In Austria, the name Sony Ericsson is synonymous for bad phone – in fact, some mobile phone retailers consider the boys responsible for the cooling-off of variable-geometry phone sales in Austria.
As the XPERIA was produced by HTC, I expected it to be solidly built and engineered…but this apparently isn’t the case. The images below hit us via PocketHacks, the boys claim that the problem is found on many devices.
While SE would be neither the first nor the last manufacturer with cracking plastic cases (the hall of shame includes companies like Palm and Apple), the already-struggling company definitely doesn’t need yet another problem (which it now seems to have)…
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Silver x1 user myself – purchased on the 31st oct and its cracking near the battery compartment and there is paint peeling near the top just as mentioned, this looks to be a problem widespread with silver models – Ive been doing some research on the Internet looking at different forums which suggest only certain models are faulty – not the case i believe this is a problem facing ALL silver models.. what makes it worse is that SE havent even admitted there is a problem but they know something isnt right – £500 for the handset and you get this rubbish!
Hi,
oops. And I just wanted to head out and buy one ;(
Tam
mine cracked too on the upper plastic towards the camera grrrrr
Hi,
I cant report any cracks here so far..but huge paint issues.
I will have a review up shortly…
All the best
Tam Hanna
I’ve got both cracks as on pictures!!!
DP
Hi,
I got them now, too.
Hit SonyE for service
All the best
Tam Hanna