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Z2 camera scratches easily

I have my Z2 so 2months and I'm beggining to see some scratches on the rear camera in direct light. There are no problems in making pictures tho. I'm really careful with my device too.
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asif4self said:
Put a tiny drop of water on the lens and gently rub the corner of a credit card onto the lens. I had the same issue with my HTC One M8 lens and performed the same method and its crystal clear now.
PS: Don't rub hard or you break the lens glass.
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I've got them too, mine is 2 months old.

6 months old and did not have a single scratch. That is anti ultraviolet coating. Wipe it out and everything is fine.

El.Guaje said:
6 months old and did not have a single scratch. That is anti ultraviolet coating. Wipe it out and everything is fine.
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Its been there for an purpose.No hard feelings,but when its gone i doubt everything will be like it was there when its wiped out. I have the same issue and rly don't know how did that happened when i bought a back screen protector + case the same day.. I hope your words are true tho and this wont affect the lense. Havent noticed difference in the pictures in daylight tho.

El.Guaje said:
6 months old and did not have a single scratch. That is anti ultraviolet coating. Wipe it out and everything is fine.
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With what did you wipe it?

same thing here

I have the same i think its even worse than yours..

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beni8978 said:
With what did you wipe it?
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Put a tiny drop of water on the lens and gently rub the corner of a credit card onto the lens. I had the same issue with my HTC One M8 lens and performed the same method and its crystal clear now.
PS: Don't rub hard or you break the lens glass.

Some people use toothpaste and it works good but..
Like someone said earlier it's there for a purpose. It's the anti-reflective coating and when you will rub it off the quality of photos will deteriorate in direct light, no question about that. It won't be that much visible but you should know about that before you do it, not after.

Any way sony could fix that for us? Or someone tried to give his Z2 to sony centre and get an replacement camera glass? (btw the picture u gave is zoomed only not taken with/without ar coating. And about cleaning it..im too afraid that i could scratch the glass itself.
Just read abit for that problem.It occurs to every phone with AR coating camera glass and the problem is that the lens is exposed to excessive amount of sun light of heat,the AR coating will start cracking itself cos of the hight temperature.Lots of users reproted that the AR coating started to flake off and their pictures began to get blurry.Cleaning the lense glass with alcohol will do the job and bring the sharpness to your pictures,but will affect the light influence in the pics. I will personaly try giving my phone for repair/replacement.

effective said:
btw the picture u gave is zoomed only not taken with/without ar coating
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Nope, look carefully at the position of cars, guardrails etc.
effective said:
Any way sony could fix that for us? Or someone tried to give his Z2 to sony centre and get an replacement camera glass?
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Sony doesn't want to repair this (they say it's a user fault - bad usage of phone) just like HTC (One M8 have a much bigger issue with this coating on One M8).
To repair this you need to replace back panel, lens cover is integrated.
effective said:
Just read abit for that problem.It occurs to every phone with AR coating camera glass and the problem is that the lens is exposed to excessive amount of sun light of heat,the AR coating will start cracking itself cos of the hight temperature.Lots of users reproted that the AR coating started to flake off and their pictures began to get blurry.
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That's not entirely true. Every good camera lenses have this coating. After long usage it may start to flake if it's poor quality. Another reason may be bad treating with chemicals.
In smartphone department quality of this coating is not as good (in most cases whole smartphone is cheaper than proper camera lenses). When there is some problem at manufacturing stage (like in One M8) or just very poor quality control (Z, Z1, Z2, compacts all have this problem) we see that this coating starts to flake very early. Sony and HTC should repair this, but they can say that you used chemicals cleaning your phone and destroyed it yourself and you can't do much about it.
Heat from excessive amount of sun light can be a reason too, but mostly in sunglasses left in direct sunlight for too long. In camera lenses (standalone or smartphone) destroyed coating is a result of bad manufacturing and bad usage, MOSTLY - not always of course.

monry said:
Nope, look carefully at the position of cars, guardrails etc.
Sony doesn't want to repair this (they say it's a user fault - bad usage of phone) just like HTC (One M8 have a much bigger issue with this coating on One M8).
To repair this you need to replace back panel, lens cover is integrated.
That's not entirely true. Every good camera lenses have this coating. After long usage it may start to flake if it's poor quality. Another reason may be bad treating with chemicals.
In smartphone department quality of this coating is not as good (in most cases whole smartphone is cheaper than proper camera lenses). When there is some problem at manufacturing stage (like in One M8) or just very poor quality control (Z, Z1, Z2, compacts all have this problem) we see that this coating starts to flake very early. Sony and HTC should repair this, but they can say that you used chemicals cleaning your phone and destroyed it yourself and you can't do much about it.
Heat from excessive amount of sun light can be a reason too, but mostly in sunglasses left in direct sunlight for too long. In camera lenses (standalone or smartphone) destroyed coating is a result of bad manufacturing and bad usage, MOSTLY - not always of course.
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I guess the only thing i can do is to wipe it off and deal with it than.No guarantee that if i get an replacement (which wont happen) the ar coaing wont flake off again. :silly: Strange is that i have an ZR as well - dived in salt water and stuff with it and the coating its perfectly fine..

beni8978 said:
With what did you wipe it?
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Just use axeton

effective said:
I guess the only thing i can do is to wipe it off and deal with it than.No guarantee that if i get an replacement (which wont happen) the ar coaing wont flake off again. :silly: Strange is that i have an ZR as well - dived in salt water and stuff with it and the coating its perfectly fine..
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I had the exact issue on my Z tho.

Ok.Just to share with you guys.Ive removed the AR coating (or what was left of it) and the glass is crystal clear now , as the pictures i made from now on.They are sharp without distorsion and noise or blury.It helped me alot.The only disatvantage is that if direct sunlight fell on an object that you want to snap.It will get abit blurry,shiny.But there is a fix for that too.If you want to focus that object,just zoom abit,step closer to it,or fix the exposure of the picture before taking it.These things will do the job perfectly.Cheers.

I used a dab of toothpaste and a cotton swab. Took the scratched and blurry coating off without damaging the camera lens. Rinse afterward. I would advise against using any harsh chemicals.

monry said:
Nope, look carefully at the position of cars, guardrails etc.
Sony doesn't want to repair this (they say it's a user fault - bad usage of phone) just like HTC (One M8 have a much bigger issue with this coating on One M8).
To repair this you need to replace back panel, lens cover is integrated.
Sony does repair it! Got my back panel replaced with a new one, got my phone today only, it's as good as new!
I had the same problem, took it to the service centre, they submitted it and gave back an almost new (with back panel replaced) phone in just 6 days. So please don't reach any conclusion before you try the proper way.
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effective said:
Sony does repair it! Got my back panel replaced with a new one, got my phone today only, it's as good as new!
I had the same problem, took it to the service centre, they submitted it and gave back an almost new (with back panel replaced) phone in just 6 days. So please don't reach any conclusion before you try the proper way.
Thanks.
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In Poland Sony doesn't repair it and it didn't repair in Z or Z1 as well. In most cases at forums people have problems with warranty repair this too so maybe you are the chosen one?

Had the same thing & had some kind of stains that i think were caused by water, even ruined the quality in daylight :\ fixed it by rubbing shampoo on the lens "sounds silly but it actually worked "

The same for me and maybe worse.. BUT THEY DISAPPEARED AFTER FEW MONTHS LATER!!

S6 edge screen badly scratched straight out of the box.

On sunday, I pre ordered a 128gb s6 edge on tmobile's website, it arrived on tuesday, and as soon as I turned it on I noticed dead pixels and also i noticed under direct sunlight that the screen had scratches everywhere, i paid almost one thousand dollars for this and I found that unacceptable, so I called TMobile and they said I had to return the phone, wait until they refunded my money and then I could order another one OR I could buy another one and pay for it and return this one. So I just went ahead and placed another order and they overnighted a new phone to me. The phone arrived today, and it also has dead pixels or something black under the display (very noticebale) and also has a really scratched screen. The phone is nice, it works fine most of the time, but my problem is not with the software, it is with the lack of quality control Samsung is showing with this release.
I decided to return both phones, and i will be sticking with my iphone 6 until Samsung gets their act together, I dont want to throw Samsung under the but for a flagship phone, this issues should be non-existent. My advice to anyone that has ordered a s6 edge, is to check your screen for any dead pixels, and to check your phone;s screen under direct sunlight and see if you find any scratches.
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Don't be so sure that it's Samsung. Having this kind of issue twice in a row is a more likely sign of mishandling during delivery than an actual quality control issue.
I'd consider trying to see if I could get the device shipped to my carrier's local store for pickup, as delivery companies tend to be a bit more careful when shipping things to businesses than to consumers.

Same exact thing with my s6 edge 32gb. Small scratches allike over the screen.
My new one came today but I didn't open it yet to check.

Wow !! After that I will prefer to buy at the store after the April 10 !
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Poetique said:
Don't be so sure that it's Samsung. Having this kind of issue twice in a row is a more likely sign of mishandling during delivery than an actual quality control issue.
I'd consider trying to see if I could get the device shipped to my carrier's local store for pickup, as delivery companies tend to be a bit more careful when shipping things to businesses than to consumers.
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I would find it virtually impossible for the delivery company to scratch the screen. Each phone should have a screen cover installed at the factory. The dirt under the glass or dead pixels with 2 units delivered to the same person is also disturbing.
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Oh wow! Mine is all scratched up as well =( Right when I took it out of the box I noticed a pretty substantial scratch on the display. Then when I looked more closely, in more revealing lighting, I saw that I had light scratches all over the entire display. I am NOT happy with this. I will be getting a regular S6 for review when I can. If some of you are seeing the same things that I am, then statistically speaking, this is a pretty wide-spread issue. If you and I are seeing these scratches, it means that others are as well. I will keep a close eye on this.

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I would find it virtually impossible for the delivery company to scratch the screen. Each phone should have a screen cover installed at the factory. The dirt under the glass or dead pixels with 2 units delivered to the same person is also disturbing.
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You'd only find it virtually impossible if you've never been inside of a UPS or FedEx shipping facility (probably the USPS too, but I havn't actually been to the inner portions of one of those). I actually have never received a FedEx package to my area that wasn't beat up to some degree.
When I say that packages are literally occasionally tossed several YARDS across a room, I'm not kidding. And if whoever is supposed to catch them misses, well... what goes up eventually comes down lol.
The use of screen/devices covers only has one real effect, and that's preventing EXCESSIVE dust. Obviously, dust is dust, and you can't just eliminate it. It'll do a bit to stop scratches, but if a bit of fine debris that just so happens to get trapped under the dust cover it can still lead to scratches if the device gets shaken about in the box. And of course it does nothing to protect against impact damage, which is one potential cause of dead pixels.
I want to see what happens when other carriers start shipping. On that note, what courier is responsible for T-Mobile orders?
Edit: I'm also going to assume that everyone around here is aware of the fact that Gorilla Glass is visible to the naked eye if you have sharp eyesight, and that the "scratches" probably aren't scratches if they're uniform and follow some sort of pattern (you'd be surprised how many people thought they had scratched devices in the early days of Gorilla Glass lol).

Any pictures from any of you?

I just checked my screen. Zero scratches. Scared me for a second.

i expect these devices are assembled in vacuumed containers, in a similar fashion to hard drives, as such dust/particles are a non issue and it isnt possible to get dust under one of the plastic covers unless they are tampered with down the line - again this would just be my expectation but i would be surprised if this assessment wasnt accurate.

rjwdon said:
i expect these devices are assembled in vacuumed containers, in a similar fashion to hard drives, as such dust/particles are a non issue and it isnt possible to get dust under one of the plastic covers unless they are tampered with down the line - again this would just be my expectation but i would be surprised if this assessment wasnt accurate.
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You expect alot from mass manufacturing/assembly lol.
The kind of operation you're talking about would be more likely to be found when dealing with either small-scale manufacturing or manufacturing of devices that never touch human hands before reaching the consumer. Neither case applies to Samsung devices.

angelofmusic said:
Oh wow! Mine is all scratched up as well =( Right when I took it out of the box I noticed a pretty substantial scratch on the display. Then when I looked more closely, in more revealing lighting, I saw that I had light scratches all over the entire display. I am NOT happy with this. I will be getting a regular S6 for review when I can. If some of you are seeing the same things that I am, then statistically speaking, this is a pretty wide-spread issue. If you and I are seeing these scratches, it means that others are as well. I will keep a close eye on this.
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Oh no Both S6 Edges I have received both have the scratched screens. This is bad.

while thats true, it is a proceedure in place for hard drives, they literally will not work if there is a single speck of dust on the platter - if anything at all interferes with the read-head it will scratch the platter and bam dead hard drive.
it is entirely possible they dont use vacuum chambers for assembling phones however, I will grant you that lol

just try to clean the screen !
i thought i scratched my NoteEdge too but after i clean the screen, the scratches are gone !
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netnerd said:
just try to clean the screen !
i thought i scratched my NoteEdge too but after i clean the screen, the scratches are gone !
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Doesn't work.

There is no distinct pattern . They go in every which direction. I haven't seen this before and trust me when I say, I have reviewed A LOT of phones. It's strange to see gorilla glass 4 scratching this way. I have had my Note 4 for many months and it looks fantastic. I can see a few hairline scratches but nothing like what I already see on this less than a day old S6 Edge. At this point, I really can't pin down the cause. However, this is not made up. When I was at MWC I saw many, many models and didn't see any scratches on the displays. You bet once this device is more widely released that I will be exchanging mine!

So for those with scratched screens... how have you tried to go about cleaning them? And do the T-Mobile units come with a dust cover or a screen protector? If it's the latter, you might definitely want to try cleaning them as you could just be seeing small bits of adhesive.

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There is no distinct pattern . They go in every which direction. I haven't seen this before and trust me when I say, I have reviewed A LOT of phones. It's strange to see gorilla glass 4 scratching this way. I have had my Note 4 for many months and it looks fantastic. I can see a few hairline scratches but nothing like what I already see on this less than a day old S6 Edge. At this point, I really can't pin down the cause. However, this is not made up. When I was at MWC I saw many, many models and didn't see any scratches on the displays. You bet once this device is more widely released that I will be exchanging mine!
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Do you have black or white?

Scratches are scratches...
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So for those with scratched screens... how have you tried to go about cleaning them? And do the T-Mobile units come with a dust cover or a screen protector? If it's the latter, you might definitely want to try cleaning them as you could just be seeing small bits of adhesive.
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There was the standard plastic dust protector. All looked perfect as I pulled it out of that sleeve. Immediately I looked at the display and saw a pretty deep scratch. I thought it was adhesive and I rubbed at it. It didn't go away. Then I could feel it with my fingernail. Next I looked at the entire display in the light and I saw hairline scratches all over the place. Something is definitely going on here.
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Do you have black or white?
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Mine is black but I can't see that mattering much, unless one particular factory dealt with our models and they were only black...

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There was the standard plastic dust protector. All looked perfect as I pulled it out of that sleeve. Immediately I looked at the display and saw a pretty deep scratch. I thought it was adhesive and I rubbed at it. It didn't go away. Then I could feel it with my fingernail. Next I looked at the entire display in the light and I saw hairline scratches all over the place. Something is definitely going on here.
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That's very odd, and does sound like the sort of thing that would happen when there's a combination of an issue with fine debris getting trapped under the dust cover and the device being shaken about during shipping as it's unlikely that such a thing would pass any QA inspections.
The only unusual thing is that you said there was a DEEP scratch, and fine debris wouldn't cause that. Larger debris could, but that would indicate someone just being careless while packaging the device.

Sony z5 Frosted glass back prone to cracking?

Hello, this is my first time posting on this forum, great forum!
Now to my issue!
Bought gold version 3 weeks ago and on this sunday the frosted backglass cracked by it self, or atleast with no fall to the ground.
(Would love to post picture of the crack but XDA has 10 post rule, comming soon)...
This happend, i guess in my front pocket while driving for less than 20 min, i'm 100% that is was not cracked before i left. i did a web search to check if this may be an reported problem. only other source i could find was an comment on theverge.com but their phone had a similar type of crack as mine had and it cracked without abuse.
So im wondering, do other people have this problem?
I just sendt my phone to get serviced on warrenty, but as broken glass usally get dismissed as user error, i want to get other stories like mine to back up my claim as production error.
If others have this similar crack, please post about it, a picture would help and tell shortly how it happend. Thank you.

I did have this issue with my Z3, not dropped, but a giant big crack did appear.
I sent in for warranty to the 3rd party company that handles it here in Australia (can't remember their name but they weren't very good) and no surprise they said no to a warranty.
I hope this doesn't happen to my Z5!!!

I already know 2 more cases of Z5 with cracked back without any further fall damage. Most of these cases are after playing a game for a while or doing something else that heats up the phone a lot. I know i am never buying a sony ever again. This has been a problem ever since the first Z serie came out all sony does is pull out a big fat middle finger.
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Has been a Problem with any glass back cover on any phones. Slap on a screen protector and youre good to go.

just use a screen protector? won't help with self cracking. i'ts a 700+ dollar device. it should not do that. but yea, glass may crack sometimes. but Sony knows that the glass have cracked in earlier phones, should have learned to avoid that, though on the Z5 it seems like they have tried to make the glass more protected against fall damage.

Had Z, Z1, Z2, Z3 and Z5. No cracked glass, back or front.

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just use a screen protector? won't help with self cracking. i'ts a 700+ dollar device. it should not do that. but yea, glass may crack sometimes. but Sony knows that the glass have cracked in earlier phones, should have learned to avoid that, though on the Z5 it seems like they have tried to make the glass more protected against fall damage.
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dont underestimate a piece of plastic, you have no idea how many times that piece of plastic sheet saved my phones from cracking. I dropped my original Z Nth times and it didnt even crack/scratch a bit. There is another purpose for screen protectors other than preventing the screens from scratching.

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Had Z, Z1, Z2, Z3 and Z5. No cracked glass, back or front.
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Same here... Very good experience with XZs phones and never faced a cracked without drop
Not Lucky guy you are

LitoNi said:
dont underestimate a piece of plastic, you have no idea how many times that piece of plastic sheet saved my phones from cracking. I dropped my original Z Nth times and it didnt even crack/scratch a bit. There is another purpose for screen protectors other than preventing the screens from scratching.
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Yes, a screen protector will help against fall damage. but when it cracks by it self, it's not that usefull. And my last phone (Z3) needed to faceplant a concret floor to crack the screen. so that the Z5 is cracking without falling is not the same case.
Anyway, Talked with Sony's Nordic support team. They said that my type of crack, "Hairline crack" should be coverd by Warrenty. But with a 3 party repair firm, they may say otherwise. my phone just arrived this morning. Will update status.

GiGi. said:
I already know 2 more cases of Z5 with cracked back without any further fall damage. Most of these cases are after playing a game for a while or doing something else that heats up the phone a lot. I know i am never buying a sony ever again. This has been a problem ever since the first Z serie came out all sony does is pull out a big fat middle finger.
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i really feel sry for u man but i can tell u from my experiance ,that i never had such problem...i had xperia Z(my mother still using it),Z2(my brother also has it) and now Z5 and i was playing games alot and all the phones were hot while playing intensively but never cracked back panel i really dont know how that happend to u...maybe ur just unlucky or so

GiGi. said:
I already know 2 more cases of Z5 with cracked back without any further fall damage. Most of these cases are after playing a game for a while or doing something else that heats up the phone a lot. I know i am never buying a sony ever again. This has been a problem ever since the first Z serie came out all sony does is pull out a big fat middle finger.
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That looks like a crack by external force in small areas creating the ripples. Kinda interesting that the crack goes past the lens cover in plastic in a straight line. Almost like it is photoshopped considering the cracking line on the SONY logo and how it goes over and under with no separation and that it seems to have different resolution vs phone when zoomed in..
Neverthless the same was heared with previous Z models and looking at many of the photos it was evident that both cracking and bending was by user and external force applied. Everyone is innocent they say.. mmm well..

Why glass anyway?
Does anyone know why Sony even bothered to use glass for the rear? I mean, it looks like plastic, feels like plastic and even sounds like plastic when you tap it.
Is it just to prevent scratching?

ricodredd said:
Does anyone know why Sony even bothered to use glass for the rear? I mean, it looks like plastic, feels like plastic and even sounds like plastic when you tap it.
Is it just to prevent scratching?
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The like to use "premium" materials for their flagship phones.
Glass feels expensive, feels premium.

Miroslav.Cvejic said:
The like to use "premium" materials for their flagship phones.
Glass feels expensive, feels premium.
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I said it looks, sounds and FEELS like plastic. Sorry, not getting the premium vibe there...
Phone's sweet though. No complaints except I should've gotten the green one.

Out of curiosity. The ones that have cracked backsides, do you use the phones vibrate function a lot? Wondering becouse it is really strong and might create oscillation waves that maybe weakens the Dragonglass.

EQ2000 said:
do you use the phones vibrate function a lot?
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What are you insinuating?

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What are you insinuating?
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That glass is sensitive to oscillating vibrations and might make it more pron to break in certain conditions.

Woke up to this little surprise.
The Phone was lying on my table over night (not loading or anything).
Full size picture: https://www.dropbox.com/s/7pewrhpcejccuyx/2015-11-13 11.25.39.jpg?dl=0

seems like all these issues are just the back, also, users don't have screen protectors on it. Just pointing out the "obvious." just dropped my phone from waist height on to the wooden floor and the screens didn't crack at all nor are there any dents. thank god to the screen Ps. Don't get why you guys are so against screen Ps......
glass crack because of heat and the external temperature, this is called "stress cracks." Why is the back cracking most often? because there is more heat produced on the back than the front. and sorry guys we don't live in an era where glass don't crack, live with it or prevent it.

Don't have anything against sp's, i like peeling of the plastic on new stuff, sp's resembles that so in my case I will peel it of after a couple of days. anyhow, i don't think a sp would have helped my crack or F_spindels. if there is a problem with the production of the Z5, the glass will break, SP or not.
wooden floors are not that hard of a surface to hit, never broken a screen on wooden floors. Tiles and concrete have been killers in the past for me.

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Just got it! the case is nicely packed in a package for a premium experience.
The case is just as expected, very high quality, thin and executive styled. The S9+ has no camera bump so the thickness of the case is just nice to protect it when you sit the phone backwards on a table.
Cut out for the microphone, speaker, charging port is also nicely done.
Things to note:
1) very slim case, it only offers minimal protection although military grade material is used
2) the Pitaka wireless Qi charging car mount does not work well with the s9/s9+ case, I received info from pitaka that the s9+ position of the wireless charging coil of S9 therefore the position of the built-in metal plate is different from other cases, they are still testing there new wireless charging mount, it will come out later,
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case is dead haha
anyway to people that are planning to get the qi wireless charging mount, just hold it off..
pitaka is working on a revised model specifically for the s9/s9+, I have already provided a link in the OP so check it out if you are interested

Someone should post a video of a drop test. I seriously doubt that a case not even 1mm thick can protect the phone from any drops.

Saw a vid on Youtube, was not a pretty sight... Problem is, cant find it anymore.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHda4tSlRmQ 11.00 minutes

But seriously i feel drop test are overrated.. obviously you arent suppose to drop ur phone and theres always risk that phone can be damage cosmetically or internally from dropping..
Tbh i have the same case i used for my pixel 2xl and i drop it like couple of times on hard concrete by accident and luckily the phone did survive as it hit the corner on the case. Phone is still perfect.. but thats just me being lucky..
I wouldnt recommend this case if you are looking for good drop protection... This is for thin case lovers and i like the texture and quality of the case

i use either unicorn beetle case with front and back proper protection or when im not in a mood of a case. i don't put any .
In my opinion all thin profile cases are useless and waste of money.
Either you have full protection which helps saving your phone or you don't if you like to have better screen interaction and touch feel
i dropped an S6 Edge+ few years back on carpeted floor. It had a Spigen Rugged So Called 810G Mil Protection. Military grade my ass, and it just smashed.
So if you survive drops in such cases its a miracle you are really lucky. Its not the case which saved you , its the angle it hit and your sheer luck thats all
I have a Samsung OEM Rugged Case which i use when im going out formal as well

kingwicked said:
i use either unicorn beetle case with front and back proper protection or when im not in a mood of a case. i don't put any .
In my opinion all thin profile cases are useless and waste of money.
Either you have full protection which helps saving your phone or you don't if you like to have better screen interaction and touch feel
i dropped an S6 Edge+ few years back on carpeted floor. It had a Spigen Rugged So Called 810G Mil Protection. Military grade my ass, and it just smashed.
So if you survive drops in such cases its a miracle you are really lucky. Its not the case which saved you , its the angle it hit and your sheer luck thats all
I have a Samsung OEM Rugged Case which i use when im going out formal as well
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Cool story....
The other option is people who don't drop their phones like crazy but want some protection from scratches and scuffs since you know, this phone is glass. With out making an already large phone the size of a tank.

kingwicked said:
i use either unicorn beetle case with front and back proper protection or when im not in a mood of a case. i don't put any .
In my opinion all thin profile cases are useless and waste of money.
Either you have full protection which helps saving your phone or you don't if you like to have better screen interaction and touch feel
i dropped an S6 Edge+ few years back on carpeted floor. It had a Spigen Rugged So Called 810G Mil Protection. Military grade my ass, and it just smashed.
So if you survive drops in such cases its a miracle you are really lucky. Its not the case which saved you , its the angle it hit and your sheer luck thats all
I have a Samsung OEM Rugged Case which i use when im going out formal as well
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Everyone has their own opinions on cases whether it being thick or thin. Thats why so many cases are available in the market for us to choose right.
For me, i freaking hate cases and everytime when i upgrade to a newer phone, my used phones are often not in a favourable condition to negotiate for a better selling price. Thats when i really look into getting like the thinnest and quality cases so i wouldn't be disrupted by the feel(size of phone and texture) from everyday usage while looking sleek at the same time.
I didnt say the pitaka case saved my phone screen from cracking.. i was just really lucky and i agree it was sheer luck especially dropping it on a road.. but it did save me from the deep scratches that might have occured if i didnt have a case on.

anyone has got the new qi wireless car charger from pitaka specifically for the s9+?

xzr3b0rnzx said:
anyone has got the new qi wireless car charger from pitaka specifically for the s9+?
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Yes, showed up yesterday

Wish it would protect all the edges. Sides of the glass are exposed and will crack if landing onto a rock or something like that.

Huey85 said:
Wish it would protect all the edges. Sides of the glass are exposed and will crack if landing onto a rock or something like that.
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There are cases that do that. If it did what you want it would lose it's whole purpose.

zathus said:
There are cases that do that. If it did what you want it would lose it's whole purpose.
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Thanks. Would you know where I could find a Kevlar case that does cover the edges also but thin? Not bulky case.
Yeah, didn't think so..

Huey85 said:
Thanks. Would you know where I could find a Kevlar case that does cover the edges also but thin? Not bulky case.
Yeah, didn't think so..
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well, evutec is another brand.. but they don't have cases for s9, no idea why.
anyway, just noticed there are more color ways available, maybe you'd change your mind

updated OP on discount code

$50 for a case. I can buy 10 Chinese cases for that price! it's 2018 cases are really cheap plus the opening in the back makes it ugly.

llaugerm said:
$50 for a case. I can buy 10 Chinese cases for that price! it's 2018 cases are really cheap plus the opening in the back makes it ugly.
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You can buy a thin ridged case made of Kevlar x 10 for 50 bucks? Can you share a link? That's a good deal!

llaugerm said:
plus the opening in the back makes it ugly.
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Would kind of defeat the purpose of having a camera on a phone if you had it in a case with no opening to allow it to be used, I would think.

Might be the first screen crashed case in this forum

I bought it 2 days ago, through this 2days' experience, I am really satisfied with its camera as well as the battery. Today when I hold it and it slid out from my hand and then fall down on the floor. I should say the distance between my hand and floor is only 0.3m or 0.4m. But! the screen has been totally crashed!! I never use a phone has that horrible quality. For my last phone, XR, even not crashed from 1m dropped without any protection and the screen didn't crash at all. What should I do? Ask google for help or find some fix shop? That's really a FUXKing day for me!
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jayxiao171735 said:
I bought it 2 days ago, through this 2days' experience, I am really satisfied with its camera as well as the battery. Today when I hold it and it slid out from my hand and then fall down on the floor. I should say the distance between my hand and floor is only 0.3m or 0.4m. But! the screen has been totally crashed!! I never use a phone has that horrible quality. For my last phone, XR, even not crashed from 1m dropped without any protection and the screen didn't crash at all. What should I do? Ask google for help or find some fix shop? That's really a FUXKing day for me!
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Call Google. Maybe they will help you out. If not I saw teardown videos and this phone seems relatively easy to repair on your own, if you can find the parts.
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The things with screens is it isn't really the height that kills them. It's how it lands that really decides if it will shatter or not. I've had phones survive being launched off my lap and across the parking lot but then not survive a less than a foot drop on to the floor in my house.

Maybe tell google you pulled it out of your pocket and it was smashed. If you say you dropped it regardless of height they will say no

pbanj said:
The things with screens is it isn't really the height that kills them. It's how it lands that really decides if it will shatter or not. I've had phones survive being launched off my lap and across the parking lot but then not survive a less than a foot drop on to the floor in my house.
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I can second this. I had a phone dropped from my shirt pocket to the floor survive. (A roughly 1.5m drop) The same phone dropping less than 50 cm from my pants pocket to the floor while I was sitting on a curb shattered the screen.

Tbh its foolish not to have the phone wearing tempered glass and a case these days. Even if this is mid range £400 is still £400.

pbanj said:
The things with screens is it isn't really the height that kills them. It's how it lands that really decides if it will shatter or not. I've had phones survive being launched off my lap and across the parking lot but then not survive a less than a foot drop on to the floor in my house.
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you are right, this phone land with its screen totally lip the floor.

Sturdyturdy said:
Tbh its foolish not to have the phone wearing tempered glass and a case these days. Even if this is mid range £400 is still £400.
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Yeah, my fault, I regard it as a 200 phone...maybe

lol...it all depends on the point of impact..
i have seen phones with gorilla glass 5 also crack when dropped from similar height ..
cant blame the quality, as no screen manufacturer can say or claim "wont crack if dropped from less than 1m".

Where did you buy it from? You said two days ago, so maybe they will let you exchange it.

Thread Cleaned.
If there are legit ways please do help the OP else don't crowd the thread with replies irrelevant to Op's issue.
Thanks
SacredDeviL666.

pbanj said:
Where did you buy it from? You said two days ago, so maybe they will let you exchange it.
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My friend give me as a gift, so I don't know where he bought..

jayxiao171735 said:
My friend give me as a gift, so I don't know where he bought..
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Maybe see if he can exchange it

I'll add my name to the list. Wife dropped her phone from waist height yesterday. Bought on Sunday. Smashed screen. Our Cases are being delivered today. . We have insurance but still. Is Dragon tail glass that much weaker than Gorilla glass?

If you drop weighted glass on the floor 9 times out of 10 it will break no matter the height. If you don't have a case on and it doesn't break consider yourself lucky.

bobby janow said:
If you drop weighted glass on the floor 9 times out of 10 it will break no matter the height. If you don't have a case on and it doesn't break consider yourself lucky.
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Totally. Not suggesting otherwise but still sucks. We bought at a store that didn't have cases, and had to wait for Amazon.
That said: anyone know the difference between the two glass types? I watched the bend test and thought it was pretty amazing how much pressure the phone withstood and didn't break.

teknhard said:
Totally. Not suggesting otherwise but still sucks. We bought at a store that didn't have cases, and had to wait for Amazon.
That said: anyone know the difference between the two glass types? I watched the bend test and thought it was pretty amazing how much pressure the phone withstood and didn't break.
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Afaik there are no definitive tests to compare the 2. Anyone who says the dragontrail is weaker is speaking solely on the fact that it was cheaper to manufacture with this instead of gorilla glass. The jerryrigeverything video seems to suggest it scratches at the exact same level of the mohs hardness scale. I think a bad drop without protection is a bad drop, regardless which flavor of glass your device is rocking.
You looked into replacement options? Phone seems relatively simple to take apart based on teardown videos. Maybe save a few bucks and give a replacement a go, assuming parts are available.
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jmtjr278 said:
Afaik there are no definitive tests to compare the 2. Anyone who says the dragontrail is weaker is speaking solely on the fact that it was cheaper to manufacture with this instead of gorilla glass. The jerryrigeverything video seems to suggest it scratches at the exact same level of the mohs hardness scale. I think a bad drop without protection is a bad drop, regardless which flavor of glass your device is rocking.
You looked into replacement options? Phone seems relatively simple to take apart based on teardown videos. Maybe save a few bucks and give a replacement a go, assuming parts are available.
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Luckily I have insurance (figured going caseless, I would take it for the first month)
Screen replacement seems cheap. I think 129.00 in Canada through the shop

teknhard said:
Luckily I have insurance (figured going caseless, I would take it for the first month)
Screen replacement seems cheap. I think 129.00 in Canada through the shop
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You'd be surprised what you can do yourself. There are very good teardown videos and you set yourself up just in case down the road. If parts are available on eBay you can save and learn.
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teknhard said:
Totally. Not suggesting otherwise but still sucks. We bought at a store that didn't have cases, and had to wait for Amazon.
That said: anyone know the difference between the two glass types? I watched the bend test and thought it was pretty amazing how much pressure the phone withstood and didn't break.
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It was years ago at this point but there was a video with a dude testing dragontrail and he did the usual crap, hitting it with a hammer, chucking it across a parking lot, running it over, etc.... It was fine.