Graham88
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Registered: 16th Apr 07
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Don't drop the cunt 
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Nismo
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Registered: 12th Sep 02
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 ouch, insured?
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Graham88
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Registered: 16th Apr 07
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Yah! When I bought it last week my mate looked at me and said "Why on earth would you need that?"
And here we are, a week later
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Marc
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Registered: 11th Aug 02
Location: York
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Yeah, you don't want to drop your phone!
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Paul_J
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Registered: 6th Jun 02
Location: London
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ah crap! I drop my nokia all the time?
was it a drop from a high height?
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Mad Moe
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Registered: 14th Jun 01
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Was just thinking the same, must have been some drop
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ed
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Registered: 10th Sep 03
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I don't think they are as well designed as Nokias when it comes to impact resistance, which is rediculous as it's something the designers should have looked into. They look nice, but a drop will fuck them totally...
Luckily you can buy a new screen for about £40 and to dismantle and repair it isn't too hard.
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ed
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Registered: 10th Sep 03
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I keep mine in a hard leather case btw, keeps it safe... 
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dave17
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Registered: 3rd Sep 02
Location: Greater London
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werent they meant to be durable? to be fair any phone can smash if you drop it
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ed
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I think that they are very solid, but they are quite heavy and I think that any drop will go straight through the aluminium case and be transmitted straight to the glass front on the screen. That is unless it lands on the small plastic part at the bottom as that will absorb a lot more of the impact than the aluminium part...
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Dom
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Registered: 13th Sep 03
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Any decent cases for the iphone that would protect it from drops and the likes?
Have an iSkin for my ipod, thats pretty good, but not sure if the iphone version would save the screen getting bashed in 
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Bart
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Registered: 19th Aug 02
Location: Midsomer Norton, Bristol Avon
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i know what this calls for
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Graham88
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Registered: 16th Apr 07
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quote:
Originally posted by Paul_J
was it a drop from a high height?
Not really, just fell out my pocket when I was running in the rain 
quote:
Originally posted by ed
I keep mine in a hard leather case btw, keeps it safe...
I bought one in Carphone Warehouse when I took it in for repair. Bit bloody late but hopefully if it happens again it'll be absorbed this time rather than directly on the casing.
Annoying, but shit happens.
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ed
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Registered: 10th Sep 03
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Probably got the same case as me then
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Graham88
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Registered: 16th Apr 07
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Incase anyone was interested, got it back today, they replaced it completely
Taking ages to put it back to how it was
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Paul_J
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Registered: 6th Jun 02
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hah they offered me insurance and i was nahhh don't need it concerns me now.
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Graham88
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Registered: 16th Apr 07
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Not only would u lose £170 but I doubt you'd be able to find somewhere that still has them in stock! I've always taken insurance out on phones, I'm a clumsy fucker and u just never know what'll happen!
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ed
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Registered: 10th Sep 03
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You can buy replacement screens from ebay. Taking apart an iPhone is a pretty simple job and replacing the screen (or battery/camera/speaker/logic board for that matter) is also not too hard...
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