Streak!? Durable? People who's streak breaks easily are spouting off BS??? Time for
ME to call BS.
I registered JUST to post in hopes that a) people DO NOT go through the same thing I went through and b) dell gets their act together and creates a phone that doesn't break from everyday use and is as rugged as their laptops (which I never had a problem with) And this is why
You can see the larger one here
http://www.wildfuryx.com/ebaytemp/1.JPG
and another here
http://www.wildfuryx.com/ebaytemp/3.JPG
YES. THAT is my OWN photo that I put up when I sold my once beloved broken streak on ebay. Dell accountability is ZERO on this note as they do not cover cracked LCD panels nor Glass even though this phone was less than 4 weeks old. Also note, the glass didn't crack nor did I drop it. That's right, the glass is PRISTINE (take a look at the second link above) As you can see it's new and absolutely beautiful otherwise except for a broken LD. Absolutely zero scratches on the exterior.
So then what happened that made it break so badly? What did I "do" to abuse it? I surfed the web and glided my finger across the page from left to right. It cracked right in front of me becoming utterly unusable and I was flabberghasted. Did I jab it? no. Did I even play games on it? Never. But the only thing I can think of is that Dell did send me a streak that was open boxed. Illegal? Yes. Went to the BBB and frankly they're implying dell is not culpable with their silence.
Want to see another Picture for proof because we're making stuff up? Here you go.
http://www.wildfuryx.com/ebaytemp/streakdouble.jpg
It was sold as "new" but was opened up for "firmware" fixing. Right... the bs I was fed about double sealing as just double sealing and that it was never opened was wrong. You cannot sell something as NEW and have it opened back up again. Dell has big cahones to do this so very openly.
Anyways back to the other pictures. As you can see the side / corner area is fragmented and from what I'm told this is one of the areas that receives stress fractures most often as the LCD is glued directly onto the gorilla glass.
I know all about this because, frankly, I am NOT alone on this issue. Go look on dell's support forums and you will see a plethora of angry users who are much more informed about the streak than I am. My post was deleted there once as it looks pretty bad when your product dies with normal use. But I said I'm going to screen shot it if they pull that same stunt on me again and it stayed.
So you got a streak that is rugged? Count yourself lucky and leave it at that. I loved that machine to death and it was the best functioning smart phone I've seen or used. But it's gone now.
I've moved on and am loving my little optimus V with the cheap virgin mobile plan. However, when I see BS saying how strong the streak is I will back up the OP 100%. While I will always miss the wonderful screen and functionality of the streak I'm not looking back because we KNOW the truth of the streaks being ticking time bombs.
So don't rub salt on the misfortunes of others when what we report is VERY real to us. You think it's dubious, well you haven't went through dell-inda tech support for HOURS with bald faced lies about your phone and its durability. And you better believe that most of us who sold our streaks know that it has by far the crappiest durability in the prettiest UI implementation / exterior of ANY phone in the market (imo including the Iphone).
Feeling that someone may be informed makes me feel better now and OP, best of luck with your dell. Square trade warranty it if you can as dell's warranty blows.