Gorilla glass not so tough...

endine · Feb 17, 2012

Sorry need to vent and before anyone asks, I have ordered some accessories already, no ones got anything locally. So here goes my story.... By accident I dropped my phone on a mat and it bounced lightly and hit the gym floor, I was sitting down so my phone was only about 12" from the mat. Anyways long story short I have a nice 4mm scratch on my screen...

I have had a few phones with gorilla glass thats been dropped harder and no scratches.. Like my infuse that got its housing dented and landed face down. (wasn't my fault, friend dropped it) Im so pissed right now, this thing is only 2 days old.

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hausman · Feb 17, 2012

It is possible to scratch Gorilla Glass; Corning's marketing materials call it "scratch resistant". My Photon 4G has Gorilla Glass and the previous owner managed to scratch it.

http://www.corninggorillaglass.com/products-with-gorilla/samsung

endine · Feb 17, 2012

Ya I know, just that it was such a light drop and I got a scratch..

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918273645ams · Feb 17, 2012

endine said:
Ya I know, just that it was such a light drop and I got a scratch..

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You could have dropped it on some miniscule piece of sharp metal or something... who knows.

That first scratch is always the worst ;(

planoman · Feb 17, 2012

Man, sorry to hear about your GNote. I would be distraught. Everyone be careful with your new phones! AND get your screen protectors on.

jpeg42 · Feb 17, 2012

First cut is the deepest

dacket84 · Feb 17, 2012

Could it be possible that the scratch happened from another incident where you wouldn't expect damage at all and you never really noticed till you dropped it then closely examined it? For example.. Sliding it into your jeans pocket while the face of the phone scrapes along the copper stud at the top of the fob/ticket/watch pocket (the small one)...

That has totally happened to me a long time ago with my blackberry, was PISSED that I had a long ass scratch on my screen and was puzzled as to how it came to be. Until I slide it in my pocket only to notice it happen again and realized lol
But, again, that was just an example of a seemingly harmless but destructful act.

hausman · Feb 17, 2012

I was going to say you must have a nice gym where the floor is made of diamonds...

Sorry about the scratch, tho. Your scratch looks just like mine - which I can't actually see if the display is on. Hopefully yours isn't too bad.

HarmonyFlame · Feb 17, 2012

I don't see how because you happened to scratch your screen it equates to the device not having gorilla glass at all. Its not indestructible ya' know.

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Driggity420 · Feb 17, 2012

Why have your Gnote at the gym first fail right there. iPod shuffle all day for gym use

endine · Feb 17, 2012

Read the other posts before posting, I clearly know its not indestructible. Also I stated that this was a vent!

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endine · Feb 17, 2012

Cause I'm not at my workout gym, I'm at a Gym watching a vball game.

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hausman · Feb 17, 2012

To be fair, though, your post title looks like you're trolling. I'd suggest changing it if you can...nothing wrong with venting, but spreading misinformation is kind of uncool even though you're frustrated (and I can definitely relate to that). Maybe "Gorilla Glass isn't as tough as I thought..." and then show an HD video of the vball game shot with your Note just because you can.

endine · Feb 17, 2012

Changed, thanks.

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Bataga · Feb 17, 2012

Scratched my infuse just by setting it on my pistol

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MattyOnXperiaX10 · Feb 17, 2012

Driggity420 said:
Why have your Gnote at the gym first fail right there. iPod shuffle all day for gym use

True, where you in Yoga trying impress the ladies with your note. Trying to show them you had something longer than 5inch

To be honest its the position your phone lands. You must have got your phone to land where the impact dampners couldn't help.

Sorry bro

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endine · Feb 17, 2012

LOL your post made my day.

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andrawer · Feb 17, 2012

Bummer.

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ARTAQaf · Feb 17, 2012

be honest, it was arm day and you were trolling for chicks doing curls with your new Note...dont go to failure with this beast!

droidal · Feb 17, 2012

My Captivate is 1 1/2 years old. I've never had a screen protector near it. I've dropped the thing a dozen times, it even slid 15 feet on it's face on an asphalt covered hill. I stuck it in and out of my pocket over 1,000 times and it doesn't have one scratch on the glass.

I was really hoping we would get the same protection on the Note.

Guess I am going to re-think the whole screen protector thing. Bummer!

Gorilla glass not so tough...

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