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Nearly had a heart attack

So here i am, getting my phone. IT's fairly hot...of noes another SOD. I'm walking, take it out of the case. Take off the battery cover....and it slips. Im around 5 11 , and was holding it at chest height when it fell. No joke, it was like time stopped. I saw it fall slowly, without any protection
It hit the ground...and the battery flew out (obviously). I was scared even though the screen didnt crack. because the flipping Camera hit the ground first since it popped out!
At first, it wouldn't read the battery, and showed a question mark. A quick battery remove and insert fixed that.
It works fine, but after that momment, im scared to drop. Can't bear to see my baby damaged
Just wanted to share a story.
BTW: how durable are these phones? If it was my old iphone,.......uhh wouldnt have been so good. The plastic hasnt even been dented
BTW arethese hings like bulletproof. It's

The odds of a phone surviving being dropped is so variable that it is unpredictable except for obviously disastrous circumstances. Wear textured rubber gloves to reduce the potential of dropping it.

I remember when I dropped mine about 5 feet face down on asphalt/concrete whatever it was and I was so mad that I walked away. Didn't bother to even look if it was cracked because I thought it was done. I ended up picking it up and it was pefect. No scratches on the screen only on metal sidings.
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Core Memory said:
The odds of a phone surviving being dropped is so variable that it is unpredictable except for obviously disastrous circumstances. Wear textured rubber gloves to reduce the potential of dropping it.
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Well, that sounds a bit peculiar for just a phone

Blazing angel said:
Well, that sounds a bit peculiar for just a phone
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You are still on the G2x correct? I just checked mine, it has a small nick on the metal band. Nothing too bad though.

Blazing angel said:
Well, that sounds a bit peculiar for just a phone
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Also, the phone should wear protection, put the phone in a transparent condom.

This is why my phone is encased in lucite.

i usually carry my cell in this while on the go...
http://www.bulletproofvestshop.com/...ion-Level-IIIA-3A-Light-Weight-Bag-Brown.html

burhanistan said:
This is why my phone is encased in lucite.
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Like an insect trapped in amber? If so, in millions of years, when aliens visit the burnt-out remnants of earth, they will find it and wonder why NVIDIA didn't provide the information developers needed.

Core Memory said:
Like an insect trapped in amber? If so, in millions of years, when aliens visit the burnt-out remnants of earth, they will find it and wonder why NVIDIA didn't provide the information developers needed.
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Lol nice one.

Thanks for the link, I ordered one and ill make a review on it once it arrives
crazythunder said:
i usually carry my cell in this while on the go...
http://www.bulletproofvestshop.com/...ion-Level-IIIA-3A-Light-Weight-Bag-Brown.html
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crazythunder said:
i usually carry my cell in this while on the go...
http://www.bulletproofvestshop.com/...ion-Level-IIIA-3A-Light-Weight-Bag-Brown.html
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You might want to put that bulletproof briefcase in this:
http://www.ecscase.com/shipping/valise-cases/valise-supreme-38f-case
That way, you're ready for anything. Well, almost anything.

Ya why not just put it in a underground bomb bunker while your at it, this is getting retarded!
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Ive dropped mines several times.. Not from.that high though and mostly on carpet.. I'm usually very careful with my phone.the phone is still in very good condition..this is one of the most under rated phones imo. Ive never kept a phone as long as this.. I love look and performance
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And I hate cases and screen protectors.. They take so much away from the phone

I dropped mine out of my lap onto a gravel driveway while getting out of the car. Screen shattered into a spider web. Wasn't very far down. Glad I have insurance. I agree that this phone is underated.

Core Memory said:
Like an insect trapped in amber? If so, in millions of years, when aliens visit the burnt-out remnants of earth, they will find it and wonder why NVIDIA didn't provide the information developers needed.
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Word
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I've heard peolpe dropped theirs 3 feet and it breaks. Personally I dropped mine off a 15 foot ladder at work and it landed on sharply corrugated metal flooring face first. Heart skipped a beat, I went and pick it up and nothing at all happened No scratches, nothing. But then again, Gorilla glass is made to not scratch from metal so drop it on concrete and I wouldn't be to sure.

Ive dropped mine a few times, and in my case, the corners are pretty easily dented, like soft plastic.

Drop Test Video - Not too bad

It survives drops on to its back and bottom edge. Being dropped on its face does it in. Even after that though the AMOLED panels works. That's good because the SGS4 was have strange issues with the AMOLED cracking but not the GG3 panel it was bonded to. For the N3 it seems the AMOLED panel's a bit tougher.

I always hate too see the phone I really like get abused like that lol, but so worth it!
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Too bad it's made of plastic. If this was made of premium materials it would have torn up the concrete right through to China.

Broke an early released ATT phone, blasphemy!

I hate these droptests like hell. What a waste of materials and rare earths. THIS is decadence on its highest level.
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Well, it has to be done. Even upper class cars like a Hummer, Lamborghini, Ferrari, Porsche, Mercedes S or SLK and BMW 5, 6 and 7 are being destroyed in crash tests multiple times... That's a waste, too. But it's for security reasons. And phones are somewhat cheaper.
btw. I had to find out the exact same results on my N2 by myself. I accidentally dropped it many many times and it survived every single time. But last week it fell out of my pocket (3ft. / 90cm) right onto its face, and guess what, Spider Man was there. Just like in the video. Still working, but now I have this webby foreground as well.
So long, thanks for the video!
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If that massive screen would have held up.............. I would have shat myself!!!!
rooted,recovered,and rebooted from the ol' i777.......

keinenplandavon said:
Well, it has to be done. Even upper class cars like a Hummer, Lamborghini, Ferrari, Porsche, Mercedes S or SLK and BMW 5, 6 and 7 are being destroyed in crash tests multiple times... That's a waste, too. But it's for security reasons. And phones are somewhat cheaper.
btw. I had to find out the exact same results on my N2 by myself. I accidentally dropped it many many times and it survived every single time. But last week it fell out of my pocket (3ft. / 90cm) right onto its face, and guess what, Spider Man was there. Just like in the video. Still working, but now I have this webby foreground as well.
So long, thanks for the video!
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That's a godawful comparison. "Drop tests" are completely retarded. They're poorly conducted, unscientific, and thus unreliable as a metric for... well... anything. Car crash tests are well conducted, and reliable. Very rarely do people give a damn about how a phone will hold up to a drop before they buy it. They just buy the phone they want. This isn't necessarily true with cars. People with families are very interested in crash tests. If someone drops a phone then they take the consequences as it happens. In the little time between the drop and it hitting the floor no one is going to take solace in a drop test, and the people who really do care about this type of thing use cases which makes the test all that much more useless. Additionally cars are much more sturdy, and take much less punishment to the actual chassis over their lifetime. Over the course of their lifetime phones have many minor "car accidents." Throw it on the bed, bump into someone in a subway, fumble it, but not quite drop it etc. Cars don't take that proportional level of punishment over their lifetime, so when a phone first "drops" they'll be significantly weaker than it would be coming out of the box.
tl;dr. Anyone who puts any stock into a phone drop test whatsoever should seriously examine what they believe to be their actual level of intelligence.

Drop tests can actually be.very interesting. But only of its testing a phone that was actually.built with durability as a selling point,
Take the Sony Xperia z for instance. The Sony rep was in our store today and threw his phone on the hardwood floor 3 times on purpose. From about 5 feet high. Not a drop... a toss/throw. And not a scratch on the phone..

I am sure 99.999% users will keep the phone well and won't play "daredevil".
Get a decent case (hybrid is preferred because my Note 2 was saved twice from breaking with these hybrid cases).
If you think drop test is not enough? Check out "dovetasatic" on youtube. Ken can do much further from microwaving to using other ways you never expect.

What's the point of random people on YouTube performing this test?

clninja said:
Drop tests can actually be.very interesting. But only of its testing a phone that was actually.built with durability as a selling point,
Take the Sony Xperia z for instance. The Sony rep was in our store today and threw his phone on the hardwood floor 3 times on purpose. From about 5 feet high. Not a drop... a toss/throw. And not a scratch on the phone..
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No. Dropping something is a dumb test no matter how you attempt to look at it. Objects rotate when dropped, and thus hit semi randomly. This goes even moreso for throwing things. Drop tests don't mean a damn thing.

xManMythLegend said:
Too bad it's made of plastic. If this was made of premium materials it would have torn up the concrete right through to China.
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Clearly you fail at physics there. Plastic is light and flexible, so it's protects better by absorbing the energy on impact and hard to deform.
What are premium materials? Glass and aluminum? Glass could shatter and aluminum could deform to the point that it wont let you close the lid.

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Clearly you fail at physics there. Plastic is light and flexible, so it's protects better by absorbing the energy on impact and hard to deform.
What are premium materials? Glass and aluminum? Glass could shatter and aluminum could deform to the point that it wont let you close the lid.
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I think you missed the sarcasm there, bud

water damage?

Has anyone found any information on how samsung plans to deal with an S5 that has water damage. being that the phone is supposed to be water resistant ( and I have watched a few blogger test of the water proofing with surprisingly good results) also post general water resistant discussions here

jayshocka said:
Has anyone found any information on how samsung plans to deal with an S5 that has water damage. being that the phone is supposed to be water proof ( and I have watched a few blogger test of the water proofing with surprisingly good results) also post general water proof discussions here
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It isn't supposed to be waterproof. It's supposed to be water RESISTANT for shallow water (1 meter I believe) for 30 minutes or less.

Point made and that is what I meant. But still curious if Samsung is going to stand behind that
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Yeah how do you/they prove that it leaked at 1.1 meters or .9 meters?
I have a feeling that it will usually swing their way and they won't cover it....

bhess said:
Yeah how do you/they prove that it leaked at 1.1 meters or .9 meters?
I have a feeling that it will usually swing their way and they won't cover it....
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Exactly...

I read somewhere they won't cover water damage at all
They did the same thing with the s4 active
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H2O Soak Test...

So I had a different soak test this weekend, but mine had nothing to do with software.
I had my Moto X Pure in the chest pocket of my waders while out hunting, and apparently that pocket is not waterproof (of course a smarter man would have known this as evidenced by the drainage hole built into the bottom of said pocket).
When I was searching my pocket for more shells for my shotgun I found my wet phone. And by wet I mean water literally running out of the USB plug as I pulled it from my pocket. I could shake the phone and more water would drip out.
Then good news is that the phone still functioned normally, no glitches, no problems. The only thing odd was the bottom half of my screen looked wet - on the inside. Now 24 hours later, the screen has lost it's wet look, things seem to have dried out, and everything still functions fine!
Bottom line...Seems to be water resistant just as advertised. Not water proof, as evidenced by the screen staying wet, but able to survive a pretty good dunking. By the way, I continued to use the phone while it was wet.
Very Happy Moto X Pure user!

I believe Motorola coats the innards of their phones in a water resistant (not particularly water proof) coating. Seems to have paid off for you!
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I have a waterproof pouch I put my phone in while duck hunting.

How is shooting innocent, unarmed, fluffy animals working out for you guys.... Makes you feel like a real Alpha male?
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ibila said:
How is shooting innocent, unarmed, fluffy animals working out for you guys.... Makes you feel like a real Alfa male?
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What is an Alfa male?

razieltov said:
What is an Alfa male?
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A male still in early development builds? Maybe..

minamfm said:
A male still in early development builds? Maybe..
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Wouldn't it be an Alpha male build instead?

Pretty sure an Alfa male is one owned by an Italian auto maker.
Good to hear it survived its dunking, I've used mine in drizzle before but I was hoping someone would accidentally do a water test for me. Thanks!
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ibila said:
How is shooting innocent, unarmed, fluffy animals working out for you guys.... Makes you feel like a real Alpha male?
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Deliciously.
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Nice to hear I don't have to worry about normal rain storms.
PiousInquisitor said:
Deliciously.
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I don't hunt but...fresh, crispy duck sure sounds good right now! :silly:

Devarika Woulf said:
I don't hunt but...fresh, crispy duck sure sounds good right now! :silly:
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Even better is duck poached in its own fat stuffed in a bacon-wrapped jalapeno. But it is only manly if you bred, raised, slaughtered and smoked the bacon yourself.

Badzuk said:
So I had a different soak test this weekend, but mine had nothing to do with software.
I had my Moto X Pure in the chest pocket of my waders while out hunting, and apparently that pocket is not waterproof (of course a smarter man would have known this as evidenced by the drainage hole built into the bottom of said pocket).
When I was searching my pocket for more shells for my shotgun I found my wet phone. And by wet I mean water literally running out of the USB plug as I pulled it from my pocket. I could shake the phone and more water would drip out.
Then good news is that the phone still functioned normally, no glitches, no problems. The only thing odd was the bottom half of my screen looked wet - on the inside. Now 24 hours later, the screen has lost it's wet look, things seem to have dried out, and everything still functions fine!
Bottom line...Seems to be water resistant just as advertised. Not water proof, as evidenced by the screen staying wet, but able to survive a pretty good dunking. By the way, I continued to use the phone while it was wet.
Very Happy Moto X Pure user!
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I've owned several Sony phones in a row and became very used to washing the phone when I washed my hands. I'm a carpenter and dust is everywhere, especially in my pockets. If I washed my phones lightly with a smidge of soap once in a while it never got that dirt caked in the gaps look. I saw a video in which someone "tested" several Moto phones by submerging them in water for 30 minutes and they came out alive. I thought F-it, I can buy a replacement for myself, after all, the Moto was half the price of my last 2 Sonys.
Anyway, I appreciate your story, it gives me confidence that my much less stressful practice should be just fine. And I'm picturing you hunting Yosemite Sam-style, "searching my pockets for more shells". How many does it take!!
EDIT: It just dawned on me you're obviously bird hunting....not much of the hunting here in VT is bird so my mind was elsewhere.
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gear s3 classic not ip68 ?

Recently i noticed on gear s3 site, marking classic version as not water resistant
http://www.samsung.com/in/microsite/gear-s3/

jacob4321 said:
Recently i noticed on gear s3 site, marking classic version as not water resistant
http://www.samsung.com/in/microsite/gear-s3/
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That's odd I have the classic version and it is water resistant. I have put it under water fine with no problems. That was a selling point of the watch for me and as the only thing that was different from the watches was the body language. I'll check my oem box at home and see if it says water resistant

I just checked the box of my classic gear s3 and its IP68 waterproof - has anyone gone swimming with it?

Just checked mines and it is ip68. I haven't gone swimming with it but showering or washing the watch is perfectly fine

I am looking to purchase the gear S3 and I'm doing one of those rugged maniac races in June - does anywhere here know if the watch will survive being dunked in puddles or possibly muddy water for short period of times? It won't be submerged for long time and no more than a foot submerged I believe. I see on the website that it is ip68 and I researched what that means, but still kind of skeptical.

ratcityrain said:
I am looking to purchase the gear S3 and I'm doing one of those rugged maniac races in June - does anywhere here know if the watch will survive being dunked in puddles or possibly muddy water for short period of times? It won't be submerged for long time and no more than a foot submerged I believe. I see on the website that it is ip68 and I researched what that means, but still kind of skeptical.
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Someone may have better info but they do have warnings about the "ports" that work for the altimeter and barometer and the speaker. Water probably dries but muddy water might leave deposits. Download the pdf manual.

ratcityrain said:
I am looking to purchase the gear S3 and I'm doing one of those rugged maniac races in June - does anywhere here know if the watch will survive being dunked in puddles or possibly muddy water for short period of times? It won't be submerged for long time and no more than a foot submerged I believe. I see on the website that it is ip68 and I researched what that means, but still kind of skeptical.
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I agree with the above poster. I've had mine under water several times without harm, but what you're talking about would make me hesitant. Dirty water is one thing but you're probably talking about extremely muddy water.
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