Warning: Galaxy S4 Screens Breaking.

[MI5]

There are a few reports of S4 screens breaking all by themselves floating around the net at the moment. Most people have reported that they put their phones in their pocket and take them out to find lines across an otherwise blank, black screen. Samsung have not, as yet, acknowledged a manufacturing fault thoough apparently they are aware of a number of reported issues and are so far blaming user error for the damage. Time will tell how they properly respond to this (if at all) and how much damage it will do to sales of the product.

[MI5]

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@Anonymous wrote:
But MI5, The bootloaders on the HTC!!!!!

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BUT, I know how to unlock them

[Anonymous]

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@MI5 wrote:

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@Anonymous wrote:
But MI5, The bootloaders on the HTC!!!!!

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BUT, I know how to unlock them

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Take it you don't buy network locked ones then?

[perksie]

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@Anonymous wrote:

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Take it you don't buy network locked ones then?

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[Anonymous]

I'd love to buy a SIM free but about £500 short!

[perksie]

I bought a Nexus 4 directly from Google which I think was £239 or £279 for the 8 -16Gb versions which I thought was a good deal.

I put a few pounds to one side until I had enough.

It might not be as flash as an S4 but it does what I want and I've had no issues with it.

[Anonymous]

That would probably be the only way I'd get SIM free is a Nexus. They seem pretty reasonable price wise.

[Anonymous]

Anyway, Best get back on topic!!!! LOL

[Anonymous]

It's a shame this is happening as lots of excited early adopters have rushed out to get this phone.

What with this and the internal memory issue.

But,,,,,,

I'm not saying too much with the release of the iPhone 5s / 6 being not too far around the corner !

Lol.

[MI5]

It's a sad fact that everything these days (not just phones) are been manufactured as cheaply as possible. This means that the engineering is "on the limit" of acceptability. Whilst the flexing of the case may not be an issue for 70/80% of customers there will always be a few who have their phone in a pocket when they sit down and put some slight pressure in just the wrong area and "crack" 😞
I posted this as a warning to owners and potential owners to be extra careful at least until the full extent of the issue is understood, but potentially it could equally apply to ANY phone out there, regardless of manufacturer.
With all new phones come new issues

[jonsie]

To be honest it's issues such as this that stop me jumping for a new model when it first launches. Just my opinion but I wait a couple of months for these problems to come to light. There are always people queing for new phones but I prefer to read this and other forums for real user reviews.