop telling myself that the entire time the phone is in my hand.
It's safer....and less expensive that way.
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This people, even a case will not save the screen in some situations. Just don't drop it. In 18 years of carrying a phone I can still count on one hand the number of times I've dropped a phone.

Every time I ride my Ducati I tell myself that everybody on the road is trying to take me out.
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That time you have to use the brand of your bike instead of saying motorcycle...

Related

Anyone drop their SII

Dropped my SII today, kinda passed got a small dent or scrape on the corner! Dropped it before my case came in! Any one has issues after its been dropped or is there something to look out for?
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str8eye said:
Dropped my SII today, kinda passed got a small dent or scrape on the corner! Dropped it before my case came in! Any one has issues after its been dropped or is there something to look out for?
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Dropped mine onto sidewalk. No case. Struck the bottom left corner. Dinged the bezel around the gorilla glass. No other damage.
Drop mine almost everyday
Nicktuso said:
Drop mine almost everyday
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What the deuce? Do you have it in a case? I hope so... I would be freaking out if that were mine...
Don
str8eye said:
Dropped my SII today, kinda passed got a small dent or scrape on the corner! Dropped it before my case came in! Any one has issues after its been dropped or is there something to look out for?
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Same thing happened to me today...dinged the corner...f**ked up my day...lol I have a rubber skin but I took it off to give the screen a good once over...
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Yea its. Working but damn that scrape or dent. It's that feeling when that is you get with a new car that has been scratched for the first time
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str8eye said:
Dropped my SII today, kinda passed got a small dent or scrape on the corner! Dropped it before my case came in! Any one has issues after its been dropped or is there something to look out for?
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if it works, then no worries. lol
SII's are super durable, dropped mine on pavement 5 times, minimal scratches. My brother dropped his iPhone 4s once and the glass shattered on the back. I laughed at him and then he went to the AT&T store... lol
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dlwoodjr said:
What the deuce? Do you have it in a case? I hope so... I would be freaking out if that were mine...
Don
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I have two cases that I use.
Case mate with the kick stand I don't use often, but have dropped my phone at least 10 times on asphalt in that case, phone is perfect
Other is the sgp case that I use daily, it's beat up but phone is still perfect.
Dropped mine prob about 5 or 6 times since Ive had it from Day it launched. No scratches yet. Dropped it twice before i got a case
No drops, no scratches, no butter
fingers.
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This is THE first device I got a case for BEFORE I dropped it that resulted in cosmetic damage.
Dropped mine the first hour of ownership as I was handing it off to my mom so she can see it lol. No marks though! Case coming in the mail too
I barely touched it the first week i got it. I've never had a phone this nice, the closest I've came to a nice phone was a palm pre a year after release.
So now I've got a Rearth case and screen protector. I'm paranoid. i probably handle this phone with more care than my own kids.... ?
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OK, now I feel like I'm on borrowed time, so I just put in a case order on Amazon.
I'm still waiting on otterbox to make one for the ATT version, once its out I will get it, till then, its BE VERY VERY CAREFUL, and no butter for me.
penguinlogik said:
I'm still waiting on otterbox to make one for the ATT version, once its out I will get it, till then, its BE VERY VERY CAREFUL, and no butter for me.
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I actually ordered the Otterbox case for the international version with the recommendation that it does fit the AT&T version perfectly and that the upper noise cancellation mic doesn't give any grief because of the cover. We shall see what happens ...
I don't know why, but for such a flagship phone, the cases really aren't forthcoming.
Dr Triffid said:
I actually ordered the Otterbox case for the international version with the recommendation that it does fit the AT&T version perfectly and that the upper noise cancellation mic doesn't give any grief because of the cover. We shall see what happens ...
I don't know why, but for such a flagship phone, the cases really aren't forthcoming.
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Yeah I read about that, which is why I am currently waiting instead of purchasing an international version. Also I would have just drilled a hole where the mic was... but might as well wait.
I always roll naked with my phones. Nothing yet. I usually don't drop my phone
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I dropped mine ON PURPOSE... Ok I took the you tube video to the extreme and challenged a buddy with his new iCrap 4s... he didn't drop his, he's a p___y haha
And NO, not even a scuff mark on mine. I did have a rubber case on it the time though.
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Rezound durability. THUMBS UP

So, test of the times durability. Tried to get a top speed of my mini e-revo. So I thought, yay rezound! Used some velcro, strapped it to the top with a plastic grocery back over the phone due to snow. ... hit over 43 mph, before it spun out, hit the side of the road in concrete, flipped over, and slide upside down on the phone....
... Phone was fine, not even a scratch. Silicone cover, not even a screen protector.. And the plastic bag was torn off and gone by the time I got over to it.
HTC build quality and strength for the win.
coolbluedab said:
So, test of the times durability. Tried to get a top speed of my mini e-revo. So I thought, yay rezound! Used some velcro, strapped it to the top with a plastic grocery back over the phone due to snow. ... hit over 43 mph, before it spun out, hit the side of the road in concrete, flipped over, and slide upside down on the phone....
... Phone was fine, not even a scratch. Silicone cover, not even a screen protector.. And the plastic bag was torn off and gone by the time I got over to it.
HTC build quality and strength for the win.
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Man , you need to get a girlfriend to spend your free time with.
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First flamebate... This was a post testament to HTC durability as a phone. My thunderbolt was similar. And I thought it was a good story.
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funny, my thunderbolt battery cover broke just from frequent battery changes over 6 months, would not call that phone to be high quality construction.
Second, we see posts on here all the time asking how to get an exchange for a broken, water damaged, etc phone.
Third, list price for the rezound:
http://wireless.amazon.com/dp/B0061R3DVO
http://www.verizonwireless.com/b2c/...t&action=viewPhoneDetail&selectedPhoneId=5723
so depending on where you look, we are both wrong.
jbh00jh said:
Man , you need to get a girlfriend to spend your free time with.
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my fiance thought it was great fun... til it spun out lol. Her first response thinking it had to be smashed was..."You know you're not getting back your thunderbolt."
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funny, my thunderbolt battery cover broke just from frequent battery changes over 6 months, would not call that phone to be high quality construction.
Second, we see posts on here all the time asking how to get an exchange for a broken, water damaged, etc phone.
Third, list price for the rezound:
http://wireless.amazon.com/dp/B0061R3DVO
http://www.verizonwireless.com/b2c/...t&action=viewPhoneDetail&selectedPhoneId=5723
so depending on where you look, we are both wrong.
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Yeah, I wasn't asking that if you read at all..
I work in Verizon Corp. 569 is full retail in store. At least until pricing changes as usual. Deal with it.
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Yeah, I wasn't asking that if you read at all..
I work in Verizon Corp. 569 is full retail in store. At least until pricing changes as usual. Deal with it.
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Well, aren't you an internet tough guy...
Don't mean to interfere in your guys online scuffell (hope I spelled it right) but I think that's pretty cool that it with standed that. Just goes to show that HTC is quietly brilliant
sent from my sexy HTC Rezound. I be rocking them beats
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Don't mean to interfere in your guys online scuffell (hope I spelled it right)
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LOL you didn't.......
~John
coolbluedab said:
my fiance thought it was great fun... til it spun out lol. Her first response thinking it had to be smashed was..."You know you're not getting back your thunderbolt."
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Your fiance = my hero!
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Dropped rezound first time took it like a champ!

I got out of my car ,phone on lap forgot it was there(n00b mistake) boom on concrete longest 5 seconds of my life lol and I pick it up just a chip no case or anything I was really impressed it fell on the corner no other damage
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Yea I was super careful the first couple of months with the rezound(no drops). Now its been dropped a few times maybe only once on concrete. It's a pretty durable phone when it's in a CASE. I've had a case since day one. I know u might not like the feel but you'll get used to it
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I dropped my getting out of the car. It landed on a corner and cracked across the screen in 2 places.
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jeradsjunk said:
I dropped my getting out of the car. It landed on a corner and cracked across the screen in 2 places.
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Ouch I just ordered a case 5 mins after the drop
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A coworker of mine bought a brand new iphone.
It was a nasty rainy day when he picked it up. On the way back to work, he received a call (he had had the phone maybe 10 minutes).
He answered the call & layed the phone in his lap. When he pulled into work, he totally forgot the phone was in his lap & got out. The phone fell into a large puddle & he stepped on it smashing the screen all in one motion.
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A coworker of mine bought a brand new iphone.
It was a nasty rainy day when he picked it up. On the way back to work, he received a call (he had had the phone maybe 10 minutes).
He answered the call & layed the phone in his lap. When he pulled into work, he totally forgot the phone was in his lap & got out. The phone fell into a large puddle & he stepped on it smashing the screen all in one motion.
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proof that even God hates apple
jmorton10 said:
A coworker of mine bought a brand new iphone.
It was a nasty rainy day when he picked it up. On the way back to work, he received a call (he had had the phone maybe 10 minutes).
He answered the call & layed the phone in his lap. When he pulled into work, he totally forgot the phone was in his lap & got out. The phone fell into a large puddle & he stepped on it smashing the screen all in one motion.
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I would cry ..I was Mad at myself when I just got a small chip on it
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I also dropped it out of my lap when getting.out of my car. This must be very common. Mine has a small chip in on corner, about 2mm. Oh well, I refuse to use a case.
Rezound, rooted, loving it.
Don't your cars have cup-holders? I keep my phone there at all times.
What I have a bad habit of doing, is at night when I'm chillin on the couch I'll have my phone sitting on my lap on top of the blanket that is covering me. Then when get up to go to bed I'll forget about it and yank the blanket off. Usually the phone just falls on to the carpet, no big deal. On my old Incredible, I did this and it flew up in the air and flipped a bunch of times and landed flat on it's back on my padded ottoman/coffee table. My CM7 lockscreen came on when it landed. My wife looked at me and said "That was pretty good, now do it again". Lol
first day i had my rezound, i dropped it off the counter at my store..so like a 4 foot drop lol..landed on hardwood floor..but was fine. i was so mad at myself i just screamed the F bomb as it fell hahaha
jmorton10 said:
A coworker of mine bought a brand new iphone.
It was a nasty rainy day when he picked it up. On the way back to work, he received a call (he had had the phone maybe 10 minutes).
He answered the call & layed the phone in his lap. When he pulled into work, he totally forgot the phone was in his lap & got out. The phone fell into a large puddle & he stepped on it smashing the screen all in one motion.
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This exact same story happened to me before too! You just need to replace the word "phone" with "pipe", and then replace "received a call" with "smoked bowl". =P
LOL
this thread has inspired me to get a case. my inc2 was cheap enough to just buy another in the off chance that something terrible happened, but not this puppy. besides, it's already massive. what's another couple millimeters on each side, right?
a.mcdear said:
This exact same story happened to me before too! You just need to replace the word "phone" with "pipe", and then replace "received a call" with "smoked bowl". =P
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this reminds me..
as I spark a J
potheads,
potheads everywhere!
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I strongly recommend the OtterBox case for whatever phone you have. I have one for this, my fascinate, the droid 2 i gave my mother-in-law. Besides the extended battery for long trips and when I wanna use the **** outta my phone, the defender was the best thing I got for it. Two days after I got the case I dropped my phone on concrete and kicked it while at work and watched it bounce across the room, woulda been dead without the case.
If it falls out of my truck, it's easily a 4' drop. I'm careful with my phones, never had a major drop with my Incredible, but Otterbox Commuter arriving tomorrow just to be on the safe side.
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I strongly recommend the OtterBox case for whatever phone you have. I have one for this, my fascinate, the droid 2 i gave my mother-in-law. Besides the extended battery for long trips and when I wanna use the **** outta my phone, the defender was the best thing I got for it. Two days after I got the case I dropped my phone on concrete and kicked it while at work and watched it bounce across the room, woulda been dead without the case.
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I'm sorry. As a matter of principle, I dont use cases
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I dropped my phone on the concrete sidewalk. While walking/listening to some music my hand caught the headphone wire and pulled my phone out of my jacket side pocket dropping it onto the ground Luckily I had an Incipio case and it fell on a corner. The case corner cracked and saved my phone
I hated cases too but after that incident I will always get a case for my phone.
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I'm sorry. As a matter of principle, I dont use cases
HP Touch pad cm9 and cornerstone
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No need to be sorry to me, just make sure your phone is as safe as your penis then... I'm not the one who'd have to buy a new phone if **** happened to it.

So I finally did it...

I dropped my phone a couple days ago, tried to not pay it any mind. It was inside a slippery pocket and I took off my coat to turn it inside out for the rain and the phone went with it, OF COURSE. Did a quick inspection, everything looked fine so I pocketed it and went on my way.
This morning I was surveying my phone near my bedside window and I caught this weird glimpse of an arch so I tried to rub it away thinking it was a smudge.
Tilted the phone a little more and noticed that it's actually the plate behind the glass. So fragile. </3
I didn't get insurance, so I could probably go sign up then come back a couple days later and act like "OH NO!!"? Or should I just get a case and call it good? The crack isn't noticeable unless you tilt the screen and stare at it for a moment, and there aren't many moments where I or myself is staring at the back of it. Performance doesn't seem to be altered either.
Thoughts? Suggestions?
My guess is that performance won't be affected.
However, cracks tend to grow. It may be small now, but it likely will get bigger, unless you're lucky enough that both extremities of the crack are headed towards the bezel. Your call, but with it being on the back, and if you're getting a case, I would deal with it personally. Not having insurance sucks.
Also, trying to get ins on it now is not a horrible idea. Particularly if the damage is tough to see. Florescent lights are horrible for seeing those defects, the sun is much better.
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Well the crack is heading from the bottom and arches up to the side. I'd take a picture of it but I only have my phone's camera and it might be a little difficult to even get a picture of the crack with a mirror. So I assume it couldn't grow any more from that. (I hope.) I'm buying a few silicone cases right now. :x
Edit: managed to get a picture of it with my webcam. See that?
sorry to hear...
this is the first phone i bought insurance for.
hopefully my Belkin bumper and Zagg kit will be in by the 27th so i can some level of protection on it. but would either have been able to prevent an impact fracture like that? i kinda doubt it. the bumper should make a it a bit less slippery at least.
i'd get insurance, while you can, if you're going to keep the device for a couple years i'm sure you'll have a good reason to call it in before all is said and done. either due to physical damage from being dropped one too many times or heck, just to replace the non-replaceable battery.
NOTE: BestBuy insurance = $10/mth over 24mths OR $170 if paid up front.
At first I wasn't considering insurance, but now I am definitely going to get it after seeing the crack. So when I get it, will I be able to play off the situation of my phone or will they look at it first and determine that it can't be replaced without a fee? I feel like I should've put this in Q&A with all the questions I have. :x Didn't think I had so many. Just wanna make sure so I don't **** myself over lol.
I am not sure how they will proceed as far as wanting to see the phone first. I wish you all the best with it !!
If they won't do it, some people have said that by putting a screen protector on it that usually keeps the crack from spreading. ( I noticed it is on the back, it should still work) Regards.
The crack isn't on the Gorilla 2, it's across the plate beneath it. So I'm hoping it just stays as is and doesn't fracture any further.
Murasakiii said:
I dropped my phone a couple days ago, tried to not pay it any mind. It was inside a slippery pocket and I took off my coat to turn it inside out for the rain and the phone went with it, OF COURSE. Did a quick inspection, everything looked fine so I pocketed it and went on my way.
This morning I was surveying my phone near my bedside window and I caught this weird glimpse of an arch so I tried to rub it away thinking it was a smudge.
Tilted the phone a little more and noticed that it's actually the plate behind the glass. So fragile. </3
I didn't get insurance, so I could probably go sign up then come back a couple days later and act like "OH NO!!"? Or should I just get a case and call it good? The crack isn't noticeable unless you tilt the screen and stare at it for a moment, and there aren't many moments where I or myself is staring at the back of it. Performance doesn't seem to be altered either.
Thoughts? Suggestions?
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My sympthies
We've all been there, done that. If they got a dollar for everytime they tried selling someone insurance to go with their phone but that person said "it's fine. i won't drop it", they'd be able to retire. I've been one of those people. Which is actually why I'm on this phone now instead of my Galaxy S3 haha
Good luck. One thing that bugs me is often the insurance doesn't cover drops.
If you can get best buy insurance I'd go for it. The only thing they don't cover is lost or stolen I hear.
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I read up online that geek squad has an advanced insurance that covers drops. But I don't think I can go back and get it because what do you know, I've hit the third week mark of having this phone. Fffff-.
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They might help you out with insurance at best buy. If not, you'd need to get something like square trade of zagg warranty or a competitor. Att insurance is a joke, 7.50/mo with a $200 deductible.
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Murasakiii said:
I read up online that geek squad has an advanced insurance that covers drops. But I don't think I can go back and get it because what do you know, I've hit the third week mark of having this phone. Fffff-.
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You have one month from date of purchase...least that's what they told me. Same as for the AT&T warranty purchase window.
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DraginMagik said:
You have one month from date of purchase...least that's what they told me. Same as for the AT&T warranty purchase window.
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Thanks for the info! I'll go back some time this week. Cutting it pretty close for myself. I'm hoping they don't notice the crack, maybe I can just get my phone replaced. Hopefully the advanced insurance isn't too much more.
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Murasakiii said:
Thanks for the info! I'll go back some time this week. Cutting it pretty close for myself. I'm hoping they don't notice the crack, maybe I can just get my phone replaced. Hopefully the advanced insurance isn't too much more.
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You just need to go in with the original receipt and say you want to add insurance. You don't have to show the phone then. Wait a week and then have the phone replaced. Done it twice.
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Or instead of scamming the insurance, you could just live with the purely cosmetic crack and have better karma. Just saying...
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What's the replacement payout at the end of 2 years? Do they replace the device or pay out the value?
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What does karma have anything to do with my phone?
Anyway I got denied insurance.
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Never mind I should have just not posted. Just annoys me seeing threads about how to scam insurance. And, yes, getting insurance after something is broken is a scam.
But regardless, I'll shut up now. Everyone can flame away.
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My thread isn't about scamming insurance, it was asking if I should ignore it and get a case or get the cases plus insurance so I'd be protected from further harm to my phone. Being snarky to posters because I asked for suggestions is unnecessary. I've never bought insurance for a phone before, and it just so happens that since there's a small crack I can't have insurance at all. Wonderful.
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You could get it over the phone with AT&T I bet.
Or squaretrade or zagg.

Has anyone dropped their phone yet?

Just curious, when I was researching which phone to buy I read some posts from other carrier forums that screens tend to break very easily from short distances or even in a pocket. Havent seen posts for VZ yet. Im very careful with this probably too careful
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rizzo777 said:
Just curious, when I was researching which phone to buy I read some posts from other carrier forums that screens tend to break very easily from short distances or even in a pocket. Havent seen posts for VZ yet. Im very careful with this probably too careful
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Haven't broken the screen but the frame of this phone is crap coming from Motorola. It's hit the ground twice from less than 3 feet and has 3 rather large dents in the housing. Once was falling off the seat in my car to a rubber all season floor mat which shouldn't do crap but left a dent. I'll give samsung the nod on internal hardware but the chassis is awful. A friend of mine dropped his from about waist high onto the edge and shattered his screen.
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Haven't broken the screen but the frame of this phone is crap coming from Motorola. It's hit the ground twice from less than 3 feet and has 3 rather large dents in the housing. Once was falling off the seat in my car to a rubber all season floor mat which shouldn't do crap but left a dent. I'll give samsung the nod on internal hardware but the chassis is awful. A friend of mine dropped his from about waist high onto the edge and shattered his screen.
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I have a pretty extensive history with Motorola and have come to the same conclusion. I had my phone on my bed and accidentally dropped my belt on the top right corner of the phone and it left a noticeable indention. I immediately went out and bought a case for the phone even though I've never worried about one with any previous phone.
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if you afraid the screen would be broken, you should buy Nokia mobilephone. otherwise, you could buy a phone case to protect your mobilephone.
Almost tonight but my headphone cord save my life
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My blackberry Torch
rizzo777 said:
Just curious, when I was researching which phone to buy I read some posts from other carrier forums that screens tend to break very easily from short distances or even in a pocket. Havent seen posts for VZ yet. Im very careful with this probably too careful
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I have blackberry torch. i never dropped my handset. :laugh:
My phone feel maybe a foot, if that onto concrete and the screen cracked from the corner. The screen still works, the touch buttons still work. Just a crack. Luckily GeekSquad covers accidentals. I ended up getting a SlimArmor case form SpiGen. Did some small drop tests on my sidewalk. Seems to protect it pretty well.
yeah the frame does suck. mine creaks lol its not fully pushed against the body. silly Samsung
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We were chilling at our friends place and my friends was on dinning table when he woke up from the chair his phone fell down!!!!
But still he has not a single scratch on his phone. Guess How???
Luckily, there was clothes down the phone his lazy-nes saves his phones life.:laugh::laugh::laugh:
yay
rizzo777 said:
Just curious, when I was researching which phone to buy I read some posts from other carrier forums that screens tend to break very easily from short distances or even in a pocket. Havent seen posts for VZ yet. Im very careful with this probably too careful
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I have dent on a corner
You people are rough on phones. I've never dropped a single phone in my life, it's always first on my mind when I move around.
berfles said:
You people are rough on phones. I've never dropped a single phone in my life, it's always first on my mind when I move around.
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that must be exhausting
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chris_marsh said:
that must be exhausting
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Not really, I'm just a careful person, takes no extra effort at all. Nothing not worth preserving a $600 phone, anyway.
i got mine last Wednesday. love it...been super careful with it and was going to get a case yesterday on lunch...when i got to work i grabbed the phone from my console and went to get out of my truck and the phone bumped the steering wheel causing it to fly out of my hand and onto the pavement i pick it up and the outer glass is complete spider webbed and cracked all down it....sucks ....since i just got it Verizon hadn't activated my insurance or some BS so now im fighting with them to get it replaced...the insurance co don't want to do it...sigh...all else fells i found these outside case with the glass(no lcd) for 12 bucks on ebay.....:crying:
i had the razr before this and have dropped it multiple times with no cracks....
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i got mine last Wednesday. love it...been super careful with it and was going to get a case yesterday on lunch...when i got to work i grabbed the phone from my console and went to get out of my truck and the phone bumped the steering wheel causing it to fly out of my hand and onto the pavement i pick it up and the outer glass is complete spider webbed and cracked all down it....sucks ....since i just got it Verizon hadn't activated my insurance or some BS so now im fighting with them to get it replaced...the insurance co don't want to do it...sigh...all else fells i found these outside case with the glass(no lcd) for 12 bucks on ebay.....:crying:
i had the razr before this and have dropped it multiple times with no cracks....
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Which is why I got this! video says it all :good:
http://us.cygnett.com/smartphone/sm...olution-black-galaxy-s4-silicone-pc-case.html
tkacer said:
Which is why I got this! video says it all :good:
http://us.cygnett.com/smartphone/sm...olution-black-galaxy-s4-silicone-pc-case.html
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wow that looks like a good case
I carry my new phones around like they're a newborn child, won't put it in a pocket that has anything else in it or near the desk/nightstand edges. It's all about minimizing risks - like not trying to carry too many things at once.
With that being said, there's a 100% chance I'll drop this phone at some point. My GS3 survived a couple major drops with a few small dents in the corner .... as much as I like the look/feel of the GS4 a million times more than the GS3, I feel like the reduced bezel size and straight/rigid edges won't be as durable.
Get a case guys!
berfles said:
You people are rough on phones. I've never dropped a single phone in my life, it's always first on my mind when I move around.
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exactly
chris_marsh said:
that must be exhausting
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Not at all. Been 2 years since I've dropped one. It's a little weird but I get kind of attached to technology and take care of it. I'm the kind of person that doesn't want a single scratch on my phone and I hate cases so I just don't drop anything and nothing belongs in my right pocket but my phone
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berfles said:
You people are rough on phones. I've never dropped a single phone in my life, it's always first on my mind when I move around.
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chris_marsh said:
that must be exhausting
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tkacer said:
Which is why I got this! video says it all :good:
http://us.cygnett.com/smartphone/sm...olution-black-galaxy-s4-silicone-pc-case.html
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I just got a Spigen Neo Hybrid case. It's slim and sexy, but now I'm concerned it won't offer much protection for anything but the shortest falls. I'll have to check out this one.
I got mine on release day, and haven't dropped it once. I carried it for a few days with no case to enjoy the slim profile of the phone. Bought an Incipio case for it and seems to do the job. Of course like I said... haven't dropped it. I plan on picking up that Neo Hybrid as well, its gorgeous! :good::highfive:

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