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Please convince my son about water damage |
jlsonic
Joined: Jun 28, 2003
Posts: 235
From: Carrickfergus, United Kingdom
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Hi folks, I'm asking for a couple of minutes of your time here. A certain son of mine going by the name of mini luchador on here is determined to swap his 5800 for another phone and he's been offered a Blackberry Storm on Gumtree. Now, given the considerable price difference I have told him that there will probably be something wrong with the storm. So he has admitted that apparently the screen has a few spots of water under it, but he's still convinced it's a good trade.
He won't listen to me regarding the future possibility of failure with liquid ingress, so I am asking any of you who can to drop him a PM or respond here to let him know if he'd be foolish to trade.
Thanks
JL
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fatreg
Joined: Jul 26, 2003
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Storm is awful!
I hate mine!
I'll happily swap it for a 5800 mine also doesn't have water marks on it!!
But, don't do it.. awful phone..
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tranced
Joined: Jan 19, 2006
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From: Santo Domingo, wonDeRland
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FIRST: why would him want to trade a phone with some little damages? The water is not one of the best friends of electronic devices.
SECOND: there should be others deals going on here or outside here where he could get a storm.
THIRD: read the FIRST and maybe you won't be regretting it later.
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ceaser2008
Joined: Jul 14, 2008
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From: Surat, India
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i dont know about strome, but i do know one thing that WATER IS NO GOOD FOR MOBILE PHONES
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mode
Joined: Jan 12, 2007
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Water damage voids any form of warranty because it's like getting a leg fracture- it will never be 100% fully functional as before ever again and can only get worse with age. I should know since I've suffered both(water damage + leg fracture)
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Miss UK
Joined: Jan 11, 2003
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Some phones can work 100% still after a soak! I once dropped a samsung d6 00 in the bath once and it was in there a gud ole 5mins as the water was scoulding lol! Maybe ur soon should just keep his existing phone and go with what fatreg says by it |
number1
Joined: Sep 12, 2007
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From: UK,kent,Sittingbourne
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Water damage often takes time to take affect, it slowly corrodes the circuits, and evently after a few months the phone will be completly dead beyond repair, i had a mate who dropped his w550 in the bath, he let it dry and it worked fine for a couple more months, then it completey died also the battery almost exploded when i looked at the battery it was badly deformed, probley from where it got wet and was charged up again.
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jlsonic
Joined: Jun 28, 2003
Posts: 235
From: Carrickfergus, United Kingdom
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Yes, I agree. He really should know better as he had a w850 a while back and it never really recovered from Robinsons Fruit Shoot juice immersion. I also remember the battery nearly exploding, it swelled up when charging and popped the battery cover off! He's off the storm idea now, so I think all your comments have helped, thanks.
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Posted: 2010-03-20 15:26
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