ZTE Blades are cheaply made!

[Guest Ash_P]

I really donot see how you can say cheaply made, i have had mine through numberous wear tests and its fine.

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earthquake

volcano in iceland, i know this cos orange told me it was delayed due to bad weather coming in from there

see a damn fine device

Chuck Norris headbutted mine and it still worked fine!

[Guest Raspa]

The build quality is FAR from crappy.

We obviously have different definitions of what constitutes good or crap - and the blade definitely falls under crap IMO. But I don't care, for the reasons I outlined in my previous post.

Warranty claims will see any problems sorted (even if it does mean dealing with orange CS).

[Guest clivec]

Hehe,

Even if the sf isn't huge on quality, i reckon the average user's sense of humour is TOP quality :)

[Guest asdfdsaddaasdas]

LOL, go sell your kidneys then and buy a better one

[Guest Ash_P]

We obviously have different definitions of what constitutes good or crap - and the blade definitely falls under crap IMO. But I don't care, for the reasons I outlined in my previous post.

Warranty claims will see any problems sorted (even if it does mean dealing with orange CS).

You obviously haven't seen some of the real crap coming out of China! The SF build quality is reasonable.

[Guest rikuumi]

if i press a button on my desire it blows up :) only wasted £500

your lucky

urs only cost £100

Actually I paid £125 + £11 shipment costs ;)

Very disappointed

[Guest m_w_clarke]

Actually I paid £125 + £11 shipment costs :)

Very disappointed

I paid £100 (using an old Orange PAYG sim I had around).

Bang for buck this is the best phone I have EVER had in 15 years of owning phones.

[Guest rikuumi]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8AgnVAwnqPY

a video about the problem

[Guest cmberry20]

look at it from a different perspective:

At least you dont need a 10p rubber band to make your £600 fruit themed device work properly!!!

[Guest Rem1x]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8AgnVAwnqPY

a video about the problem

OH GOD. A LITTLE CLICK. MAN THE LIFEBOATS!

[Guest davestavros]

The build quality is OK. It is not made out of aluminium and glass like my nokia N8 but, as others have said, it cost 1/3 of the price of more expensive phones and it is a lot less buggy than the N8. I have had the problem with the squeeky back. I didn't try the blue-tac, The cause is the small clip on the bottom (left one I think) not being long enough. If you take the back off, squeeze the two edges next to the bottom clips together for a while (not so hard that you crack the case) then that will fix it for a week or two. I guess if you were feeling adventurous then you could heat the case while you were squeezing it and it may stay like that but I don't have the guts fot that.

[Guest Ash_P]

OH GOD. A LITTLE CLICK. MAN THE LIFEBOATS!

This is getting serious. Lifeboats manned, and raising defcon level.

Edited December 19, 2010 by Ash_P

[Guest fonix232]

This is getting serious. Lifeboats manned, and raising defcon level.

Ya know that DefCon 1 is the highest alert, right? :)

[Guest cmberry20]

We save that alert for a slight rattle!!!!

[Guest Ash_P]

Ya know that DefCon 1 is the highest alert, right? :)

Of course, but I didn't want to overreact. If his wifi cuts out aswell I will consider increasing the level....

[Guest That-Guy]

Me and the gf both have one and for the money they are great little devices :)

[Guest Rasped]

Me and the gf both have one and for the money they are great little devices :)

It's quite hard to beat at the price, eventhough they changed the screen to LCD.

[Guest ezablade]

Of course, but I didn't want to overreact. If his wifi cuts out aswell I will consider increasing the level....

Will that mean changing the bulb?

[Guest That-Guy]

It's quite hard to beat at the price, eventhough they changed the screen to LCD.

Yep, we were both lucky enough to grab them while they were OLED :)

[Guest EMMJAY]

When I press my phone with my fingers from the sides or back it squeeks and stuff.

Very disappointed.

This device is CHEAP, so maybe one would be making assumption that they are 'baking' the device for less than £99.

Now we must be expecting all of the parts and manufacturing cost and distribution cost and development cost and advertising cost and is not exceeding the prce of £99.

bacause they will making loss, which we chinese do not think about doing.

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Bince

[Guest Colcut]

Am I the only one that thinks this guy is just clicking the buttons to make the sound?

Troll

[Guest mr_bridger]

When I press my phone with my fingers from the sides or back it squeeks and stuff.

Very disappointed.

I mostly concerned about the "and stuff" bit... im concidering selling mine incase it starts doin "stuff"

its already got one fault. when i use it, the battery runs down. for £100, i didnt expect that to happen. :)

[Guest Bilalp23]

i literally drop mine like 3 times a day ( i have an extreme case of butter fingers) and all i have is some cosmetic damage around the edges.

my brother on the other hand was careful with his blade but one morning he woke up and the screen was cracked so thats a bit weird.

also my one my one makes a horrible creaking sound when i use the volume rocker, but im not complaining because this phone is probably the best value for money ive had in my life...

[Guest Digitalize]

ONE HUNDRED POUNDS.

What do you expect?

[Guest _Carl_]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8AgnVAwnqPY

a video about the problem

I'd like to chip in and say that mine also makes a clicking noise when pressed like in the video however I really don't care :D

admittedly it would have been nice if I'd got it for £100 instead of £120 and it would have also been nice if it was OLED instead of TFT but so what? soon enough the OLED versions are going to end up being to oddities ;)

now if I squeeze it in a couple of weeks and it snaps in two then I might give a damn :)