From the Forums: Lumia 920 74m drop, HTC 8X wearing away in pockets

As we all recover from the New Yr parties everyone held or were at, we're still getting support to speed hither at Windows Telephone Central. Our community forum has remained agile over the by number of days, so what's been happening?

First up isBernard Chelin with his emotional story of taking photos of fireworks from the Story Bridge in Brisbane, Australia when his Lumia 920 is accidentally dropped over the railing, which is quite a fall indeed. Striking physical at the bottom of the drop, the Windows Phone (even though Nokia mobile phones are built to last nuclear fallout) didn't survive.

"Amazingly the photos I had merely taken had already uploaded to skydrive via 4G and so I still have the last few snaps of the inaugural with my friends. To my surprise though as I looked on in horror the screen was still on. Past the fourth dimension I got down there though it was off.. For such a big autumn it fared pretty well though.. the outer casing shot off to one side and the front screen is smashed but all the pieces are even so there. To say I am devastated is an under statement. My advice. Don't drop your phone off a bridge."

We've previously looked at the durability of the Nokia Windows Telephone, but this fall was of grade too much of information technology to handle. Information technology's a shame that another had to be destroyed, but it does serve as an important reminder to whatever smartphone owner - don't drib your Windows Telephone over the edge of a bridge.

Be sure to head on over to the "74m Drib Exam - results within..." thread and add your words of support for the poor chap.

HTC 8X wearing away

Windows Phone Primal readySuckdontblow has published a thread on our community forum that looks at some wearable and tear of the HTC 8X. The Windows Phone is said to discolour when being carried in jeans pockets for a elapsing of time. The coating on the rear of the device and corners slowly turns black. Unfortunately, the response from HTC wasn't comforting:

"So, what was HTC's response to a telephone that's turning from blue to black within a month - and seemingly going to get worse? 'Exposing the telephone to abrasive surfaces could color run the cloth of the unit (e.1000. bear phones in pocket on jeans)'. Well, there nosotros have information technology, if you own a HTC 8S/8X don't put it in your jeans pocket."

Our own Jay Bennett has confirmed the event, though I cannot offer any opinion due to our review unit not existence carried equally often equally required for information technology to discolour. Should you find yourself with a HTC 8X in possession, congratulations - you own a Windows Phone that shouldn't exist carried in pockets of jeans.

You can join in the conversation and add your experiences in the "HTC: Don't bear your telephone in your jeans" thread.

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