Posted by etaab
This topic has probably been raised before but as a mobile phone lover and a geek ive always dreaded the day this happened for the first time. Today was that day when i dropped my latest mobile phone for the first time causing it to become damaged. As many people know on Esato, i own an orange Nokia N8, but apart from peoples negative opinions on its operating system ive always held it in high regard and as probably one of the last Symbian device ill probably ever own ive kept it in brand new condition since the day i bought it last year.
But today the tragic day came which i dread every time i buy a phone. Today whilst at the petrol station my N8 slid out of its sock and slammed into the petrol stations brick floored forecourt, which conveniently (or rather very unconvenient more like) enough had a small petrol spill right where it fell. Even though the damage was quite minimal, a small dent in the end plastic cap, a few scuffs into the orange casing (ruining the paintjob) and the other odd scratch, the phone works just as good as new. Luckily, the glass screen and camera lens did not receive any damage. But now, its just not the same phone..
My N8 was like brand new, and now its used. Its damaged, it can never be returned to its former glory. I dont know if its just me or does anyone else feel like their world has come to an end when this happens. Ive been in a bad mood ever since it happened this afternoon. This is not the first time this has happened though, its happened with every phone ive owned. Sometimes its happened within weeks, other phones within a year.
The only saving grace is that my contract is now up and im just waiting for a new phone to get on contract. Which will be great, until my next phone suffers the same fate !!
Posted by Bonovox
Yes,I am with you too & sorry to hear about your accident. It does really get to you when it happens it's like your pride & joy damaged. That beautiful piece of kit you have everywhere with you for everything. Do you have insurance?? If it's horribly damaged but still working just break it till it's a write off then claim for a shiny new one on insurance. I have done that cheeky sod I am
[ This Message was edited by: Bonovox on 2011-09-16 22:36 ]
Posted by etaab
Yes i do, but its not worth claiming just to get some minor scratches and dents replaced.
Its one of those wish i could turn the clock back situations !
Posted by Bonovox
No I know you cannot claim for minor nicks & dents but just accidentally on purpose write it off & claim
When it's an expensive piece of kit you do get pissed off that it's dented. When it falls to the pavement it's like it happens in slow motion 
No matter how careful you are you always drop your phone 
[ This Message was edited by: Bonovox on 2011-09-16 22:41 ]
Posted by etaab
I didnt even realise it was my phone at first, i just felt something drop, the noise it made when it bounced on the brickwork and the sheer disbelief when i realised it was my phone. It was kind of my own fault though, the N8 is a very slippery device and the phone sock i have has no grip on it at all.
I think ill burn the sock !
Posted by Bonovox
The Gorilla glass on the n8 is very tough though. Get a white silicon case as i have one on my HTC now and it looks nice plus it provides grip and bounces rather than clangs on the hard paving. I never forget once i was at a bus stop and i went to put my phone back in my inside jacket pocket where i always put my phone. I missed the pocket and it slipped to the concrete by my feet. No damage but afterwards screen kept flickering. It was the old c902
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[ This Message was edited by: Bonovox on 2011-09-16 22:55 ]
Posted by etaab
Im not a big fan of cases which stay on the phone. I think the next phone i get ill get such a case, but take it off when i get home. My mate who has an iPhone 4 has a white bumper which Apple were giving away to avoid the death grip thing, but its so ugly since its white colour has.. discoloured yellow !
Oh and his iPhone 4 still has dents in the metal and chips out of the glass.
Posted by Bonovox
I hate mose cases but this white silicon case i got does not spoil the look of the phone as it's a silver and white phone anyway.
Posted by MFire
I personally clean my phone every day, make sure not even a tini tiny piece of dust drops on it. Still my phone has 2 very annoying (to me) scratches on it and though they're not even noticeable I'm thinking of getting another battery cover (the casing is metal, just like the N8's) . I want my expensive piece of technology to look and feel perfect, I guess if I dropped it I'd be out of my mind :|
Hope it never happens .
[ This Message was edited by: MFire on 2011-09-16 23:03 ]
Posted by etaab
What phones do you both have ?
My T610 from 2003 was in mint condition, until some idiot i work with knocked it out of my hand and put a massive dent into the rear battery cover.
The only phone ive ever had which is badly damaged was my N95 8gb, which has more scratches, dents and broken buttons than all my other phones combined.
[ This Message was edited by: etaab on 2011-09-16 23:06 ]
Posted by MFire
I have a Samsung Wave GT-S8500. It has a metal casing and gorilla glass but still I use a screen protector.
A silicone case would ruin the feel of it I guess though the casing gets pretty damn cold during winter
Posted by MFire
Yeah I know, the Cha Cha is very nice, my brother was thinking of getting one. Unique design on that one
Posted by etaab
Thats my girlfriends phone, she has a silicone case on it. Shes dropped it so many times yet its not got a scratch on it apart from the screen which has two deep cuts into the super amoled. But thats what you get for keeping it in a handbag with bunches of keys
I think a silicone case is a must now for my next phone, like i said which ill use out and about but take off at home or in work.
You see, ive used socks for years because Nokia phones especially still have the old screen and case over the top. If theres one thing i hate more than scratches, its dust inside the screen casing. Thats what attracts me to Samsung phones like your Wave, its screen is fused to the touchscreen layer so theres no chance of dust inside the screen. You simply wipe it off.
Posted by MFire
It's more then that, even the speaker grill, the microphone orifice, the camera they are all made so there is no getting dust or other small parts in.
Dust was a problem with all my phones, not with this one though.
I must admit, coming from Sony-Ericsson phones witch I've owned for 10 years, Samsung did a great job, something Sony-Ericsson can't seem to get right these days :|
[ This Message was edited by: MFire on 2011-09-16 23:20 ]
Posted by Bonovox
Every new phone i buy i am checking for dust under the display. I hate it. So many screens seem to be not sealed properly. The silicon cases are good cos its like rubbery grip and it protects it when it falls. I don't use the Face Book feature on the HTC. There is no way i would use leather case
Posted by ceaser2008
I feel so sorry to hear that. I can understand your feeling. I remember when i bought new bike, i use to keep it clean every morning. It used to take me one hour to clean every corner of it. People used to comment that i should stop cleaning that much otherwise paint will come off.
But one day, few mischievious boys did some scratches on it 
and thats it. I feel like whole world has came to end. Eversince, i am careless to clean it. About mobile, i think this moment come for every mobile owner. No matter how carefull you become, it drops sometime due to others or our fault.
Posted by etaab
I know but when you've had a phone for almost a year without a single fall and then it happens it really ruins your week. More so with the n8 as its case is painted rather than plastic. So when it takes a knock the silver metal underneath shines through. My n8 has more damage than i thought to its cosmetics. I was expecting dust to enter the screen but thankfully it didnt like it did on my first n8.
Posted by MFire
What bothers me most is that original parts / accessories are VERY HARD to find .
There are so many "hi quality" copies around you can't tell witch is witch anymore. So many fakes I'm afraid of the day I will have to replace my battery...
Posted by Tsepz_GP
Had my black X10 over a year now, its been abused, my baby sister late last year picked it up and through it against the wall, got a little dent at the back on the chrome painted plastic, in December it endured rough nites of partying dropping it a bunch of times at the clubs, it also gets knocked a lot if i forget to take out my pocket at gym, so it has a few scratches and dents here and there, yet not a single scratch/mark on the mineral glass screen.
Personaly i hate cases, socks and pouches. The phone came with a SE pouch in the box which i used for about a week, had a see through silicone cover to but that was just to help me get used to the X10s large size at the time, stopped using that cover after a few weeks. I just cant see myself taking such careful care of my phone, i like the fact that it has a few bumps and scratchds, shows that it has been used, and can endure a bit rough usage, so a drop wont realy get to me unless it totaly messes up functionality.
Posted by nicv27
A recent accident involving my iphone 4 i dropped it down 6 flights of stairs
Posted by etaab
I would be absolutely mortified if that happened to my iPhone if i had one. I visited my sister today and told her of my accident and funnily enough only last week she did the same to her iPhone 4 and had only received it back repaired yesterday. Now, shes sporting a full body case for it. She said she had dropped it lots of times on its sides, but as soon as she dropped it on its flat back it shattered in the very same way.
So, even though i dont like full body cases ive decided to put my N8 in a basic neoprene pouch, but because it has a folding opening, the phone will probably never fall out of its own accord, unlike the sock which didnt hold my N8 in place at all. It just slid out like an ice cube in a glass tumbler.
Im still very very gutted about it. Ive noticed today that the plastic surround which umm.. surrounds the 3.5mm jack has a complete crack across it. In the past a bit of case damage hasnt bothered me that much but because the N8 is mostly metal, im more gutted than normal. I just want a new phone now.
Posted by Bonovox
Bloody hell that is a write off that iphone
I think the heavier they are the harder they fall. Like the N8 is made from metal & is fairly heavy & will fall harder. Same with the iphone. As for scratch resistant glass which is better Mineral or Gorilla?? Which is cheaper??[ This Message was edited by: Bonovox on 2011-09-18 21:25 ]
Posted by etaab
I saw my N8 bounce on its back, then screen, then back onto its back the other day. So id say its gorrilla glass is quite good.
The funny thing is, when ive had plastic phones, they've always been dropped and survived without hardly a scratch. I thought the N8 would be even better, but in this respect i think its worse since the metal does not bounce or absorb the impact like a plastic phone would. The same goes for the iPhone 4 clearly.
But flagship devices like the N8, iPhone 4 all tend to be made of some less reliable materials imo. Which makes them feel very classy, but clearly also very vulnerable.
Posted by Bonovox
Indeed. Like toughened plastic they last better. Apparently the Arc is made of premium toughened plastic
Sorry had to laugh there cos it bloody ain't. The older x10 is more durable
Posted by etaab
Btw, i was just on GSMarena a little while ago and went to a link which shows an iPhone 5 case, which appeared to show what the iPhone 5 looked like. Then, suddenly the page disappeared. When i went to the exact URL, its been renamed REUSE as though Apple have quickly jumped on their case to take the page down.
GSMarena link
Posted by max_wedge
Etaab, sad news. My Satio recently went west in a random act of clumsiness on my part. I dropped it on the ground, it landed on it's edge and somehow when I went to pick it up I managed to stand on it with one foot with my full weight behind it. It was never the same afterwards. Even though it wasn't crushed, the touchscreen worked intermittantly and the speaker worked intermittantly (even after two dismantlings and reassembly).
Funny things is it had been dropped several times without any issues whatsover. But stepping on the thing while it was on it's side was the beginning of the end.
Posted by Bonovox
It went west?? What,when you dropped it the phone fell west of you??
Posted by max_wedge
On 2011-09-19 14:28:00, Bonovox wrote:
It went west?? What,when you dropped it the phone fell west of you??
Went west. Carked it. Crapped out. Kicked the bucket. Kissed the big guy in the sky. Died.
Posted by nicv27
I always use iPhones and am constantly backing them up so I don't lose any info... I always insure my phones and due to my job (Scaffolding) usually break at least 1 sometimes 2 each year.
Posted by etaab
Heh, i always find it rather funny when you see a butch builder pull out an iPhone and start tapping away so gently on its screen.
Posted by Bonovox
I may be going back to buying an N8 next week. Seen them brand new on Amazon for ￡250. I miss the camera and wanna try out Belle when it comes. Also Android sometimes gets boring
Posted by jj03
i scratched my galaxy S2 screen the other day...gutted. luckily, its minor...gutted tho.
Posted by max_wedge
On 2011-09-24 00:10:08, etaab wrote:
Heh, i always find it rather funny when you see a butch builder pull out an iPhone and start tapping away so gently on its screen.
haha, yeh. And it's covered in paint and has numerous gouges in it. And often a cracked screen but still being used.
Posted by etaab
Any phone gets boring after a while. I dont think Belle will be any different.
Posted by max_wedge
On 2011-09-26 23:56:54, etaab wrote:
Any phone gets boring after a while. I dont think Belle will be any different.
I never got bored of the look of my Satio, or the ergonomics which are brilliant (especially the camera part).
But I was so over the OS. The Neo is a revelation. There are a few things I'd change about Android, but it's still the best phone OS by far.
Posted by etaab
The thing i loved about the Satio was how easy it was to hold the phone steady to take pictures thanks to its rather square sides and front, unlike my N8 which having rounded sides almost is like holding a slippery bar of soap when using the camera one handed which is most evident when taking pictures of yourself and girlfriend holding the phone looking back at you from arms length.
Im surprised my N8 didnt take a tumble in this way before. But no, mine took its bad tumble due to pure bad luck !!
Posted by tranced
I remember me dropping my X10 MP from my pants pocket while I was sat down in my work's chair.
Those were some seconds of fear. Hopefuly the phone didn't get a scratch at all. But that scene won't be ever forgotten.
Posted by Bonovox
It's like it all happens in slow motion & it's the end of the world My Samsung Wave 2 is a lovely premium design of solid 135grams of metal & I know if it dropped it would fall heavy. Even though it would probably survive with it's solid build & gorilla glass,it still upsets you when that premium look has been ruined by a fall with a lovely big DENT 
But I have not dropped it. Yet.
Posted by etaab
Get a case ! please for the sake of your phone !
Posted by nicv27
On 2011-09-24 17:39:00, max_wedge wrote:
On 2011-09-24 00:10:08, etaab wrote:
Heh, i always find it rather funny when you see a butch builder pull out an iPhone and start tapping away so gently on its screen.
haha, yeah And it's covered in paint and has numerous gouges in it. And often a cracked screen but still being used.
I am a Millwall supporting Scaffolder so if that fits in to your stereotype of builders fair enough. Apart from the pic I posted my phone reamins in mint condition and unscathed so no paint or gouges it's only when it falls from my pocket or is dropped.
Posted by etaab
Heh thats good to know. Was the stairs you dropped it down on a building site lol ?
Posted by Bonovox
You know did anyone see Watchdog programme the other week?? They showed the so called shock,dust & water proof Motorola Defy where customers were complaining it was not. They were saying they had smashed screens(Gorilla Glass) when it fell on carpets. Which I did not believe I think people tell lies cos there is no way a screen would smash on a carpet
Posted by nicv27
On 2011-10-03 22:33:13, etaab wrote:
Heh thats good to know. Was the stairs you dropped it down on a building site lol ?
No...I dropped down the staircase of a multi storey carpark....
Posted by etaab
Heh, i like how you put a smiley after saying that, when i doubt thats the very last thing you wanted to do when it happened.
@ Bon - im sure it would smash even on a carpet covered floor if hit from a certain angle. Theres always a weak spot no matter how small our human engineers cannot find. Theres too many variables in reality.
Posted by Bonovox
I think the Gorilla glass is just scratch resistant not shatter proof. I remember I dropped a Nokia phone(forget which one)down a stone stair case & I watched it bounce down each step like in slow motion
Posted by etaab
The clue is in the name imo. Glass always breaks, even bulletproof glass !
Posted by Bonovox
And
uses a cheaper type as we know
Posted by etaab
SE's quality has been on the decline in years imo. The arc is no exception, you can almost bend the phone in half !
Posted by Bonovox
Yes,when I had the Arc I literally flexed the phone with my hand I could see it bending. Was just testing it as ya do
I was horrified I guess they see it as metal construction is more expensive.
Posted by etaab
Yeah but i also think in the bid to have the most slim of all phones on the market, they keep making phones out of more bendy materials so when they are dropped, theres more give in the slim form factor.