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Anonymous
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I took out a 24 month contract with Mobiles.co.uk in January 2014, Im now on my 3rd Lumia 1020, the previous 2 both had the same problem, the camera failing and getting extremely hot, the one I'm using at the moment has started getting really hot so I put it on my windowsil to cool down, I went to the toilet and when I came back our cat was sat on the windowsil but my phone wasnt, I looked out of the window and saw it on the floor, I immediately panicked and went and got my phone, went back upstairs and had a look at it, the only damage to it was a couple of scuff marks on the casing and the bottom left of the screen is starting to pop out, I got onto mobiles.co.uk straight away but their live chat was down so I spoke to a really nice guy called Rick and explained to him what had happened, he told me I should take it into the carphone warehouse, so I did, the guy behind the counter was really rude as I showed him the printout of the chat with Rick and he said "doesnt make any difference to me"

He also said he could send the phone away to be repaired but they would only repair it if the screen was smashed and they wouldnt if it wasnt smashed.

I got back onto mobiles.co.uk and spoke to David and told him about the guy in the carphone warehouse and he  said  I am sorry about the troubles you have had and seems like you have had contradictory information. If your handset is faulty (especially overheating) then you do in fact need to visit Carphone Warehouse. If they are telling you to come to us, then you need to ask them to call us so we can explain to them about the repair period, I asked for a manager callback, he took my number and said a manager would call me back within 2 hours, I never got a call back

 

Ive told mobiles.co.uk that Im not happy as this is the 3rd Lumia 1020 Ive had, all with the same problem

 

Can someone please help me and advise where I stand with regards to this

 

Thanks

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My son had a recent experience although not caused by our cat.

He put his iPhone 5c on the top bathroom window sill to listen to music while he took a shower. It fell off and smashed the screen.

His bank cover got him a brand new one.

So he's £50 for the excess. £15 for the official cover and I've purchased a shower radio.

Learning curves can be rather expensive. 😞
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Thought you would have pointed out the pitfalls of phones and steam in the bathroom bob.

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I did but he's 21 and knows everything about anything !

Reckons because he had the window open and the expel air on it would be ok.

Didn't account for the slippery surfaces of the phone and sill coupled with the breeze coming through the window !

Ah to be young again. wink
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I fear at £50 excess replacement fee he won't. 😞
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Open windows and falling phones seems to be a common theme just lately 😞
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