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looks like
might have to recall a few of these back due to cheap material being used for the keypads
nevermind you will get a replacement no sweat
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Posted: 2007-07-06 01:33:35
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This ain't an isolated problem. Three separate forums with the same issue:
http://justamp.blogspot.com/2[....]on-s500-has-easy-to-break.html
And one quick look at the gsmarena user opinions, and you find this:
The problem with the keyboard quality is starting to be real pain in the ass for all the new owners of the device.
My wife had been using the phone for 2 days when key '2' broke in half without any hard pressing.
My only 2 complaints are the shiny surface (fingerprints show really easily and you gotta keep wiping it) and the # keypad. It's easy to use, but it feels so fragile. I gotta restrain from pressing the keys with my nails cuz it feels like I just might crack them.
According to Mobile Burns review, " The keypad keys are usable, but definitely feel like they rest on top of a single slab of rubber, like many keypads did in years past. They aren't what I would term wobbly, but they certainly don't feel like they are all attached to the phone independently, either. "
Pity. I really liked the design of this phone, and a fashion phone is really not 'designer' if it is so poor quality wise.
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Posted: 2007-07-06 05:41:08
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shaliron, thanks so much for your post. I think I will hold off on a replacement for now and just get a refund. I really like the phone and I've had nothing but great products from SE for 10 years now.
I will definitely pick this up if they work something out with the keypad.
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Posted: 2007-07-06 06:34:29
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I was thinking about buying an S500 from a fellow esato usere in the coming weeks, i may hold of now.
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Posted: 2007-07-06 07:22:59
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and i say again:
design over quality?
i cant believe this from
. its popularity has made
to go for the easy way(good desing but they're forgetting the quality of the phone's materials).
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Posted: 2007-07-06 13:50:21
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well i've had mine since last sunday and have used the keypad a lot!! no problems at all and must say its a brilliant phone!
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Posted: 2007-07-06 13:59:42
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perhaps the very first production was made by a nokia factory
because 1/5 of the S500s have this problem so far
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Posted: 2007-07-06 14:23:39
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On 2007-07-06 13:50:21, tranced wrote:
and i say again:
design over quality?
i cant believe this from
. its popularity has made
to go for the easy way(good desing but they're forgetting the quality of the phone's materials).
I have to agree, when i first got my k800i i took the lens cover off using a credit card and carefully pryed out the clips yet when i put it back on it one clip must hae broken off as there was a gap and you could even see the red-eye LED through it. I was so careful with it yet something still managed to break off.
perhaps the very first production was made by a nokia factory
because 1/5 of the S500s have this problem so far
:@ any evidence to back up what your saying about nokias?
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Posted: 2007-07-06 18:02:45
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On 2007-07-06 05:41:08, shaliron wrote:
And one quick look at the gsmarena user opinions, and you find this:
The problem with the keyboard quality is starting to be real pain in the ass for all the new owners of the device.
My wife had been using the phone for 2 days when key '2' broke in half without any hard pressing.
You are quoting my post at gsmarena actually
Since I had posted that message another two keys broke "4" and "6". So we have "2" "4" "6" - the keys mostly used for gaming.
THis is defintely a waranty case and we should be strict with SE and make them correct their big mistake
free of charge[ This Message was edited by: ma55imo on 2007-07-06 17:29 ]
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Posted: 2007-07-06 18:24:35
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that sucks! :/
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Posted: 2007-07-06 18:53:57
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