Has your cellphone ever dropped to the ground?
By youless
@youless (112481)
Guangzhou, China
January 2, 2009 1:59am CST
Last night my cellphone was dropped to the ground badly by a mistake. The cover split and then I forced them to cover again. The cover was broken a little. At for the few minutes, it had problem to boot. I rebooted it several times and finally it's OK. I wonder whether this was a coincidence. As I am considering to buy a new cellphone and perhaps I have to wait for some time so that the price will be better. Perhaps my this mistake may speed up to buy a new cellphone? If it really can't work after dropping to the ground, then no matter what I have to get a new one.
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86 responses
@tentwo67 (3382)
• United States
2 Jan 09
My old cellphone has been dropped to the ground repeatedly, and has been washed in the washing machine by mistake. It made it through being dropped over and over and even survived the washing machine, but then I dropped it one last time and it completely fell apart. New cellphone time for me, about a month ago.
@tentwo67 (3382)
• United States
2 Jan 09
Actually no. My husband took it apart and we dried out all of the pieces for over 24 hours. Then he put it back together and it worked. It continued working for nearly a year later, and then it got dropped one time too many at the grocery store.
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@rhtjuneja (37)
• India
2 Jan 09
hmm u have to buy a new one wen you gave ur phone a bath .............lolzzzzzz
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@cookiezencream (22)
• Philippines
2 Jan 09
my phone always fall. haha! there is this one incident wherein my niece threw my phone really hard on the floor. i got really scared thinking that it might not work anymore. but my phone is very lucky it is still working up to now. ;)
@cookiezencream (22)
• Philippines
2 Jan 09
we can't blame them they're kids. what do we expect. the only things they have in mind in to play. play and play. and did i mention play? haha!
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@Roseo8 (2947)
• India
2 Jan 09
well Youless you sound excaxlty like my son.....He wanted a new cellphone and his dad
said no you have to continue to use your old phone,and one day he dropped it and the case broke,and my husband had to finally buy him a new phone.....
Now that your cell is not working you can happily go for the new phone,at the start of this new year..I am very careful with my cellphone and has not yet dropped it......
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@parthasarathide (132)
• India
2 Jan 09
I have dropped my mobiles many a times. And it still works now. Once the lcd screen was damaged. After repairing the mobile was perfect again.
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@arkadeb313 (593)
• India
2 Jan 09
Hi youless, my phone fell several times. It is still working and no part has been damaged.
Happy new year.
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@eviltormentor (68)
• Mauritius
2 Jan 09
well my phone fell only once but the screen was so damaged that i had to change it :S
@ronaldinu (12422)
• Malta
2 Jan 09
Unfortunately my PDA has dopped and my screen broke. As it was still under guarantee they replaced me the screen free of charge but I had to pay for transportation fees. At least it was a small fee involved and it was worth it repairing it.
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@howard96h (11640)
• New York, New York
2 Jan 09
I have dropped mine so many times, I think we all have. I hope it continues to work for you, I know how expensive some phones are.
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@jpso138 (7851)
• Philippines
2 Jan 09
Yes, I have dropped my cell phone a couple of times. I am lucky though that it is still functioning. Well, I guess most of us have had the experience of dropping our cell phones. It is very hard to prevent. I really don't know if someone has not dropped his or her cellphone even for once.
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@coly20032003 (428)
• China
2 Jan 09
In fact, my cellphone often drop to the ground, this kind of thing happens nearly every a few days, because I am a very careless girl. But my cellphone is Nokia, so it doesn't break till now. I have bought it for nearly three years and it still work well now.
@regal_aeros (2605)
• Singapore
2 Jan 09
oh man.... can u hear my heart bleed for you.. haha
yes i've dropped my phone a couple of times... and my heart does feel squeezed especially if it's a camera phone.. because it does affect the camera in some way.
But i'm yet to drop my phone till it's unusable as yet.
i guess, it's a sign for you to get a new phone =)
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@modstar (9605)
• Philippines
2 Jan 09
I dropped my phone many times but not as brutal as to what happened to your phone. Mine neved split in two but still working fine. Maybe it's got something to do with where it's made hehe.. I had a Nokia 6600 phone before and i dropped it like 3 feet below the ground. I thought it was nothing but one day the screen turned all white so i figured it might have caused by the fall. I sold it right away so i can buy a newer one which is what i'm using now. It's a little old too, a Nokia 6680. I've no plans of buying phone anytime soon so i'm hoping not to drop this thing over and over again because i might have dropped this phone more than 5 times already.
@Arolition (51)
• Belgium
2 Jan 09
Yes, it happened a lot with my cellphone. But never had the problem that it wasn't working anymore. Sometimes I need to restart my cellphone, but that's everything. I can still do everything after it dropped...
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@kaka135 (14931)
• Malaysia
2 Jan 09
If I'm not mistaken, I dropped my cellphone once, but not too badly, as my cellphone is still working. I put my cellphone inside the pocket of my sweater, when I bend down, I did not realize the pocket is so small, and the cellphone just fell out from the pocket. That was the first time I dropped my cellphone, I usually handle my cellphone very well.
@nini89 (670)
• India
8 Jan 09
My cell phone had fallen down by mistake several times and that hand set is good that it neveer seperates. Its of Nokia and very good piece. Now it had become old and all the alphbets had vanished as i have not put the outside cover for it. I have to change the set. Happy posting and have a nice day.
@sweetyethot (1737)
• China
2 Jan 09
hahahaha, sorry for your poor cellphone.Can it work now?One of friends talked to me over a dinner about geting a new cellphone cuz the old one doesnt work well.We took a walk on the street after finishing dinner.She found her phone missing in a little while.Was that coincidence?The phone was stolen after its owner said it would be discarded. I remember that one of your discussions talked about buying a new phone.Now you have really good reason to buy the phone you've already talked about.hahaha, Best wishes and good luck!
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@netmom27 (51)
• United States
8 Jan 09
I am forever dropping my cell phone. In spite of this fact, it amazingly still works fine. The back comes off and the battery falls out so I have it taped now. It's all scratched up too. Maybe I should consider getting a protective cover for it. What do you think?
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