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Does the Rezound have Gorilla Glass? I think it does, but just making sure.
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Doesn't matter the Bolt had gorilla glass and I can point out at least 5 scratches on the screen since April 1 being really deep and one other one caused from unlocking screen near bottom of screen. All were caused by fingernails.
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Do you have diamond tipped fingernails??? Not buying it.
UHF3 said:
Do you have diamond tipped fingernails??? Not buying it.
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Lol
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I hope it does tired if the screen protector already.
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Do you have diamond tipped fingernails??? Not buying it.
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lol me either. you did not scratch it with your nails. period.
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Doesn't matter the Bolt had gorilla glass and I can point out at least 5 scratches on the screen since April 1 being really deep and one other one caused from unlocking screen near bottom of screen. All were caused by fingernails.
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All you had to do was email them.
http://www.corninggorillaglass.com/featured-products
Cut them if that is the case, lol. BS! I never used screen protectors on any device I have owned. Even dropping them doesn't really scratch the screen. I showed people on my X1 and X2 both that even a key lightly pressed won't. This phone may not have Corning gorilla glass, but it still GLASS! Lol you don't cut threw car windows with finger nails.
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Its impossible that u scratched it with ur nail.... its just doesn't happen that way...
but one way to scratch is to put some sands on it and rub it...
one its all done ur screen will probably be screwed...
I don't know what else to tell you laugh all you want but I have 5 on my screen. I did email the company and they told me to email HTC, HTC said they don't warranty screen damage cause by outside factors....blah blah trust me I did the deep one wobble my fingernail play fruit ninja so I know what I am talking about. The one at the bottom is not as deep but it the length of the screen that I normally pull my the lock ring. I don't even have fingernails really so i don't get it, I have seen videos of people taking a knife to a screen and keys. I was in a thread about this in Thunderbolt forum so other people have seen his before. Not every screen made equal.
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..............Not every screen made equal.
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Maybe so. But, all screens are made from glass and no matter how long (or how hard for that matter) the nails are growing from your fingers it is virtually impossible for them to scratch the glass of your phone's screen. For your fingernails to be capable of scratching the screen they would then have to be harder than the glass used to make the screen. So, if your fingernails are that hard then you should be able to also scratch the glass in the windows of you home or the glass mirror in your bathroom. Give those two a shot and let us know how it turns out. If you are indeed successful; then call Guinness World Records and Ripley's.
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Maybe so. But, all screens are made from glass and no matter how long (or how hard for that matter) the nails are growing from your fingers it is virtually impossible for them to scratch the glass of your phone's screen. For your fingernails to be capable of scratching the screen they would then have to be harder than the glass used to make the screen. So, if your fingernails are that hard then you should be able to also scratch the glass in the windows of you home or the glass mirror in your bathroom. Give those two a shot and let us know how it turns out. If you are indeed successful; then call Guinness World Records and Ripley's.
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rofl!! +1
this made my night
Feel free to come check it out if you are ever in Arizona I would not make this up I had the first Droid Incredible and never used screen protector on that one and now its my daughter play phone and it is still scratch free and i used that for well over a year and my daughter had it for last 6 months. I was very disappointed with my Thunderbolt's screen.
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Seeing it wouldn't prove anything! If you ever come to Michigan come see my phone, I scratched it with my skin (from my friends car door actually)! are your hands always bleeding? It seems with nails like that you would be cutting your hands up a lot!
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do you have long nails? fingernails don't work on a capasitive touchscreen, so there isn't any reason to touch the screen with your nails....
You guys act like I am the only one who has complained about the thunderbolt screen. It's a cheap screen way cheaper than my Droid incredible. And my fingernails are normal size children.
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Wait, wait, wait... You have normal sized children for fingernails?
LOL
In reality, you are probably another one of those people walking around with your naked phone in your pocket. Some keys in the same pocket, or a fall scratched it, and you didn't notice until flailing at your screen with your normal sized children for nails playing Fruit Ninja.
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lol, dude, stop trying to save face. We all know you didn't scratch your screen with your fingernails!
Funny stuff...
I have one slight scratch on my Inc. Hardly noticeable, but I notice it. First noticed it after coming back from Florida. Damn beautiful white sand beaches!!!!
Note to self (and y'all)... screen protectors are a must when going to the beach.
Quartz will scratch glass!
Will definitely buy some cheap protectors for my soon-to-be-mine Rezound!
What about toe nails? I wanna make sure before I get this phone....
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I don't think the prime has gorilla glass, got two rather nasty scratches on my screen, one in the middle, one near the edge, and because of the reboots i hardly use it. yet I've had my desire (which sits in my pocket when not in use) for 18 months and there isn't a mark on it.
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Yes it does have Gorilla glas. And yes, it can still scratch.
JoeyLe said:
Yes it does have Gorilla glas. And yes, it can still scratch.
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but, but it has quad core....
seriously, there is no 100% scratch resistant glass. best i've seen is on the Galaxy Nexus. Just my opinion.
It's obviously a really think gorrila glass so it's not so reinforced...
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This thread is already tired.
Gorilla glass is scratch-resistant, not scratch-proof! Take good care of your stuff and you won't have this issue.
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It's obviously a really think gorrila glass so it's not so reinforced...
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How thick the glass is has nothing to do with how easily it is scratched. Thickness helps with tensile strength, not hardness. You could have glass 2 inches thick, the surface would still scratch as easily as a glass pane .125 inches thick.
And the prime does have gorilla glass.
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Gorilla, chimpanzee, whatever you call it, it does scratch and it doesn't take much. I am extremely careful with my stuff and I got the screen on my Prime chipped. Very small, can't see it when the screen is on, just with it turned off, reflecting light. Have no idea how it happened.
I don't buy devices without Gorilla glass, and can say, they don't scratch easily. They WILL scratch, but it takes significant abuse in my experience.
I've been using mine carefully for about 6 weeks and have no scratches. I'd chalk this up to user error. No offense.
Instead of saying what has already been said, I am going to provide hopefully a little possible ray of hope. A lot of times instead of it actually being a scratch it is something ON the glass, which can be buffed off with some elbow grease.
Also, if it is a scratch, try this fix. Get some furniture polish and a clean cotton rag. Spray the polish on the rag and work it into the scratch. Gently rub it in the scratch, and then wipe away any excess. You may need to do this several times but it SHOULD fix the scratch as long as it is not too wide.
Finally, there is always the option of jeweler's rouge, which can be gotten at a lot of hardware stores. Follow the directions and you should be able to buff out any scratches that you have. Keep in mind, this process will take several hours, and should also be your last resort.
Cheers
There may not be 100% scratch resistant glass, but there is a problem if a phone can live in my pocket for 18 months with zero scratches, compared with a tablet that has only been used for less than a week (and not for long each day, after the 2nd or 3rd crash I just get bored and put it away) that is sealed and protected with a dock when not in use.
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Instead of saying what has already been said, I am going to provide hopefully a little possible ray of hope. A lot of times instead of it actually being a scratch it is something ON the glass, which can be buffed off with some elbow grease.
Also, if it is a scratch, try this fix. Get some furniture polish and a clean cotton rag. Spray the polish on the rag and work it into the scratch. Gently rub it in the scratch, and then wipe away any excess. You may need to do this several times but it SHOULD fix the scratch as long as it is not too wide.
Finally, there is always the option of jeweler's rouge, which can be gotten at a lot of hardware stores. Follow the directions and you should be able to buff out any scratches that you have. Keep in mind, this process will take several hours, and should also be your last resort.
Cheers
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The problem with that is I'm terrified of touching the thing now, I have only ever cleaned the screen with the cloth that came with a £1000 Samsung tv I have, cos the one that came with the prime was ****. but I will consider it.. I honestly can't understand what could have caused it, I treat this thing like a baby, its closed with the dock when I'm not using it, when I put it away at night it goes in a case and under a sofa out the way of children and cats. Like I say 18 months in my pocket with my desire, and not a mark on it, hell I've even dropped the thing 3 or 4 times and its still perfect. Dent on the corner from one of them drops, but not a mark on the screen.
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soulctcher said:
This thread is already tired.
Gorilla glass is scratch-resistant, not scratch-proof! Take good care of your stuff and you won't have this issue.
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You made it tired.. with no idea of how well I treat it you still put you 10 cents in.
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I don't buy devices without Gorilla glass, and can say, they don't scratch easily. They WILL scratch, but it takes significant abuse in my experience.
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Yup you are right significant abuse is needed, this hasn't had that. A week old with at most 2 or 3 hours a day is not significant abuse, when its put away carefully every time I'm not using it.
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I've been using mine carefully for about 6 weeks and have no scratches. I'd chalk this up to user error. No offense.
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No Chance what so ever this is down to me, only thing I can put it down to , is that it was already like it when I got it but I didn't notice. (Generally I like my room dark cos I get massive migraines but my nephew is here so the curtains have been open so I noticed it.)
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Mine had problems with the glass too. My microfiber cloth would scratch the screen. I even took it to Best Buy and the guy carefully wiped my screen with their microfiber cloth and easily scratched the right and bottom of the screen. I took my pop bottle in my hand and wiped it with the cloth and it didn't scratch, then wiped my tfp screen with a microfiber cloth and it scratched. He even tried wiping other devices screen and couldn't manage to scratch them with the cloth. My tfp screen was a bad batch of gorilla glass or something. I rma it because it eventually had hundreds of scratches from wiping off fingerprints. The guy at Best Buy said that it definitely was not gorilla glass on my tfp.
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pbrauer said:
Instead of saying what has already been said, I am going to provide hopefully a little possible ray of hope. A lot of times instead of it actually being a scratch it is something ON the glass, which can be buffed off with some elbow grease.
Also, if it is a scratch, try this fix. Get some furniture polish and a clean cotton rag. Spray the polish on the rag and work it into the scratch. Gently rub it in the scratch, and then wipe away any excess. You may need to do this several times but it SHOULD fix the scratch as long as it is not too wide.
Finally, there is always the option of jeweler's rouge, which can be gotten at a lot of hardware stores. Follow the directions and you should be able to buff out any scratches that you have. Keep in mind, this process will take several hours, and should also be your last resort.
Cheers
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In my experience (and others) this only makes it worse. The glass will get dull (lol is that english?) around the scratch, which doesn't make it much better either..
doddsie said:
You made it tired.. with no idea of how well I treat it you still put you 10 cents in.
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Do you want a slow clap or something? It was tired before my post.
Obviously the glass didn't scratch itself. An object that is in your care has been damaged. The only person who could be responsible is you unless you've loaned it out to someone, who you should then hold responsible.
Buck up and take ownership rather than blaming the product. I use my TF201 for about 12 hours/day in various ways. It is mostly docked with the keyboard and gets opened/closed multiple times a day and docked/undocked at least a couple times per day. I have no screen damage, but I do have a scratch on the back of the tablet itself, for which I blame nobody but myself.
I didn't choose to go out and create a new thread on XDA *****ing about the materials in the product. You did, which is your choice, but in doing so, you accept the consequences of people posting things just as I did; just like I accept the fact that I'll probably get flamed for this post. Whatever. It's not that important in the grand scheme of life.
But I will say,...I feel better having responded. So yeah...or whatever...
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Do you want a slow clap or something? It was tired before my post.
Obviously the glass didn't scratch itself. An object that is in your care has been damaged. The only person who could be responsible is you unless you've loaned it out to someone, who you should then hold responsible.
Buck up and take ownership rather than blaming the product. I use my TF201 for about 12 hours/day in various ways. It is mostly docked with the keyboard and gets opened/closed multiple times a day and docked/undocked at least a couple times per day. I have no screen damage, but I do have a scratch on the back of the tablet itself, for which I blame nobody but myself.
I didn't choose to go out and create a new thread on XDA *****ing about the materials in the product. You did, which is your choice, but in doing so, you accept the consequences of people posting things just as I did; just like I accept the fact that I'll probably get flamed for this post. Whatever. It's not that important in the grand scheme of life.
But I will say,...I feel better having responded. So yeah...or whatever...
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I have the same experience. I have no screen protector and haven't taken any special care of my device at all and my screen is still scratch free. My back is scratched at a few places though as it scratches quite easily.
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Mine had problems with the glass too. My microfiber cloth would scratch the screen. I even took it to Best Buy and the guy carefully wiped my screen with their microfiber cloth and easily scratched the right and bottom of the screen. I took my pop bottle in my hand and wiped it with the cloth and it didn't scratch, then wiped my tfp screen with a microfiber cloth and it scratched. He even tried wiping other devices screen and couldn't manage to scratch them with the cloth. My tfp screen was a bad batch of gorilla glass or something. I rma it because it eventually had hundreds of scratches from wiping off fingerprints. The guy at Best Buy said that it definitely was not gorilla glass on my tfp.
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I'm wondering now if mine TF101 has a proper Gorilla Glass because I got a lot of small scratches and one bigger one without abusing it. I'll try to scratch it in the corner when I'll be changing my screen protector.
I just had someone at Radio Shack install an InvisibleShield for me and there are little water spots on the screen (under the protector). Will these go away with time? I also wanted to know if its safe to use my phone while the water is going away and everything is clearing up. One last question, is it ok to put my phone back in my Otterbox Defender case or will that interfere with anything? (I took off the screen protector that comes with the case)
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I just had someone at Radio Shack install an InvisibleShield for me and there are little water spots on the screen (under the protector). Will these go away with time? I also wanted to know if its safe to use my phone while the water is going away and everything is clearing up. One last question, is it ok to put my phone back in my Otterbox Defender case or will that interfere with anything? (I took off the screen protector that comes with the case)
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the spots go away with time.. and your all set to put your phone back in the case
The water spots should go away, depending on how big they are. My motto is: If you're paying $15-20 for a screen protector, put it on yourself and make sure it is right. Your phone should be fine to go back in it's case, just try to determine if the edges of the case rub up against the edges of the screen protector. If it does, you may experience some "fraying" at the edge of the screen protector from it rubbing on the slight movement of the case.
Edit: I have always used my devices after applying these protectors and have never experienced any illeffects.
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the spots go away with time.. and your all set to put your phone back in the case
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flonker said:
The water spots should go away, depending on how big they are. My motto is: If you're paying $15-20 for a screen protector, put it on yourself and make sure it is right. Your phone should be fine to go back in it's case, just try to determine if the edges of the case rub up against the edges of the screen protector. If it does, you may experience some "fraying" at the edge of the screen protector from it rubbing on the slight movement of the case.
Edit: I have always used my devices after applying these protectors and have never experienced any illeffects.
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Thanks so much for your helpful replies!
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They will go away will look nice to as long as no dust or lint was on the glass at the time.
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Just a little update: only about 13 hours has passed so far and some of the water has already evaporated! There are still small amounts scattered throughout the screen but I believe that they will also go away.
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I always put my phone under a desk lamp with the old style light bulbs that get hot 60 watts....about 30 minutes later all water gone no spots. Not sure if its bad to do but I've done it to a dozen or so phones no problems yet.
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My last phone was a small flip phone with no name, just some LG model number. While it wasn't that great, it was water resistant enough to survive me waterskiing with it in my pocket... three times.
So I was wondering, has anyone gotten their phone wet yet? If so, how wet did you get it, and were there any noticeable signs of water damage afterward?
If I remember correctly (because I'm too scared to try it out) these phones should never be gotten wet or fed after midnight. They can go from cute and cuddly to a horrible yet hilarious nuisance. Be careful with your gizmo
http://www.designbuzz.com/10-waterproof-cases-protect-cellphone/
This phone, I would suspect to be even more at risk to intrusion due to the mesh on the sides. I would recommend looking for a waterproof case like the ones listed in the URL above.
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Apparently it is water resistant, since there is a rubber seal inside of it, even without ipx5 rating. But don't think of it as "I can go swimming with my phone",but as a last resort.
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Apparently it is water resistant, since there is a rubber seal inside of it, even without ipx5 rating. But don't think of it as "I can go swimming with my phone",but as a last resort.
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Haha no, those three times I went waterskiing with it were all accidents. I wasn't planning on getting it wet or anything, but it's nice to know your phone's not toast if you spill a glass of water on it or jump into the pool only to realize your phone's still in your pocket.
So to say the least I have beaten this phone pretty hard.. Dropped it more times than any other phone and no cracks just dings but what happened today takes the prize...
So i was in the shower with the phone on the sink counter and my alarm started going off, I heard it going off for maybe a straight minute and then all I heard was bam bam PLUNK. the damn thing vibrated itself off the counter bounced off the toilet paper roll straight into the toilet... Completely emerge the phone was still on, alarm was still going, and everything still works!! (after taking it apart and letting a fan blow on it for a bit)
Never had this happen before but it seems I got lucky!
What kind of craziness has your phones survived? Do share!
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How did you remove the battery cover? I can't seem to get it off.
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I wish the cracks in the lower corner of my screen and unusable capacitive buttons agreed with this post. Eight inch drop, bounced off my shoe and onto concrete.
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How did you remove the battery cover? I can't seem to get it off.
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I used a suction cup and pulled the back from the bottom and near the camera and then I stuck a pry tool in between to pop it off
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My wife had hers in a decorative case. It fell out of her pocket,flew out of the case, and broke. Nice crack down the bottom quarter of the screen. You got lucky.
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My wife had hers in a decorative case. It fell out of her pocket,flew out of the case, and broke. Nice crack down the bottom quarter of the screen. You got lucky.
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wow that sucks!
Luckily ATT is already sending me a phone through warranty for the screen discoloration!
Did you trip the water indicators? I don't even know where they are..
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Did you trip the water indicators? I don't even know where they are..
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If anyone knows where these are, please do share. I think it'd be pretty helpful.
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The only water indicator i found was in the sim car slot. On the back side not the screen side.
(nothing a little bleach cant take care of :thumbup: )
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Back in December, mine slid off my backpack and hit the floor. Less than 6 inch drop and shattered the screen to where it didn't register a touch at any part. Consider yourself lucky
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Back in December, mine slid off my backpack and hit the floor. Less than 6 inch drop and shattered the screen to where it didn't register a touch at any part. Consider yourself lucky
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Damn thats a life blower man lol
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sawdey21 said:
Back in December, mine slid off my backpack and hit the floor. Less than 6 inch drop and shattered the screen to where it didn't register a touch at any part. Consider yourself lucky
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Indeed, mine progressed today to the point the screen does not register any input. I can't wait for my replacement to arrive, my old 3GS is exceptionally painful to use.
I've a chip in the plastic next to the volume rocker, and a small split where the glass casing and sides meet. Fixed by cheap case.
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I love the look of this phone without the case but I guess I'd better put mine back on...I've dropped it a couple times with a case I got from att and haven't had any problems
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MrZim4 said:
I love the look of this phone without the case but I guess I'd better put mine back on...I've dropped it a couple times with a case I got from att and haven't had any problems
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Yeah this phone is big time sleek.. I love it, i ordered the case with the android guy on the back and i never got it =( been like 3 months, by this time you would think theyre walking it to me lmao.. I need to give em a call
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Agree with the others here. The phone is just too damn slick to put a case on, for me at least. I love a naked phone and will take the chance. However I try to be extremely concious and careful when taking it in and out of my pocket. If its not in there then its on my desk nice and flat nowhere near an edge lol.
I'm not gonna push my luck though. Glass back and glass front? I feel like if it hit the ground in any way shape or form its gonna break. Super slick phone but super delicate. However I wouldnt have it any other way.
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So to say the least I have beaten this phone pretty hard.. Dropped it more times than any other phone and no cracks just dings but what happened today takes the prize...
So i was in the shower with the phone on the sink counter and my alarm started going off, I heard it going off for maybe a straight minute and then all I heard was bam bam PLUNK. the damn thing vibrated itself off the counter bounced off the toilet paper roll straight into the toilet... Completely emerge the phone was still on, alarm was still going, and everything still works!! (after taking it apart and letting a fan blow on it for a bit)
Never had this happen before but it seems I got lucky!
What kind of craziness has your phones survived? Do share!
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You must have got the Japanese DoCoMo OG.
JK. (That one is waterproof).
Matt James said:
Agree with the others here. The phone is just too damn slick to put a case on, for me at least. I love a naked phone and will take the chance. However I try to be extremely concious and careful when taking it in and out of my pocket. If its not in there then its on my desk nice and flat nowhere near an edge lol.
I'm not gonna push my luck though. Glass back and glass front? I feel like if it hit the ground in any way shape or form its gonna break. Super slick phone but super delicate. However I wouldnt have it any other way.
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The back was really flexible when i tore the phone down.. I wouldnt worry too much bout the back.. Front is a diff issue though. Ive had pretty hard falls and no cracks for me
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The back was really flexible when i tore the phone down.. I wouldnt worry too much bout the back.. Front is a diff issue though. Ive had pretty hard falls and no cracks for me
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I don't consider this good advice. My phone slipped out of my jacket pocket as I was taking it off and it hit the ground with a bottom corner which sent an arched crack up the bottom portion of my phone in the glass. It's not shattered or falling out of the phone, but it's still fragile.
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I don't consider this good advice. My phone slipped out of my jacket pocket as I was taking it off and it hit the ground with a bottom corner which sent an arched crack up the bottom portion of my phone in the glass. It's not shattered or falling out of the phone, but it's still fragile.
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Well its still glass.. Itll definitely crack, im judt saying that the back of the phone would be less likely to break than the screen itself IMHO
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