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hihihans
Joined: Mar 15, 2009
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From: Netherlands
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Sorry to hear this mate. I hope your next one is the best one around.
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Bonovox
Joined: Apr 13, 2008
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No the battery cover does not squeak it just does not fit snugly and when you are holding the phone you can feel it move. There is quite a bit of movement. Overall its solid just I had a bad one and I do love the phone. I am not exchanging for something else. Only got it Saturday  the slide is actually pretty solid but with a little movement on one side. The battery cover actually hardly even clicks down into place properly I just hope the next one is better. Just ordered a hard wearing polycarbonate cover online for it from Mobile Fun plus a screen protector.
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Rookwise
Joined: Mar 22, 2004
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Ooooo last time I put one of those cases on a slider phone (S500) it caused quite a few scratches getting the rear section on and damaged the slider mech when I tried removing the part covering the top section. Made the slide wobbly.
The Martin Field screen protectors are quite good as are the Expert Shield ones. The missus has just bought me an Invisible Shield full body kit for my C9051 first time i've had one so gotta be careful fitting it. She bought it cos of the colour of my C905 being the gold/bronze colour so it's fully protected against scratches. I believe one has just been done for the W995 as well. Only distributer in the UK is CPW but they've put quite a big markup on the price. We got ours from First2Save on Ebay which were just 1 more than getting them from Invisable Shield themselves. Gonna attempt to mine tomorrow.
Hope you manage to get a replacement matey. Would like a red one myself but my next phone purchase will be the Satio but not until March next year.
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Bonovox
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Well yes I should get a replacement as its less than one week old and I am in a new contract. If they dare say I did it myself I will go ape though they cant prove otherwise. The invisible shields look cool never seen one properly yet. I would certainly never attempt to take my phone apart or repair it not confident. I would love a Satio but not yet I want to see how it pans out with bugs and reliability first few months. I generally dont normally buy a phone when its first on the shelves best to wait first. Though sometime soon dont know when I am still yet to recieve 10,000 from my uncle in Ireland. He left everything to me my brothers and cousins which means I will treat myself to one ultimate phone  Just gotta wait till his house is sold over there.
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daviep
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From: bonnie scotland
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the hard plastic protectors are good up to a point but the rough finish inside along with dirt and dust collected between them and the phone tend to scratch and rub the painta away.
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Bonovox
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Oh dear nothing is perfect then I guess
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Tsepz_GP
Joined: Dec 27, 2006
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From: Johannesburg, South Africa
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Very sorry to hear/read that Bono. Hopefuly they will give you a one thats better built this time. 
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daviep
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From: bonnie scotland
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if you got the phone from a shop then check the slider action and only take one you think is good.
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Bonovox
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Just been into Carphonewarehouse as I am off work today. All done and exchanged. Now in the shop I tried the slide its nice and solid(for now)but also the battery cover is tighter it clicks into place like it did not before. Actually glad it broke now got better one. I hope They were laughing in the store saying WE AINT NEVER SEEN ONE GO LIKE THAT. I said well shit happens!
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brys182
Joined: Jun 15, 2009
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From: Negative Space
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@bono
what happen to your new 5530xm? any problem? coz im planning to buy 5530xm.
what's the issue to that?
sad to hear that bono, just finish reading.
new SE hmmmm, i think i'll retreat with 5530xm 
[ This Message was edited by: brys182 on 2009-09-25 10:10 ] Don't be so quick to judge me, you only see what I choose to show you. |
Bonovox
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My Nokia 5530 whilst it is a lovely phone with a fantastic UI & screen amoung other things all it did in the end was crash on me. But I may add that its early software but I could not be arsed to put up with it so I returned it to exchange back to my old C510 but at the same time I was offered a contract. So I took the advantage & got a spanking lovely W995. Anyway more trouble. After checking the slider in the shop I got it home & found it to be suddenly worse again after an hours use. The slide was worse than before although not broken it rattled when I used the D pad. I was fecking fuming  Anyway I went back to a different Carphone store & their ones were fine very solid & its been fine since. But I am sorry lovely as the phone is I am disgusted with  for building a premium product with shoddy build right outta the box. I had an argument with the guy in the shop till I got another exchange saying that such products that expensive AND with me signing an 18 month contract I will not accept what he says that they are all supposed to be like that  With a phone that expensive I am sorry it should be solid right out of the box though I understand it can losen with time but not brand new. Its a fantastic phone & I am now satisfied but I dont put up with shoddy crap like that & some idiot in the CPWH telling me thinking I am some thicko that all sliders are meant to rattle & wobble that bad out of the box. When I was holding the first replacement I could actually feel the slide moving when I was hardly doing anything on it. Simply not acceptable & need to address this build issue on such high end products. End of rant. Happy now though Till next time....................................................  But you can see my point when I get a new expensive phone like that & the slide actually rattled 
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Lightspeed_x
Joined: Mar 03, 2008
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From: Dominican Republic
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@Bonovox: Could you post the manufacturing date on your new W995? (the label under the battery, it should look something like 09W28)... thanks!
I can't believe this build quality issue is happening once again, i thought SE had enough with the recent problems they faced with some models like W580, S500, W910, C905 et al... Hope this time is just a few units at most....
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Bonovox
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Sorry for late reply I was uploading some music. Mine is wk37/09 it says. I am definately not exaggerating things I really was annoyed. If I shook the phone just ever so lightly it would rattle the slider & when using the D pad it was so annoying because it actually felt like it was just going to fall apart. Its not good enough much as I love & this phone its infuriating. Though so far zero software issues just the build. The battery door is also better on the latest replacement.
[ This Message was edited by: Bonovox on 2009-09-25 15:05 ] Phone?? What phone?? |
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