Posted by mark.spiro old
a tip:
u can drop it 40ft onto grass and it wil not crack or scratch!
Posted by tranquil
... if you're lucky.
Posted by mark.spiro old
it happened to me
Posted by tranquil
You've been lucky...
Posted by sunjivas
yea!
Posted by mark.spiro old
yeah, it was worth the risk, i got £200 for risking it!
Posted by mark.spiro old
yeah, it was worth the risk, i got £200 for risking it!
Posted by JwY
haha what a guy
Posted by rudeboymcc
k, try running along a road, holding the t68i in your hand, your mate accidently bargin into you, phone flies out your hand and clips the road barrier, making it start spinning very fast, then dropping 20ft on some grass. it happened to me in some mountain in Cyprus. VERY scared, but all good. jsut had to clean some dirt from the joystick.
Posted by shithappens
u guys are scaring me!!! that's why i keep me phone as safe as possible...me earlier phone dropped from balcony at 9th floor....the only thing that survived wuz the battery......but again that's a nokia...hahahahaha.....
Posted by mark.spiro old
rly? wow!
Posted by potok
and where do i find grass in this urban jungle? how about concrete?
Posted by ppcrockar
A friend of my that worked at Ericsson in Lund a few years ago, tested the T28, by dropping it from the second floor down on the first floor (stone) in the Ericsson building. It was a drop of about 3-4m. He tried it a few times (of course with the flip closed)... No problems at all and even the flip was still in one piece
That is quality...
[ This Message was edited by: ppcrockar on 2002-12-11 20:53 ]
Posted by tranquil
@ppcrockar
Keep in mind that the T28 had a different frame than the T68...
Still impressive thoug!
Posted by SveNGaLi
The guy at Ericsson told me its because the design of the phone is made so the battery is about the same weight and size. They incorporate it into the fone in a way that when it falls the shock is distrubuted evenly. ive thrown my T39 against the wall and smashed on the ground to prove to friends that their shock proof nokia sucks.
Posted by tranquil
Is it still alive?
Posted by Rav250
After i drop my T68i and got screched, i had 2 brake it, so that I could claim a new 1 off my insurance. It had taken me over 30mins 2 brake it. Now they have fixed it, it look like new :D
Posted by toyboy
If you are truly mad enough to try this but I am sure it is a sturdily built phone can last some falls but kids don't try this at home.
Posted by kaishakunin
I have to say that it's because the T68 is so robust that convinced me to get the phone. I had an Ericsson r310, probably the most bomb proof phone ever made, but it was slow and getting outdated. I had apprehensions about upgrading to a t68, because it looked so puny, til one day while wall climbing, I was watching this guy deal with a overhang about 40ft up. Suddenly I see this phone slip out of his pocket, fall onto concrete, bounce across the floor and finally settle in the gutter. The guy climbing continues his route, then comes down, gets his phone back from his mate who picked it up with hardly a scratch on it! He made a couple of calls after, maybe to check it if everything was in order, and it was. I was in a mild shock. When I recovered, my mind was made up. Got my phone the next day.
Posted by shithappens
Whole heartedly agree on the robustness of the t68....had a bad scare just the eve of xmas...wuz at a pub and dropped my handset accidentally on to the cold hard concrete floor....to make matters worst, i then kicked it (coz it wuz kinda dark) when i went looking for it and it bounced off the wall.....i was devastated man!!! but upon closer examination, only the edge above the volume slider was scratched and slightly dented.....tried making a few calls and it works, tried shaking it some and there were no jinggly noises inside.....wuz even able to receive calls....thank god.....
Posted by Diggs09
I have yet to drop my T68i, so I cant vouch for its strength.
But I did 'accidentally' put my Nokia 8250 into a ceiling fan, it smashed the X-press on cover, and the screen, cracked the frame. Managed to get it all fixed for $100 AUD.
Oh yeah, my hand hurt like hell for a few days too. I think I broke something.
Posted by fijbert
my friend is pretty clumsy with phones and he doesnt seem to hv put a single scratch on the T68i.. he's dropped a mil times and nothing..
I wonder if the resistance is as good with the P800.. I'm not willing to take the risk lol
I dunno, nokia seems to hv strong phones too.. the only thing that cracks is the faceplate.. but blah.. they r like 10$... my friend's 3390 flew out of his shirt pocket for around 3-5m onto solid concrete on the street.. only the faceplate busted..
the phone was in tact... I've dropped my 8890 mil of times, and all I hv is a bit of paint scratched off.. nothing noticeable..
then there r the clumsy ppl, I just cant understand how ppl break phones like that!
Posted by arus
Not much folks lucky as you are. Lol
Posted by andrebsd
Yup there strong, I was like sitting on this brick wall.. went to grab my phone to check the time, and it sliped outa my hand; smacked the brick wall, then feel to the concrete floor below... I figured i just broke it, but it worked after cleaning some dirt off it.
I think people like nokia phones, since the price generaly seems cheaper.. but then if you look around you can get it for free.. my t68i didnt cost me a cent.
Posted by kskjon
A friend of mine wanted to kill his T39 to get a new one off the insurrance. He first tried dipping it in water, but nothing happened until he started sending SMS with the phone under water!
after a few days, when the phone dried up, it worked normally..
I myself had a T39, but probably managed to break someting in the antenna (after dropping it a mil times..). The antenna didn't come off, but it suddenly couldn't connect to any network. So now i have a T68i and love it