Samsung X820 takes a licking and keeps on ticking

Hey Motorola, just because you snapped it doesn't mean you broke it.

[Thanks, Bilgin O.]

[varish @ Jun 25th 2007 3:49PM]

"Hey Motorola, just because you snapped it doesn't mean you broke it"

haha, good one !

[injate @ Jun 25th 2007 3:50PM]

Flip phone modification on a budget? gotta love it.

[T Med @ Jun 25th 2007 4:12PM]

I loved that phone when i had it! Great features and oh so slim, but now i dont have gsm provider and i have the helio ocean which is much better, a lot bulkier tho, didnt moto get sued over that video? and why does it say anycall instead of samsung?

[Poita @ Jun 25th 2007 8:49PM]

Anycall = One of the brandnames that Samsung uses in South Korea (EVER is another)

[BigD @ Jun 25th 2007 8:08PM]

Anycall is Samsung's line of phones in Korea. It's a huge company that has it's hands in everything in Korea, so their mobile phone division is domestically known as Anycall. Most of the big families (jaebols) divide their companies up this way for tax reasons.

[Jamar @ Jun 26th 2007 7:52AM]

They also use it here in China. China gets most of the same phones (even those high-end 5MP cameraphones)as in Korea too.

[chris @ Jun 25th 2007 4:12PM]

My T-Mobile Samsung Trace did nearly the same dang thing. I used popsicle sticks and duct tape on the back and it continued to work for about a month before it finally gave up the ghost. (Hint: don't keep it in your pocket if you have to lug around a baby in a car seat...it will snap sooner or later)

[Nabil @ Jun 25th 2007 4:13PM]

nice......

that's a sturdy phone.

[Jon @ Jun 25th 2007 5:22PM]

A sturdy phone would not break...

Judging from the picture it snapped in just the right position where the mobo ended and the keyboard ribbon holding it in place.

[orlando @ Jun 25th 2007 4:23PM]

I'm surprised my Samsung Trace hasn't done that yet. I've leaned against thin hand rails with the phone standing up straight in my pocket with all my body weight before. Stepped on it more than once. Great phone. Still leaves people speechless when they see how thin it is. I would only trade it for one other phone. i bet you can guess which phone it would be. hah.

[Me!!! @ Jun 25th 2007 4:32PM]

lemme snap a picture of this :P

[Julio @ Jun 25th 2007 5:04PM]

Oh snap, I snapped my phone in two while taking a snapshot of a ginger snap.

[Shaylon Clark @ Jun 25th 2007 5:15PM]

+2 Z-Style Snaps for that.

[sirnoobius @ Jun 25th 2007 5:29PM]

same thing happened to my samsung upstage.

[Taylor @ Jun 25th 2007 6:44PM]

"iphone"
Just so that someone googling for it gets this instead. Heh, damn bots...
-Taylor

[Roflgoat @ Jun 25th 2007 8:44PM]

I snapped my RAZR in half and it still worked.

[Roflgoat @ Jun 25th 2007 8:44PM]

I snapped my RAZR in half and it still worked.

[Gar @ Jun 26th 2007 1:14PM]

Note how there is no shielding over any of the components on the PCB board. All the shielding is actually sprayed on to the housing (an already relatively poor method). The phone should see a significant drop in call performance when operating like that.

Almost every device has a sweet spot that, if cut or broken there, will still allow it to function. The questions are, how functional is the device, how long will it last and how inconvenient is it.

Chis (posted above) experienced a similar issue with his Samsung Trace, but it only lasted for about a month after splinting and taping. My dad is a duct tape-aholic and was perfectly happy with a similar setup, but only for about 2 weeks before it became inoperable.

Would you be upset if the car door fell off your brand new Lexus or Cadilac even if you could tape it back on? This phone is priced as an upper mid to high tier product.

Long story short, the phone is broken. Take it out once on a rainy or humid day and it will be done within a few weeks when corrosion sets in.

[wiredpaste @ Jun 26th 2007 2:18PM]

I fell in a lake with my samsung a900 and swam around for at least 5 minutes with the phone in my pocket, and after a day of drying off, it works like new! No water stains or anything.

[Puvi @ Jun 27th 2007 8:18AM]

He broke it frustrated by using it LOL
or he wanted a RAZR :P

Ho a Razr killer, have to see its review(broken phones) LOL

[thudson @ Aug 23rd 2007 2:47PM]

With such a nice and clean break, I'm not surprised that it continues to work.

--Travis Hudson, MWW Group on behalf of Samsung