Comments on: HTC and the curse of the weak displays http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2007/07/htc_and_the_curse_of_the_weak_displays.html Daily news and opinion for 250,000 industry executives and mobile fanatics Tue, 14 Feb 2012 22:14:00 +0100 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: cyclist http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2007/07/htc_and_the_curse_of_the_weak_displays.html/comment-page-1#comment-73673 cyclist Wed, 25 Jul 2007 12:29:19 +0000 http://www.smstextnews.com/2007/07/htc_and_the_curse_of_the_weak_displays.html#comment-73673 I thought HTC had this sorted, but looks like not. I bought one of the very first O2 XDAs in 2002. The screen did this after three days, just two days before I was due to leave for Australia for a long trip. Carphone Warehouse were very good - I went back to the shop and they handed over another one immediately. Apparently the screen failure was so well known at that time they had instructions to replace without question! In the last five years I've had a total of 5 HTC devices with no screen problems. I thought HTC had this sorted, but looks like not. I bought one of the very first O2 XDAs in 2002. The screen did this after three days, just two days before I was due to leave for Australia for a long trip. Carphone Warehouse were very good – I went back to the shop and they handed over another one immediately. Apparently the screen failure was so well known at that time they had instructions to replace without question!
In the last five years I’ve had a total of 5 HTC devices with no screen problems.

]]> By: Ewan http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2007/07/htc_and_the_curse_of_the_weak_displays.html/comment-page-1#comment-73201 Ewan Mon, 23 Jul 2007 16:01:11 +0000 http://www.smstextnews.com/2007/07/htc_and_the_curse_of_the_weak_displays.html#comment-73201 The HTC Touch is performing brililantly with it's screen! The HTC Touch is performing brililantly with it’s screen!

]]> By: Loulou http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2007/07/htc_and_the_curse_of_the_weak_displays.html/comment-page-1#comment-73195 Loulou Mon, 23 Jul 2007 15:33:42 +0000 http://www.smstextnews.com/2007/07/htc_and_the_curse_of_the_weak_displays.html#comment-73195 Thank you honey for this. Yup, that's my phone. I took it out of my pocket, put it on the sofa next to me, checked the time on it, watched some telly, picked it up, checked the time on it again, and poof! It's b*ggered. Since Alex was watching the same pile of poop Saturday night TV on the sofa at the time, he is well placed to verify this! A couple of weeks ago, the guy I live with left his on his desk at home, went off to do whatever men do on a Saturday, came back, and the screen was funked. The next day, I took mine out of my pocket and put it on a shelf while I clipped my dog ... came back, and poof! B*ggered. Luckily, Alex witnessed that too (I must cook a good roast at the weekends ;o) ) Orange have agreed to courier me a new phone tomorrow, but we'd have had to pay £50 if we weren't on the Premier package. Annoying? Hell yeah. This isn't the first time we've had an LCD problem - the last was with an IPAQ something or other about 4 years ago, and that was confirmed to be a manufacturing fault - there was stress on the over cover thingy that funked the LCD. The Orange lady said this morning she hadn't heard of any that had faults like this ... so, how come my biz partner had the same thing happen to him about a month ago with the same E650 handset hmm? I wouldn't mind so much if I was throwing them around or having a mobile hurling competition - but we are developers, who need these beasts at the moment for some serious testing for our Orange Partner client - and they are one of the 3 UK WM6 phone around. We are really kid gloving them. Bah. I've dropped other Nokia phones ( the £500k protoype I've dropped down the stairs springs immediately to mind!) , seen one in a bucket of water that was dried out and both worked well afterwards ... but never seen an LCD crack like this before on a phone. And having around 10 handsets at a time in testing around, I'm pretty sure I'd have seen it before on a phone. Tell momma, Orange, this is a dev partner you are talking to ... what's the story here? You are the only guys in the UK that supply this device ... what's going on? Sigh ...another morning waiting in for a courier dude tomorrow ... I wonder if it's the same cute one they sent last time ... well, you have to find the silver lining, don't you? ;o) Thank you honey for this.

Yup, that’s my phone.

I took it out of my pocket, put it on the sofa next to me, checked the time on it, watched some telly, picked it up, checked the time on it again, and poof! It’s b*ggered. Since Alex was watching the same pile of poop Saturday night TV on the sofa at the time, he is well placed to verify this!

A couple of weeks ago, the guy I live with left his on his desk at home, went off to do whatever men do on a Saturday, came back, and the screen was funked. The next day, I took mine out of my pocket and put it on a shelf while I clipped my dog … came back, and poof! B*ggered.

Luckily, Alex witnessed that too (I must cook a good roast at the weekends ;o) )

Orange have agreed to courier me a new phone tomorrow, but we’d have had to pay £50 if we weren’t on the Premier package.

Annoying? Hell yeah. This isn’t the first time we’ve had an LCD problem – the last was with an IPAQ something or other about 4 years ago, and that was confirmed to be a manufacturing fault – there was stress on the over cover thingy that funked the LCD.

The Orange lady said this morning she hadn’t heard of any that had faults like this … so, how come my biz partner had the same thing happen to him about a month ago with the same E650 handset hmm?

I wouldn’t mind so much if I was throwing them around or having a mobile hurling competition – but we are developers, who need these beasts at the moment for some serious testing for our Orange Partner client – and they are one of the 3 UK WM6 phone around. We are really kid gloving them.

Bah. I’ve dropped other Nokia phones ( the £500k protoype I’ve dropped down the stairs springs immediately to mind!) , seen one in a bucket of water that was dried out and both worked well afterwards … but never seen an LCD crack like this before on a phone. And having around 10 handsets at a time in testing around, I’m pretty sure I’d have seen it before on a phone.

Tell momma, Orange, this is a dev partner you are talking to … what’s the story here? You are the only guys in the UK that supply this device … what’s going on?

Sigh …another morning waiting in for a courier dude tomorrow … I wonder if it’s the same cute one they sent last time … well, you have to find the silver lining, don’t you? ;o)

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