Accessories HTC Bottom Cover: why are they soooo expensive?

[OM2]

I've got a HTC Desire HD. The bottom cover is a little mangled. It's the bottom part where you push/slide open to put the SIM in.

I've looked on eBay - wow... why so expensive??

It's ONLY a piece of plastic!

Cheapest must be about

 

[zildj]

cant help you here. that part is an essential part of the phone. heheh! its hard to live without it. that will be your only choice - i guess.

 

[BynoUK]

It's not just a sim/SD card cover, it's also the aerial for the phone.

 

[crAsHak]

what's an aerial?

 

[El Presidente]

An antenna.

 

[OM2]

It's not just a sim/SD card cover, it's also the aerial for the phone.

oh... i can understand in that case

 

[CuBz]

You can see in the image below how the phone uses the cover as an antenna, the same on the battery cover which I believe is for Wifi.

 

[murzz]

I've got a HTC Desire HD. The bottom cover is a little mangled. It's the bottom part where you push/slide open to put the SIM in.

I've looked on eBay - wow... why so expensive??

It's ONLY a piece of plastic!

Cheapest must be about

 

[Frisco]

what's an aerial?

Very, very old word now generally replaced by "antenna" in the U.S., but still aerial in the U.K.

They say "lift," we say "elevator." That sort of thing.

 

[TheBrit]

Let's call the whole thing off!

 

[Frisco]

Let's call the whole thing off!

 

[Jaffa]

Trash/Rubbish Mailman/Postman Alliminum/Alluminium TomATEO/TomARTO

Do you know what they call a quarter pounder with cheese in France?

 

[TheBrit]

Do you know what they call a quarter pounder with cheese in France?

Royal Cheese - according to Wikipedia.