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Dell streak screen is no gorilla! MUST READ

Are there options yet for protection? I have a leather sleeve for my Blackberry, which helps protect it when I drop it from time to time. Of course it didn't help it when I dropped it and then landed on it with my motorcycle a few years ago, but you can't expect miracles :D

I actually dropped my BB last week from my motorcycle, the sleeve was all scuffed up, but the BB had zero marks.
 
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I have a one week old Dell Streak. 2 Days ago I dropped it from 3 feet on concrete. It landed directly on the screen (was in soft pouch) and the screen cracked on all surface. I Thought that the so called GorillaGlass would be stronger.

It works Fine.
If anyone Knows where to get replacement screen for this device, PLEASE let me know.
I looked at websites which sell those kind of things but could not find for this model.
 
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I call BS.

The original poster (3 total posts) doesn't have a picture and provides a shattered iphone no less???....and has never returned with one....maybe when he finds one on the internet. The 'second poster' (only post) has the same problem. The third poster (only post with the same conjugation problem) doesn't have a picture either.

I don't know why this person is doing this, but I guess everyone has an agenda.

Oh and even if the youtube guy dropped it 25 meters from a crane onto a concrete block, you should know people well enough that they lie...especially when a replacement may be sought after. I'm sure he dropped it 3 inches, in a place with only a quarter of the earth's gravity, onto a fluffy white cloud. :rolleyes:
 
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Unbelievable!Before I saw a strengthen test, which proves it very stable. So I am going to buy one as a gift to my friend. Today I am worrying about this problem, after watching the video Jreitnauer7 posted.

Today Dell Streak will be on sale in the US. Should I buy or not?

My understanding is that the Gorilla glass protects the surface of the screen from scratches, not stress fractures (but is not scratch PROOF). Because of the size of the screen, it is more susceptible to stress fractures and cracks from falls and abnormal pressure (don't sit on it) than a smaller screened phone.

If you are in an environment that requires a rugged phone, then the Streak will probably not suit you. If you are someone who usually babies your devices and can benefit from the larger screen, then the Streak may be a good match.

The Streak is not on sale today...and it appears no one (even at Dell) really knows if / when it will be released. If you need a phone within the next few days, I'd also look elsewhere.
 
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This was a fall of 2ft and the Streak landed glass down on the sidewalk. Gorilla glass my....
 

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I have dropped mine twice now from about 2-3ft (The second time happened 10 minutes after the first... :p ) from my desk and even though I have a wooden floor, it landed screen down and it was fine. I guess the protective case may have helped as it sticks out roughly half a cm past the screen so that takes the impact rather than the screen.
 
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Why do you think they make ceramic safety hammers to shatter vehicle windows for. a hand thrown ceramic ball, no bigger than 6 mm will shatter a car window.

Not even gorilla glass will take that punishment

FWIW, the Corning CEO was on CNBC a few weeks ago...stated that "Gorilla Glass" was used in some cell phones, and was told that a delivery truck had run over a phone using said product. The phone was destroyed, yet the screen was in tact. "Gorilla Glass" was also supposed to have survived the "frozen turkey test" (frozen turkey fired/catapulted into a sheet of given product).

Whether or not there are variants of Gorilla Glass, per the different phone mfgs. specs, he did not say, but given his comments and description, one would think that if installed on a phone, it would survive a drop from one's pocket, and not completely fail. He went on to mention that GG will be used in car windshields, and TV panels "due to its durability".


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ope6uViLcEY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-OZm2s07sE&feature=related
 
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Gorilla Glass" was also supposed to have survived the "frozen turkey test" (frozen turkey fired/catapulted into a sheet of given product).

I'm no materials expert but I would question how thick said sheet of glass was. 6 inch piece of glass will obviously have much more stopping power than the 1cm that is in a phone screen.

The other thing that I would just like to throw out there is that glass is very finicky. I have dropped smart-phones and been certain that I broke the screen, only to pick them up and have the screen be intact, I've also had the opposite happen.

Is Gorilla Glass stronger? According to the manufacturers and to some of the tests that we've seen, yes. Is it un-breakable, NO! I think a lot of the screen breaks that have occurred are very subjective and given how glass behaves under certain conditions it is hard to say that it's Gorilla glasses fault.
 
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I think the simple answer is, if you drop your smart phone from any reasonable height and it doesn't break count yourself lucky - Gorilla Glass or not.

I have had one massive drop where I whipped my Nexus One out of my pocket and let go of it on the way up it landed after around a 5 ft drop on a hard wood floor and didn't even get a scratch. Others report one drop from a table onto carpet and their screen breaks.

Take care of your smart phone.
 
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