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Shame they cant get on at them about updating it as well LOL
http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/2123891/motorolas-defy-advert-banned-asa
3 complaints resulted in a ban - ridiculous. Compared to millions of complaints that people in the government are not doing their job.
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3 complaints resulted in a ban - ridiculous. Compared to millions of complaints that people in the government are not doing their job.
Got a Headache? It's all in your Head.
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I actually support the verdict..when they state in the advertisement that the handset can do a particular thing, the handset should live up to it..defy's add really exaggerates the reality as there are many people whose defy's screen broke after falling for a couple of feet..so fair!!
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defy's ad really exaggerates the reality as there are many people whose defy's screen broke after falling for a couple of feet..so fair!!
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It's not unique to the Defy, though - you can break any smartphone's screen if you drop it on a hard surface and it lands the right (wrong) way. It's not that the Defy has a fragile screen, it's just that it isn't as tough as the advert suggested. If they'd just stuck to saying that it was scratch resistant then they'd have been OK. But (a) that wouldn't have made such a dramatic and eye-catching scene, and (b) advertising people probably don't understand the difference between "scratch resistant" and "indestuctible"!
The ASA is fast becoming known for its absurd over-reach. But, here's one of best from this group of idiots:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/suzy-shuster/british-watchdog-group-re_b_499476.html
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It's not unique to the Defy, though - you can break any smartphone's screen if you drop it on a hard surface and it lands the right (wrong) way. It's not that the Defy has a fragile screen, it's just that it isn't as tough as the advert suggested. If they'd just stuck to saying that it was scratch resistant then they'd have been OK. But (a) that wouldn't have made such a dramatic and eye-catching scene, and (b) advertising people probably don't understand the difference between "scratch resistant" and "indestuctible"!
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thats exactly what i was trying to say...i am no expert, but i dun believe that the screen does any better than any other handset's screen if it falls..and if it is "supposed" to break after falling on a hard surface, they shouldn't show it as "indestructible" in the advt..
Well, if you want to get totally anal about this (which is what the ASA purports to do), the way the phone is depicted in the video is exactly the way mine has fallen -- and on stone and rocks -- several times and survived w/o so much as a scratch. Honestly, I've been impressed with its ruggedness.
The ASA has also ruled that you cannot have a photo of the Wailing Wall and say "Hi, from Jerusalem"; it has to say "Hi, from the occupied territories!" (Agree or not, isn't a bit arrogant of a non-governmental advertising watch dog to be making foreign policy?)
Best of all is when the organization "Save Darfur" was challenged by the European Sudanese Public Affairs Council (an arm of the same government killing Sudanese) saying that it was "false advertising" to use the figure of 400k killed and missing. Since this exact figure could not be proven, the ASA came out in favor of the European Sudanese Public Affairs Council.
Honestly, I don't give a **** what they say about my phone or anything else. I take it upon myself, as a responsible human being, to know not to break my own phone.
My cousin is a hipster who's always loved the iPhone since it first came out, 4 days ago he picked up the 4s and was bragging about how smooth it was. I showed him that my lumia was smoother and he started swiping back and forth on his screen as fast as he could. Right then, he gripped his phone and it shattered, that might be an understatement, it exploded. It was just a mess. I am an opportunist so at this point I said "something else my phone can do that yours can't." I then pitched my phone and then let it crash to the ground unscathed. He was in awe. I've been letting him play with my titan since and he keeps asking "think I can trade my phone for this?" its amazing how people react once they try WP7.
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My cousin is a hipster who's always loved the iPhone since it first came out, 4 days ago he picked up the 4s and was bragging about how smooth it was. I showed him that my lumia was smoother and he started swiping back and forth on his screen as fast as he could. Right then, he gripped his phone and it shattered, that might be an understatement, it exploded. It was just a mess. I am an opportunist so at this point I said "something else my phone can do that yours can't." I then pitched my phone and then let it crash to the ground unscathed. He was in awe. I've been letting him play with my titan since and he keeps asking "think I can trade my phone for this?" its amazing how people react once they try WP7.
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oppotunist with a lot of money as well? Or maybe you are very well insured.
I woudn't drop mine on purpose.
My son threw his off a balcony unscathed. A 4 foot fall won't hurt it.
How hard or in what way was he gripping his iPhone that it shattered? That seems like some incredible brute strength
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How hard or in what way was he gripping his iPhone that it shattered? That seems like some incredible brute strength
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Either that, orrrrr it's not true in the slightest.
It doesn't take much to break the 4 or 4s. I probably see more people walking around with broken screens than with good ones. The ones with decent screens are often using otterboxes. When a phone's externals are mostly glass it's not hard to break.
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It doesn't take much to break the 4 or 4s. I probably see more people walking around with broken screens than with good ones. The ones with decent screens are often using otterboxes. When a phone's externals are mostly glass it's not hard to break.
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Yup, my mates sons both hav iPhone 4 and both have shattered/ cracked backplanes and one has a chip in the glass on the front, should be said, they are both early 20's and party a lot and the phones are about 6 months old.
you can smash an iPhone 4 by looking at it the wrong way..
I hear Steve jobs built it so that if you don't look at it with complete love and adoration in your eyes it will self destruct
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you can smash an iPhone 4 by looking at it the wrong way..
I hear Steve jobs built it so that if you don't look at it with complete love and adoration in your eyes it will self destruct
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I hate the Iphone/Ipod/IToilet but this is one of the coolest things I heard
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I hate the Iphone/Ipod/IToilet but this is one of the coolest things I heard
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Tell me more about the iToilet... haha
Without joking I also know some people who have a broken iphone screen because the phone only fell out of the pocket. So I always show them my OMNIA 7 where I never have put a screen protector. After 1 year of using the screen is still non-scratched...
Windows phone 7 is kinda awful though. I owned an HD7 for a couple weeks and it got old quick. The animations were annoying, I missed Google Apps (turn by turn nav was sweet!), really not interested in social networking, and the app selection is terrible. Also, I loved experimenting with all the roms that were available for Android.
If there is something that apple does right is, iTunes has a huge music selection, great app store, super smooth gaming performance, and great developers all around, and amazing responsiveness. Course, if he wants to trade a 4S for a Lumnia then I have a spare laying around here, tell him to call me up
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Windows phone 7 is kinda awful though. I owned an HD7 for a couple weeks and it got old quick. The animations were annoying, I missed Google Apps (turn by turn nav was sweet!), really not interested in social networking, and the app selection is terrible. Also, I loved experimenting with all the roms that were available for Android.
If there is something that apple does right is, iTunes has a huge music selection, great app store, super smooth gaming performance, and great developers all around, and amazing responsiveness. Course, if he wants to trade a 4S for a Lumnia then I have a spare laying around here, tell him to call me up
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to each their own, I just came from android and aside from games this phone is a much better experience.
It doesn't feel like it's shoddily pieced together by 100 random people, it is coherent and smooth.
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If there is something that apple does right is, iTunes has a huge music selection, great app store, super smooth gaming performance, and great developers all around, and amazing responsiveness. Course, if he wants to trade a 4S for a Lumnia then I have a spare laying around here, tell him to call me up
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Itunes and right should not be in the same sentence.itunes is the worst piece of software anybody had ever created i cannot anybody would like this virus
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Windows phone 7 is kinda awful though. I owned an HD7 for a couple weeks and it got old quick. The animations were annoying, I missed Google Apps (turn by turn nav was sweet!), really not interested in social networking, and the app selection is terrible. Also, I loved experimenting with all the roms that were available for Android.
If there is something that apple does right is, iTunes has a huge music selection, great app store, super smooth gaming performance, and great developers all around, and amazing responsiveness. Course, if he wants to trade a 4S for a Lumnia then I have a spare laying around here, tell him to call me up
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please don't this thread.
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please don't this thread.
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Yep, would hate to have pro-Android sentiments on XDA, god forbid!
Anyway, When I was talking about iTunes I meant their music selection and the content, I do agree that iTunes is a terrible piece of software though! One of the big reasons I stopped using them.
it doesnt matter how many times an iphone user will drop his phone break than buy a new one. They will still buy an iphone again so it will take a LONG time till we will be able to break the isouls but with android i have converted quite a few people.
The weirdest people on the planet are the people who want to convert you to their preferred mobile operating system. I don't even know what I would do if someone tried to convert me by dropping their phone on the floor - run away screaming, perhaps.
I have an iPhone and a Samsung Focus S. If I drop either one of them, they'll break. Near as I can tell, Apple, Microsoft and even Google have yet to defeat gravity with their current offerings.
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The weirdest people on the planet are the people who want to convert you to their preferred mobile operating system. I don't even know what I would do if someone tried to convert me by dropping their phone on the floor - run away screaming, perhaps.
I have an iPhone and a Samsung Focus S. If I drop either one of them, they'll break. Near as I can tell, Apple, Microsoft and even Google have yet to defeat gravity with their current offerings.
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Having dropped my HTC 7 Pro a good few times now, the sum total of damage are a couple of paintchips, and the h on the back has gone missing. In summary, the same as my HTC Legend.
It isn't difficult to make a phone that can survive being dropped. The iPhone 4/4s is just incredibly fragile. I have made a small fortune out of replacing the glass on my friends shattered iPhones - HTC have made a few quid too.
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oppotunist with a lot of money as well? Or maybe you are very well insured.
I woudn't drop mine on purpose.
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I dropped my HTC 7 Mozart on purpose a couple of times to demonstrate how solid it is. It has a few scuffs on the metal case, but the screen remains flawless and the device itself works fine. The only issue I had when dropping the phone was the fact that the battery cover flew off every time and the battery slid out
Awesome story!!!
Okay guys.
So I just got my 4S back from these guys, and wow, I am honestly amazed.
I saw them on my local news a few days ago, and figured what the hell. Apparently they put your phone through a process that binds their product on a molecular level, and makes it "waterproof" I didn't think it'd work as good as in the videos but it really does.
Essentially what happens is, you pay and ship your phone to them. Within a day of receiving it, they treat your phone and send it back. (can do the express version for 10$ more)
I sent my phone in on a monday, received it back on that thursday. I then decided to put it to the test. filled up my sink (about a foot and a half deep), closed my eyes, and submerged my 4s. To my astonishment, I opened my eyes and the screen was still on! I was even able to type a message to my girlfriend telling her I was texting her from underwater xD
I then answered a call in the shower the next morning and all worked fine! Its been a week since Ive gotten my phone back and have done the sink trick countless times to impress my friends, and it still works like new hehe. just thought id share, seeing as a good waterproof case for the 4s is about 20$ more.
http://www.liquipel.com
edit: I figured the accessories thread was the best place, let me know if you feel otherwise ;P
heres a good demo i found of it
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XtsSPZCGmuY
Yeh looks good but a pretty short list of approved devices. No SGSII for a start
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Yeh looks good but a pretty short list of approved devices. No SGSII for a start
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try emailing them? I thought i read somewhere on there site that they can usually make accommodations for devices not on the list..
And they JUST started taking orders at CES, so they should expand the supported devices soon if theyre doing this good. pretty great start imo xD
Thanks but second problem, I dont think they are in the UK yet.
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Thanks but second problem, I dont think they are in the UK yet.
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Ah. Well that might be a problem then xD
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Thanks but second problem, I dont think they are in the UK yet.
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It said it was a mail in program... international mail... phone back in like 3 weeks lol
edit:The following devices are approved to be Liquipelled:
Apple iPhone 4s
Apple iPhone 4
Apple iPhone 3g/s
HTC Evo 4G
HTC Evo Shift 4G
HTC MyTouch 4G
HTC Thunderbolt
Motorola Droid X/X2
Samsung Charge
Wow that is amazing!!
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My understanding is they coat internals of phones & simply keeps the water from corroding intricates.
My initial question was how speaker would still operate as it "coating" not hampering its performance but its answered on websites FAQ.
My question now lies in...if they coat everything that's good BUT what happens when you switch batteries...if the contacts of the battery weren't coated I'd think it could/would short out. No?
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My understanding is they coat internals of phones & simply keeps the water from corroding intricates.
My initial question was how speaker would still operate as it "coating" not hampering its performance but its answered on websites FAQ.
My question now lies in...if they coat everything that's good BUT what happens when you switch batteries...if the contacts of the battery weren't coated I'd think it could/would short out. No?
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Good question. You might have to email them on that one. I don't have to worry about it since my battery isn't "removable" lol
While I understand the application to any iOS devices because they are naturally closed.
But to other devices you get some variation of success.
The most important areas are the jack ports, speakers, mics, buttons, screws and edges of the opening-backside.
They probably coat the display too "just in case" but that should deteriorate the quality of the touchscreen.
And coating the innards is not necessary, but helps as "secondary insurance" but I'd be worried about the warranty getting void.
We need a device like the NOTE entirely Aluminium-Unibody with only the bottom lip opening up for removable battery, SIM, microSD (like the HTC Legend).
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While I understand the application to any iOS devices because they are naturally closed.
But to other devices you get some variation of success.
The most important areas are the jack ports, speakers, mics, buttons, screws and edges of the opening-backside.
They probably coat the display too "just in case" but that should deteriorate the quality of the touchscreen.
And coating the innards is not necessary, but helps as "secondary insurance" but I'd be worried about the warranty getting void.
We need a device like the NOTE entirely Aluminium-Unibody with only the bottom lip opening up for removable battery, SIM, microSD (like the HTC Legend).
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It sounds like your completely guessing at what "it" does and how its applied. I on the other hand decided to investigate BEFORE acting as if i knew what it was we are discussing.
1. Its applied via vapor,in a vacuum chamber environment, so as to completely coat inside and out, all parts of said device. The coating is 1000 times thinner than a human hair and therefor does not change the way the phone feels or functions(screen response)
2. speakers are not effected because they too are waterproofed in the same nano tech molecular bonding process.
3. When you submerge your device once coated, water does completely run THROUGH your device. Short circuit cannot be obtained because the liquid cannot make contact to the positive and negative/grounding surfaces because of said thin/nano layer of protection. although it repels liquids, it still allows all existing electrical pathways to function without flaw, and will conduct electricity thus allowing for the capacitive functions to work also.
4. This technology was not designed to make your phone "UNDERWATER" proof, and they recommend not submerging any device in liquid. In the case that your phone falls from your hoodie pocket into the toilet, you can retrieve (and hopefully) rinse your device before electrical failure/short occurs. Its a backup plan for accidents, not a solution for mobile underwater photography or social networking.
These statements are not conjecture. this is what happens when you read and investigate what youve read.
If your gonna troll, at least take the time to know what your talking about. F'in trolls!
Not trolling, just thought this was the "old" method previously adopted (was it by Vertu?).
If you call anyone a troll for showing interest then I guess you would be alone in this world as a non-troll, just saiyan
Did you even read what you wrote??? Words like "probably", and other staments like "naturally closed" make you sound like an idiot, which im sure you are not... but if you are gonna post in a category, wouldnt it help to know the subject your posting about. The information is there and one should not have to ?guess?
I on the other hand became very curious about said tech, and therefor did the research needed to contribute to this discussion.
There are no what if this happens in this case because the are selling a tested product, and have limited device compatibility - for now.
I was hoping that when i saw a new post on this thread that it was someone with valuable information, trying to fill gapps of knowledge, but it was just "what if's" and "probably's"... come on. If you want to pm me about what ive learned about this product, ill be happy to share anything else i have with anyone. I am here to learn, not waste valuable time reading conjecture based on nothing.
Hey smart guy why would you come here looking for information when you already know everything?
Even if I was still interested, I wouldn't ask someone like you (just letting you know so you dont have to constantly check you pm)
Later buddy
Seriously guys. This is to get other peoples opinion about the product. No need to argue
Yeah, I know, another stupid question from me. I try to be as careful as I can possibly be when it comes to my phones and other expensive electronics. To the best of my bad memory, I can't remember the last time I've dropped a phone on the ground. My s/o and her daughter drop their phones often and seem careless when handling them, especially when they're pissed off. I'm ocd in some ways and I take great pride in treating my phones carefully and not tossing them around. My gf just got a e4gt last night. I was talking to her about the deep scratches her daughter's phone had, like it was dropped on concrete. She got all defensive and started in about "well I'm not perfect!"
I didn't insinuate that I was perfect, only that I was very careful with them. The daughters phone used to be mine. She's on her third replacement of the phone too.
Instead of me rambling as usual, what are your thoughts? I'm so ocd, to give you an idea, I gave someone a two way amateur radio that I wasn't using anymore. I had probably 800 invested in it. I also ALWAYS kept it in its protective leather case. It was maybe 4+ years old and when I took it out of the case to show the guy I was giving it to, it was flawless. Not a scratch or blemish on it. OK, lets hear your stories.
Isn't that humans we're all different ....
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Since I'm sitting on the can, typing out on my phone, not going to get into a story...
But hell yes. I take care of my stuff that I love. I've never understood why people treat their expensive electronics like disposable items.
I stopped buying my teenage daughter nice smartphones. She would render them ugly and useless in 2 months. Everytime.
Since I made her save for the full price of a phone she wanted, magically it still works a year later!
When I worked in computer repair, I would see this all day long...
People would buy new $1000 laptops, treat them like ****, slam the lids shut, toss them around, drop them, wander around the house holding them by a corner while they are on and have things dangling from the usb ports, toss them on counters, eat food and drink beer next to them...
Then 6 months later, wonder why they don't work, wonder why the HD is failing, whether usb ports are broken, blame the company for making ****ty devices, or worse blade us for selling them ****ty devices.
Asshats.
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Both of my teenage daughters are extremely careless with their electronics. I have spent hundreds and hundreds of dollars on replacements for them and they just keep breaking them. I told them both "NO MORE REPLACEMENTS!". Since then, they have both broken their phones again....and they'll be stuck with their busted phones until their birthdays. They friggin' break everything...even their ipods. My ex is careless with her **** too. I think it's a chick thing.
My son, on the other hand....is like me. He babies his gadgets and hasn't broken a single one. Good boy. Lol
I baby the **** out of my phones. If I drop my phone you'll see me cringe. Maybe even shed a tear. I've only dropped my phones a handful of times, probably less than 10 total times, over the past 8 years or so, and I still haven't dropped my E4GT. Hope I don't jinx it. But my ex is careless with her phones. Within 3 months they look like ****, scratches, scuffed to hell... sorry, but I like my expensive electronics to look nice! THAT IS WHY I BOUGHT THEM! BECAUSE THEY LOOK NICE!
I think this translates to all electronics, as well. My laptop, aside from probably having crumbs under the keys, is nearly flawless after 3 years. My Xbox 360 has never red-ringed, yet I know people who have had 5 Xboxes over the years due to red rings and whatnot. Maybe I just give mine adequate ventilation? DUNNO! But everything electronic that I own, I treat with the respect and care that it deserves. If you take care of things, they last longer. It is a fact.
So glad you posted this thread. Dumb *****es be droppin' phones errywhere I go!
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I baby the **** out of my phones. If I drop my phone you'll see me cringe. Maybe even shed a tear. I've only dropped my phones a handful of times, probably less than 10 total times, over the past 8 years or so, and I still haven't dropped my E4GT. Hope I don't jinx it. But my ex is careless with her phones. Within 3 months they look like ****, scratches, scuffed to hell... sorry, but I like my expensive electronics to look nice! THAT IS WHY I BOUGHT THEM! BECAUSE THEY LOOK NICE!
I think this translates to all electronics, as well. My laptop, aside from probably having crumbs under the keys, is nearly flawless after 3 years. My Xbox 360 has never red-ringed, yet I know people who have had 5 Xboxes over the years due to red rings and whatnot. Maybe I just give mine adequate ventilation? DUNNO! But everything electronic that I own, I treat with the respect and care that it deserves. If you take care of things, they last longer. It is a fact.
So glad you posted this thread. Dumb *****es be droppin' phones errywhere I go!
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I'm always careful with anything somewhat expensive too. My phone has yet to be dropped or scratched in any way. I always get pissed when people (like my mom...) handle my stuff in any way I don't like, even though they think they're being fine. Just yesterday my mom tried to put my binder and math book on top of my laptop. <_< I'm ocd and very protective about all my stuff.
Also, about the xbox issues, rrod depends on a lot of things. Keeping it shoved up against a wall on carpet and letting it get dusty will obviously not help, but it mostly has to do with the motherboard revision you have. How old is your xbox? Since the 2nd and 3rd revisions of the motherboard rrod is very hard to cause (for someone who actually cares about their devices). My 360 from pretty much launch day got the rrod a while back, so I opened it up and fixed it, but once it permanently failed, I got a slim which won't ever fail me. None of my personal jtags have never had any problems except for a xenon a while back (xenons are from the initial release of the 360). Wow, I just ranted on a lot about that so I guess I'll stop now, haha. By the way, I work a lot with modding 360's (both hardware and software) , so that's why I'm into this. If anyone ever has any xbox related questions just ask me
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Man i get mad if my otterbox isnt in perfect condition. Lol if it gets scuffed or scratched i get a new one....lol id lose my mind if i scratched my phone lol
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Yeah, I baby mine too(aside from flashing the #@!& out of it some nights). I put a high quality case and screen protector on it in the parking lot after I got it. And if I ever drop it I get the cringe of death. But regardless of what I've heard some say, I am impressed with the build quality in the event of human blunder
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I'm bad about coddling my phone too I have different color cases to match my clothes and I never rock it naked I have a vinyl skin on it underneath the case and if my housing ever gets scratched I wet sand and buff the scratch out lol, my wife's phone on the other hand lives in a suitcase sized purse with the 9billion pounds of junk she keeps in there so it looks like its done 2 tours in Afghanistan lol
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Nothing drives me crazier than someone who doesnt take care of the phone. I work as an IT in the military, so you can say I've seen some dumb [email protected]/t happen to phones, computers, monitors, you name it. One of the absolute worst cases was when this guy called me down to the "engineering" space to look at one of the computers... Opened it up cause the "video just quit working all of a sudden". Poured about 2 cups of coffee out of the case. Then they had the nerve to ***** to my boss after I told them I wasn't going to replace it since tgey were acting lime a bunch of animals.
Back on topic... I HATE when people dont take care of their phones. My buddy (back before android days) had a brand new iphone 3g. Somehow ran over it (not comepletely) and cracked the whole top half of his phone. Somehow it was still able to make and receive calls....but still, who does that?
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Im anal about my phones like that, they always have a TPU case and screen protector. 9 months later they still look brand new.
I usually buy a cheap case each time i get a new phone but only use it for like a week because i hate the extra bulk. but thank god for gorilla glass cuz today i dropped my phone about 6 feet screen down on concrete and theres not a scratch
I treat mine like it is a bomb. If I let it drop ill die with it. On another note my wife always take care of her electronics. They are all in mint condition.
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Funny how we baby our phones on the outside but aren't.afraid to trash the hardware underneath.
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Funny how we baby our phones on the outside but aren't.afraid to trash the hardware underneath.
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Lol...true that.
We..that is the wife and I baby our phones..the big complaint I have is when she gets a p.o.s case that came from what looks like it was made by LEGO!!
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I've dropped my phone 20ish times in the three months I had it.. caught them all thankfully, but the back elevated lip is a little scuffed, not sure why..
last week my girlfriend was talking and she was using hand motions, (at chest level) and she knocked my phone another 2 feet in the air over cement.. i caught it.. dear god ive never been so happy.. time to use the case..
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I think it usually comes back to who has to pay for the replacements. In my experience, people who have to pay for their own crap take better care of it. It's the ones with protection plans, too much money, or parents who aren't willing to teach them the value of taking care of their stuff who get careless. And yes, it does seems to be far more common with women.
Luckily, my gf takes decent care of her stuff. Being a broke college student who can't afford to replace stuff makes you cautious. I don't even bother keeping mine in a case. I'm careful with it and I never drop it. I just can't stand to take such a nice device and cram in inside a huge, unsightly case. Half the reason I bought it was because it was so light and thin. I bought it the day it was release and I have a tiny scratch on one side that's actually from trying to get a ****ty case off with a coin and a faint line on the back where the speaker bulge touches.
I got pissed because I got a TINY scratch on my backup NS4G. I baby my phones like no other but my laptop... that's another story. I use it for Netflix and Odin and that's it. It doesn't get near the respect that my phones do
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I'm not as careful as I should be with my phone. It's because in 1-2 years it's going to replaced anyways so I just don't feel that sense of attachment.
I still follow basic care though like slapping a case on it, not putting my keys in the same pocket, that sort of thing.
Had a reallly...really bad night last night. Found out my girlfriend had been lying to me, almost cost me my job. So in typical over reaction man fashion of putting up with a woman for FARRRRR too long, I decided to toss my phone at the ground in protest. Well...it bounced and slammed into the corner of our rollable island and literally exploded. We were both surprised at how jacked up it got. I have THROWN my OnePlus 6T and I finally broke the back glass after three years helping a coworker and it slid out of my pocket and landed on concrete. Screen is STILL perfect. But. Here's ya goes. Smile and shake your heads away. $1200 paper weight. My waste of a relationship/lifes fault.
Don't throw yours it's going to explode.
Go for a walk next time... I learned that the hard way, too.
Gytole said:
Had a reallly...really bad night last night.
Found out my girlfriend had been lying to me, almost cost me my job. So in typical over reaction man fashion of putting up with a woman for FARRRRR too long, I decided to toss my phone at the ground in protest. Well...it bounced and slammed into the corner of our rollable island and literally exploded. We were both surprised at how jacked up it got. I have THROWN my OnePlus 6T and I finally broke the back glass after three years helping a coworker and it slid out of my pocket and landed on concrete. Screen is STILL perfect. But. Here's ya goes. Smile and shake your heads away. $1200 paper weight. My waste of a relationship/lifes fault.
Don't throw yours it's going to explode.
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Tough and expensive lesson hopefully learned.
Don't suppose you had any replacement coverage on that projectile???
Az Biker said:
Tough and expensive lesson hopefully learned.
Don't suppose you had any replacement coverage on that projectile???
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Nope! Paid in full too. Yeah anger management did not help.
Gytole said:
Nope! Paid in full too. Yeah anger management did not help.
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I remember Teenage angst.
znel52 said:
I remember Teenage angst.
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I'm tellin yuh...
Hang in there, mate.
roirraW edor ehT said:
Hang in there, mate.
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Honestly, not that upset. Disappointed? Yes. But I am to blame.
For what it's worth, I am embarrassed to admit how many phones I have slammed down out of frustration and ended up cracking the back or another part (it's at least 3 phones). But usually due to flashing something that went poorly, not relationship troubles. Hang in there - we are all human.
darbylonia said:
For what it's worth, I am embarrassed to admit how many phones I have slammed down out of frustration and ended up cracking the back or another part (it's at least 3 phones). But usually due to flashing something that went poorly, not relationship troubles. Hang in there - we are all human.
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I remember throwing the jacket that belonged to a mentally ill woman I was dating at the time. She had the flip phone I had bought her to use in the jacket. Oops. That's when I got her a better flip phone and I got my first Android, the HTC Droid Eris, so in a way it was a good thing.
darbylonia said:
For what it's worth, I am embarrassed to admit how many phones I have slammed down out of frustration and ended up cracking the back or another part (it's at least 3 phones). But usually due to flashing something that went poorly, not relationship troubles. Hang in there - we are all human.
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Right? It'll be okay. It's just a phone. But I waited three years to upgrade. Lmao. 1....month...and I had to fight with google to get the first one replaced. It was faulty. Honestly? I feel as if it wasn't meant to be.
roirraW edor ehT said:
I remember throwing the jacket that belonged to a mentally ill woman I was dating at the time. She had the flip phone I had bought her to use in the jacket. Oops. That's when I got her a better flip phone and I got my first Android, the HTC Droid Eris, so in a way it was a good thing.
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Out from the ashes, a blaze.
Pouring one out for your phone and your relationship.
Stories like these always surprise me.
I have friends that destroy xbox-controllers every couple month, personally I would never dare. Afterall, they cost money! I am far too stingy to waste money because of some emotions. Especially not a with a 1k phone o.o
Gytole said:
Had a reallly...really bad night last night. Found out my girlfriend had been lying to me, almost cost me my job. So in typical over reaction man fashion of putting up with a woman for FARRRRR too long, I decided to toss my phone at the ground in protest. Well...it bounced and slammed into the corner of our rollable island and literally exploded. We were both surprised at how jacked up it got. I have THROWN my OnePlus 6T and I finally broke the back glass after three years helping a coworker and it slid out of my pocket and landed on concrete. Screen is STILL perfect. But. Here's ya goes. Smile and shake your heads away. $1200 paper weight. My waste of a relationship/lifes fault.
Don't throw yours it's going to explode.
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sorry about the female problems; sometimes things are better without them around lol. My thing as far as angry outbursts is throwing golf clubs when I f*ck up a drive or put while golfing. Lost several clubs in the water lol
I box for conditioning and beat the #### out of the punching bags to relieve tension.
take care
Please, a moment of silence!
Wev all been there before, but damn you really done a number on that phone lol
First of all...I've been there. 2 years into my 2nd marriage, we had bought a house and were trying to start a family. We suffered a miscarriage, and her idea of coping was to dump all her good friends and go back to her teenage party ways. Nothing puts a knife in your heart like waking up at 2am to an empty bed, tracking her phone down to a random house, hearing sex noises from an open window, and the door finally opens to some guy in his boxers. If that wasn't bad enough, she moved back to California without filing for divorce, refused to come home, and wouldn't even talk about issues. Then, when I finally filed for divorce, she lied to all our friends and family, spinning a sob story about how I was trying to pull the rug out from under her...even though she hadn't worked a single day, it was 100% my income paying the bills.
That being said...
If you find yourself losing control when you're upset, you might want to seek some counseling. I don't mean this in a condescending way; it's just better to find support and help you talk through a difficult time instead of becoming self destructive. One day, it might be a phone. The next, it might be a car into a bridge support. Things are replaceable, life isn't.
And no matter what someone does to you, or how wronged you feel, never forget you're responsible for the things you do. Don't give other people ammo to use against you (especially vindictive ex wives). Don't find yourself on the wrong side of the law. And don't throw away everything you've worked hard for.
Remember that getting angry is cheap; fixing the results can be extremely expensive.
And before you think I'm some mid life crisis dude....I'm only 34.
Edit: honorable mention for "bro your life sucks"...
When I was 18, I had this cute Jewish girl come into my life. She was pretty much the perfect girlfriend - she was attractive, whip smart, a lot of fun (especially the adult fun if you know what I mean), she wasn't crazy, she was a great cook, her family was rich...And she was a gamer girl.
She dumped me for some guy in Australia she had never met and only talked to online.