C500 with no dust!

[Guest swam]

yo,

I was on my 5th replacement c500 from Orange Uk and the dust was back, this time in the bottom left hand corner so I gave Orange a call. I asked if they could upgrade me to the c550 so I dont have to every month get a replacement phone, they said this wasnt possible and offered me the e200 or some dodgy nokia's, so I ended that call and then called back again to get another replacement (may as well). So I called up as usual and received the replacement on sunday just gone.

On opening the white box I noticed that the battery cover was different to the 4 I had previously, it wasnt as smooth and had more of a texture to the surface, so I put in the battery etc and carried on. Four days later and I dont have a single spec of dust under the screen and the phone has been in all the same places as usual pocket / desk wise.

So, Im not sure If ive got lucky, or my moaning at Orange has paid off and somehow I have a 'fixed' unit. I only say this because some dude I was speaking to at HTC said they have a new front shell which doesnt let in any dust at all.

Has anyone else had any luck with their latest replacement?

cheers

Sam

[Guest midgetdiablo]

thats interesting. can you post up a picture of the cover?

[Guest swam]

thats interesting. can you post up a picture of the cover?

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

yo,

yeh no prob Ill take a pic when Im back home after work, it should be possible to make out the difference in a photo, the grain of the material does show.

cheers

Sam

[Guest Griff_FFOC]

that does sound interesting. We should be receiving a couple of new C500's at work so i'll see what the case is like on those.

[Guest swam]

that does sound interesting.  We should be receiving a couple of new C500's at work so i'll see what the case is like on those.

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

yo,

Ok, below is a link to the photo so you can see the difference. Im comparing it from the panel on the rear of the phone with the windows logo to the battery cover I have placed alongside. You can clearly see the difference in texture, this rougher texture is only on the battery cover though, nowhere else.

http://www.tesselate.me.uk/comparison.jpg

cheers

Sam

Edited July 29, 2005 by swam

[Guest midgetdiablo]

i actually have no dust problem with the old cover, but i wonder why they would make the surface rougher.

[Guest Tech]

I noticed the change of the cover too! I got my first replacement a few weeks ago after my purchase back in november, and since the change the backcover doesnt quite match up with the front/side of the phone.. its like a few mm outside...

not noticing any dust yet on the screen edges but does seem to attract a bit more... even though i have a cover for the phone and use it....

Edited July 30, 2005 by Tech

[Guest steve_pinches]

I noticed the change of the cover too! I got my first replacement a few weeks ago after my purchase back in november, and since the change the backcover doesnt quite match up with the front/side of the phone.. its like a few mm outside...

not noticing any dust yet on the screen edges but does seem to attract a bit more... even though i have a cover for the phone and use it....

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Hi I got one of those new phones too..with the rough cover. The whole phone seems a bit dodgy though...the black seems to chip off the back of the phone after a while leaving silver underneath, which makes me wonder if these are just the old silver SPVs reconditioned? Also this new one has a dead pixel and seems to flicker a lot more...time to go back to orange again :)

[Guest awarner [MVP]]

I've never had dust and the phone's almost a year old now.

Then again I've never kept my phone in my pocket.

[Guest Dr Who]

I've never had dust and the phone's almost a year old now.

Then again I've never kept my phone in my pocket.

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Sorry to deflate you chaps but I also noticed the rough cover on my replacement C500. But I now have dust, but like swam it is under the bottom left corner of the screen. I suspect the latest gen of C500's have been sealed to prevent dust around the volume and camera buttons but ingress is now possible around the soft keys.