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Well heres an interesting one - my P900 case has BROKE! right under where the flip touches the blue screen frame - both side have now cracked and one side has actually fallen off!
I haven't dropped the phone at all, so I think it's down to the force of the flip closing onto the plastic - the question is are any others showing signs of "cracks" under on that point?
Would this be a warrantee job?
DT
[ This Message was edited by: dumbteminal on 2004-06-01 10:30 ]
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Posted: 2004-06-01 11:25:14
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Its a common problem, and in my opinion its a warranty issue. In fact thats not just my opinion, it really ought to be a warranty issue as its clearly a design flaw.
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Posted: 2004-06-01 11:47:00
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there have been a few similar threads about this and it seems to me that there should be a little rubber stop on each side of the back of the flip for when people slam the flip shut.
without thinking much about this sort of problem I have always been careful when closing flips, even right back to my motorola startac days, so looking closely at my P900 I don't see any marks (yet)
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Posted: 2004-06-01 11:51:23
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Ive got those rubber stops on mine. Do the early p900s not???
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Posted: 2004-06-01 11:54:00
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mine (bought in december) does have something there on each side, but I'm not convinced its rubber when I listen to the sound it makes even if I close it gently
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Posted: 2004-06-01 11:59:01
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Switchbitch:
Nope! I dont have no rubber stoppers! Can you take a pic of your flip for us to have a look?
Instead of rubber, I use 2 small lumps of white tack (softer than blu-tac) on either side of the flip to provide some cushioning.
Koresh
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Posted: 2004-06-01 11:59:34
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Mine has 2 tiny triangular wedges of soft rubber on each side.
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Posted: 2004-06-01 12:04:00
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this is what mine has
top view
side view
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Posted: 2004-06-01 12:06:05
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Yea thats them.
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Posted: 2004-06-01 12:07:00
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I have those little 'cushions' as well, although to be honest with you, they don't look very effective; the sound the flip makes when I close it would seem to indicate that it is in fact making more contact with the main body of the P900 than I would like.
I wasn't aware of the damage that can be caused to this area of the P900 and I am seriously considering using some blu-tac or the like to provide extra cushioning, although admittedly I haven't actually noticed any problems with my own P900, yet.
As for the chap with the damaged P900 I would most definitely advise you to claim under warranty, as has been mentioned before it would seem this is a design fault and therefore you are perfectly entitled to use your warranty.
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Posted: 2004-06-01 12:31:10
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