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When you set the phone on a flat surface, does the camera hit the surface? I hate how my iPhone is flat, thus the camera would scrape against the surface. I'm hoping the GN doesn't do this so I won't need a case
I was wondering this as well. My incredible has the camera sticking out which sucks, but at least the lens ring protects it a little bit. I noticed the rezound, has the lens sticking out beyond everything else.
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There is a slight indent that the camera sits in. I still set it down carefull even though its safe
The back cover sits out just a little further than the camera does, but its not very much. It seems like if there was dirt or something on the surface there is a chance it could touch the black camera area. The lens covering sits in a little further.
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Does anyone have to tilt their phone slightly to be centered on the front facing camera? When I have the phone face directly perpendicular to me my face is off-center...debating exchanging it.
You do realize the camera is placed to the side of the front speaker and not in the middle of the phone, right?
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Yes.... I do realize that.
The thunderbolt and iphone 4 I had previously used didn't have this issue. and they had an camera off-center to the right of the speaker. Meaning that they probably accounted for it with the placement of the camera sensor.
Mine doesn't show me perfectly straight on, if that's what you want to know, but i never gave it any thought until now so it's barely noticeable and not at all problematic for me. I don't think there's anything wrong with you device, maybe the device in general. But I suggest not giving a f*ck. Works for me.
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hellbringer626 said:
Does anyone have to tilt their phone slightly to be centered on the front facing camera? When I have the phone face directly perpendicular to me my face is off-center...debating exchanging it.
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You do realize that the front of the phone...AKA the glass...is curved right?! It's not flat so of course you have to tilt it.
I read the thread and just had to ask myself...REALLY!!!!????
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You do realize that the front of the phone...AKA the glass...is curved right?! It's not flat so of course you have to tilt it.
I read the thread and just had to ask myself...REALLY!!!!????
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Actually, like the Nexus S, the Galaxy Nexus, the screen it self is NOT curved. The screen itself is flat... and only the top/bottom edge of the glass is curved, BUT the camera inside it is not curved/pointing down, it's pointing straight, that's why you gotta tilt the phone all weird to get it right.
But either way, yes it's off.
All the Android phones I have with FFC have all been off.. a lot. Nexus S, Sensation 4G, Galaxy Nexus, Asus Transformer tablet. All of them. Some worse than others.
I have a work iPad2 and it's off too. I facetime with my friend and I have to tilt it in a weird angle to get my face to fill up the screen correctly.
It's not that big of an issue but since I hadn't seen the problem on the thunderbolt and iPhone 4 I felt it was an oversight to not account for it on such a high end device.
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I bought mine from Bell Canada. So international version I believe it is. anyways...
Vertically: maybe a degree till backwards if I want my face 100% centered vertically.
Horizontally: my head is slightly to the left but the effect is only noticeable if I'm holding the phone so close to my face that people would be looking at nose hairs instead of me. If held out 1.2 - 1.5 feet away from my face (where I usually hold a phone when using it the effect is so slight as to be negligible.
Besides, the slight shaking of my hand (simply from shifting in my chair) hides any discrepancies. I had to test by setting the phone down on the table and looking down on it as if I was holding it in my hand to see anything at all.
I can't say for sure if some of you are experiencing a more drastic shift than I or not, but for having the camera in the upper right hand corner of the phone I don't see anything wrong with how it's taking pictures and video.
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So what are some stupid moments that you've had with your s3 dropped it, left it somewhere etc ?
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As for me while brushing my teeth I managed to drop the ear buds in the sink, while listening to music, hitting the running water for a good 2 second. They still worked though
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My gf dropped her s3 off the super man roller coaster at 6flags america lol it was in a ballistic maxx case and survived
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Dropped it out of my gym shorts while getting into my car. I find it pretty freaking ridiculous that they made the screen indestructible and the plastic bezel/battery-cover plastic that's about as tough as cold butter. God I was pissed.
Dropped it after 3 days, screen shattered. BB replaced it with a new one!
The usual. Got out the car forgot it was on my lap. Dropped in a pile of mud on its back. Wiped off the phone, no scratches
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Se ond day I had it I was running across a busy street and dropped it into on coming traffic, no way in hell was I letting it get run over, stopped picked it up, kicked the rest of the parts away and made it out safely
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Dropped it out of my gym shorts while getting into my car. I find it pretty freaking ridiculous that they made the screen indestructible and the plastic bezel/battery-cover plastic that's about as tough as cold butter. God I was pissed.
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This!! I dropped it twice (no case/screen protector) from about 4.5ft onto concrete.. once on the screen, once on the corner... screen is indestructible, no scratches or cracks but the bezel is chipped up pretty good from it.
flashed font using rom tools and soft bricked my phone...stupid duh.
The USB port was acting funny
When the thing was slightly raised it charged and after a week of just barely charging it I found out that it was my old epic 4g charger that became loose
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there was this one time when my phone rang and it scared me. that was pretty cool.
After I rooted my GS3, I had the battery removed because I was cleaning behind the cover a little bit. Tried to turn the phone on without the battery and freaked out thinking something broke lol
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Day 1, no case, phone face down on a piece of paper. Tried to pick up slippery ass phone. Slid across paper and now have 3 long micro scratches. Can't see them most of the time but I was real pissed.
Gorilla glass my ass!
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Day 1, no case, phone face down on a piece of paper. Tried to pick up slippery ass phone. Slid across paper and now have 3 long micro scratches. Can't see them most of the time but I was real pissed.
Gorilla glass my ass!
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Was this sandpaper? Silicates will scratch Gorilla Glass. That's about all that will.
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Well I'm stupid... phone slipped and skid in the ground causing scratches and part of the "Galaxy S III" label scratched off... now only the "xy S III" part is left
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1 Week after I got it, I was on the lake, and jumped (or maybe fell while highly intoxicated) in to the water with it in my pocket, was underwater for a good 5 to 10 seconds. Water damage indicator on the battery is bright red
Phone still works just fine, although I haven't been able to test 4G, because there's no LTE in my area.
Well, wallet failed today...no McDonalds for me
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I didnt have my case on and somehow the phone slid out of my pocket while getting out of the truck. I Now have a crack in the top left corner of the screen and another hairline fracture running down the rest of it.
this ~
https://www.dropbox.com/s/vv5xtjuxk4d22qg/DSC03261.JPG
still no idea how
Idk how but I have a stupid annoying little crack just above the volume rocker anybody else have this issue?
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flashed font using rom tools and soft bricked my phone...stupid duh.
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I flashed a rom for the quad-core GSIII :crying: I have no friggin' idea how I misseD that, but I hard bricked my device. Went to Radioshack around noon today, just got a call back saying I could come in and pick up my shiny new GSIII
So today at work I dropped my 15 day old note 2 a whole 18" and what happened. ... gorilla glass FAIL!!!! The lower right corner has a small crack and there is a hairline crack thru the middle to the top. ...I bought the protection plan has anyone else had there screen crack? I had my HTC HD2 ever since it first came out and dropped it several times and never had any damages. ..The note 2 falls a short distance and boom cracked screen
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I have watched drop tests showing the Note 2 falling from a 6 foot tall mans ear, and it only scuffing the sides. Just bad luck. Does the protection plan cover accidental drops?
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So today at work I dropped my 15 day old note 2 a whole 18" and what happened. ... gorilla glass FAIL!!!! The lower right corner has a small crack and there is a hairline crack thru the middle to the top. ...I bought the protection plan has anyone else had there screen crack? I had my HTC HD2 ever since it first came out and dropped it several times and never had any damages. ..The note 2 falls a short distance and boom cracked screen
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Unfortunately a bigger screen is more prone to breaks, and gorilla glass2 is only hard; meaning its hard to scratch, but it's still glass and will not flex.
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Did you have a case on it man .... ????
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$130 please
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Im looking into what my extended pass protection covers today, I did NOT have a case (SMH) im keeping my fingers crossed that it does not cost to much to repair!
I swear they made this phone so slick just so people would drop it. I've been lucky so far but my cases can't get here soon enough!
I have one and my fiance has one also. She broke hers a week after getting it. Asurion insurance is wuoting me $130 to replace
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Pics of dropped note 2
Any cracks ?
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Almost as bad. I was putting together Christmas lights with the wife and kid yesterday and had my phone in my sweat pants pocket. I was sitting on the side walk and my phone slid out and fell maybe 4 inches. I now have a crack across the entire width of the phone about an inch from the bottom.
I had a Sensation before this and abused the hell out of it and it's still flawless.
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Almost as bad. I was putting together Christmas lights with the wife and kid yesterday and had my phone in my sweat pants pocket. I was sitting on the side walk and my phone slid out and fell maybe 4 inches. I now have a crack across the entire width of the phone about an inch from the bottom.
I had a Sensation before this and abused the hell out of it and it's still flawless.
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My SGN2 fell from my desk onto a concrete slab and cracked...the only day I take my case off and bam
Keep your cases on folks, big screens mean little drops make the screen go boom!
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Im real skeptical on how this will hold up over time...falls are gonna happen but for it to crack this easy (come on samsung) my htc hd2 never a scratch since day it was released!
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That hurts
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I'm having doubts about on to get this phone or not, I'm on a pre-paid plan and I've been thinking on getting it before Christmas at full price, but if it breaks that easily, is just scary.
Currently I'm using a Samsung Vibrant and I drop that phone maybe like 25 times or more and have scratches all around but the screen is like new, and for the GN2 being a huge phone, putting a protecting case just gonna add up too much.
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I dropped mine onto a tile floor at my workplace from pocket height and it suffered no damage. The battery door and battery flew halfway across the room, but it worked fine after putting them back in. No case on it, either.
It's just pure chance.
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I'm having doubts about on to get this phone or not, I'm on a pre-paid plan and I've been thinking on getting it before Christmas at full price, but if it breaks that easily, is just scary.
Currently I'm using a Samsung Vibrant and I drop that phone maybe like 25 times or more and have scratches all around but the screen is like new, and for the GN2 being a huge phone, putting a protecting case just gonna add up too much.
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there are plenty of cases that do not add much bulk to the phone..technically speaking, all you really need is a raised edge on the bumper around the screen. During a fall, as long as its not your screen corners that take the hit (Let the case absorb the impact), you should be fine. If you are holding back on getting a great phone just because it breaks when you drop it, then...oh well..
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I dropped mine onto a tile floor at my workplace from pocket height and it suffered no damage. The battery door and battery flew halfway across the room, but it worked fine after putting them back in. No case on it, either.
It's just pure chance.
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Im with you. I have dropped mine a few times from different hights, onto different surfaces (tile, carpet, concrete) no damage. Worst that happened was battery cover came half off. Only thing I have on is the flip case from samsung.
Most of the falls were from sitting pocket height, but one or two on tile were from pocket height while standing.
Brace yourselves
Here is my brother's note. Dropped out of his jacked pocket while getting out of his car.
Well I got some good news and bad news...the good news is that Mobile Device Protection Association, LLC who T mobile uses for devices is going to fix my device free of charge! The Bad news I will be without my Note 2 for 5 days, it sucks that the Note 2will be gone. Hell in this day and age having no phone for 5 days is very hard.
Hows your M been holding up over the coarse of your experience?
Only a few scuffs on the bezel here, but I use a medium strength case when out and about
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So far, so good. No case, and I've had it about a month. No scratches, scuffs, or anything.
Mine developed a pretty nasty scratch on the screen--how, I don't know. I can feel it with my fingertip too, which is quite annoying.
I've had mine about 6 months or so, and I've been using it without any case or screen protector. Dropped it many times, even on concrete. Just few scratches on bezel. Nothing on the screen.
Had mine close to a year now. Bought a case, rarely use it. Dropped it hard on icy cement from a standing position. Which an iPad user found hilarious mimicking the "Droid" startup sound immediately. Picked up the phone, worried, looked at it and it virtually smiled at me. Not a scratch anywhere. Not on the back, not on the screen, and none on the corners.
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I have a case but rarely use it since it makes it feel bulky in my pocket. I have dropped it many times and really the only scratches on the bezel are there because I keep my phone in the same pocket as my keys.
No case, but I do have a screen protector. had first drop today off desk and onto one of the legs of my chair, but the cracking sound I heard seemed to be the chair. Phone came out unharmed
I have a barely there case along with generic screen saver and mine looks like the day I got it (not a single scratch or blemish). I have dropped it about 10 times and NOTHING. bought mine used btw and it was flawless when I received it. By far the most durable phone I've had so far. Motorola phones in general seem well built.
I'm somewhat of an idiot and decided to test how water proof it was. Fully submerged it seems it could stay there for some time and not be damaged
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I'm somewhat of an idiot and decided to test how water proof it was. Fully submerged it seems it could stay there for some time and not be damaged
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Wow... Who's got some bells (yes bells) of steel... Thanks... good to know
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Had. A Droid X without a case and dropped it a bunch of time even on the road while riding the motorcycle. No crack on the screen, but badly damaged in the body and backplate. Got really impressive by Motorola phone then got myself a Razr M without a case as well. Dropped it several time and got a really small scratches on the bezel, but other than that it's surely a really damn tough phone ever.
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Dropped onto foot then kicked across uneven concrete sidewalk, leading to small scuffs on back bezel corners. Once smacked it into the rim of a glass, causing a small dent in the bezel. Other than that it's been good.
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I'm somewhat of an idiot and decided to test how water proof it was. Fully submerged it seems it could stay there for some time and not be damaged
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Yeah, I accidentally knocked mine into the bathroom sink full of water.The micr-sd card was already on its last legs and the water finished it off. And the external speaker wasn't as loud as normal for about a day and a half until it completely dried out. But it works fine now and the sd card was replaced by sandisk's warranty.
I've dropped mine an innumerable number of times on concrete with no damage to usability. My OCD hates the scratches on the bevel, but nothing on the screen or elsewhere. The worst I've had is the bottom part of the case came loose one time when I really, really hit it hard on the ground. Still going fine...
Dropped mine taking out of my pocket, cracked the back glass thing. Then dropped in water sink for a sec accidentally, phone wouldn't work for about a day, now it's fine though. Just not waterproof anymore
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too tough
Some time back I was driving a 1994 Cadillac, disgusted with how my conversation had gone, i threw my Iphone4S on to my dashboard, where it bounced and hit the windshield, and shattered the phone beyond useability.... that's what put me in the market for a new phone.
Grabbed a Razr M, and in short time history repeats itself....threw it against the dash, into the glass....the Razr M spidered the windshield....... happy to know I can replace a windshield in a 2006 Dodge Ram for $155, that still $44 less than the deductible for the Iphone4s.
The Caddy story is my favorite! You, sir, are a Legend!
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The Caddy story is my favorite! You, sir, are a Legend!
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How about this one? This happened the 1st day I had the phone. I was roofing house and the phone accidently slipped out of my hand. I watched it slide down the roof and disappear over the edge then I heard it hit the concrete walkway 2 stories below. I didn't even bother to look at it or let alone want to go pick up the pieces as I figured it was destroyed. 2 of my workers saw the whole thing happen and kept busting me about killing my new phone in less than a day. A couple minutes later I heard a phone ringing and yelled for someone to answer it. The other 2 guys on the roof with me both responded that it wasn't their phone. It took a while for it to dawn on me that it was my phone I had just dropped ringing on the ground below so I decided to investigate. I climbed down the ladder and was amazed to find the phone in one piece with the screen side up. I picked it up hit the power button and was shocked when the screen turned on and had no cracks. I have no idea how the phone actually impacted the concrete after falling off the roof but the only damage was some scrapes on the bezel. I consider the build quality and design of this phone to be amazing especially compared to a friends S3 which didn't survive a fall from a kitchen counter after being swatted by his cat.
Great story! However, in this one, the cat is the Legend!
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So I've finally had an incident the old lady and I we're in the midst of a fight and she throws out there you love your phone more than me so to prove a point I throw it at the wall pretty much as hard as I can and of course it goes to the wall unlike other phones which have shattered into pieces.... thinking the worst I'm like oh well... patch up the hole and forget about it... I get home later that day and she meets me at the door saying that we have mice in the wall... I knew when she said that what it was... I tell her to call my phone and sure enough the rattle in the wall she had been hearing was my phone... I cut it out and nothing but some dry wall on the corner... after a vigorous scrub you can't even tell....
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