Thread: Problems with N900 USB port becoming broken / loose and resulting warranty & repair issues
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abill_uk is offline abill_uk
2010-05-12 , 06:58
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Originally Posted by Texrat View Post
You're missing my point.

I'm betting the design engineer had little control over component selection. I'm betting someone farther out and higher up from that role had ultimate say-so. That's based on both my own experience as a former PCB designer, product designer in general, and a former Nokia employee.

As for QA, it's not a single department. QA is broken down by functions and sites. The Nokia QA team I worked in did outstanding work-- the proof was in our exceptional on-time delivery combined with low field failure rates. I cannot speak for other Nokia QA teams.
So are you telling me that the selection of usb ports to be used on the N900 design is the one and only port that was used? could he not implement or ask for a change of port type (knowing how it ended up).
I know all about cost effective design but this is rediculas to implement that type of usb port on the m/b because i know from my own experiance to pick and place THAT design of usb would never end up with the minute solder plates it has, it would have had much bigger surface area to adhere too so someone is very guilty here because around that port is a very large empty area on both sides thats painted so they obviously cut out the plating area needed for that type of usb socket, problem is i dont have a pcb track layout only the schematics so i dont know what is under that paint but i do know if that was my design i would have been fired for that to end up as it has!.
As for failure rates of Nokia mobile devices ... hmm no comment lol.