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2010-02-26 , 15:59
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i'm pretty sure a us class action law firm would be happy to take this up. they would handle all the engineering and bill nokia for it as part of a settlement.

sounds to me like a pretty easy case for the pros.
 

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2010-02-26 , 16:07
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Originally Posted by bfritsch View Post
i'm pretty sure a us class action law firm would be happy to take this up. they would handle all the engineering and bill nokia for it as part of a settlement.

sounds to me like a pretty easy case for the pros.
Class actions make lawyers rich, they rarely help the consumers.
 

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2010-02-26 , 16:13
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Class actions make lawyers rich, they rarely help the consumers.
I've found that most Americans don't realize that the majority of giant settlements are overturned or drastically whittled down during appeal. But THAT doesn't make the headlines the way millions of dollars for spilled hot coffee does (which was pared down to nearly nothing in the end BTW).
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2010-02-26 , 16:38
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I've found that most Americans don't realize that the majority of giant settlements are overturned or drastically whittled down during appeal. But THAT doesn't make the headlines the way millions of dollars for spilled hot coffee does (which was pared down to nearly nothing in the end BTW).
And the woman who spilled coffee on her lap ended up with 3rd degree burns on her genitals and had to have multiple skin grafts to repair the damage.

McDonalds doesn't need to be selling lava to its customers. And they had been previously warned by the FDA.

Back to the topic though,

The internet echo chamber seems to be very strong on this complaint, and I don't really know why. Anywhere I see talk about the N900, I see "Hold off, the USB ports are breaking!" How many people have actually broken their usb ports off?

Texrat was using a pre-production N900 and posted pictures.

64 people have voted that their port has broken as far as we know.

375 voted that theirs hasn't had a problem.

The statistics are most certainly skewed towards the damage, because happy users don't take the time to search for polls about damage.

I'd also like to know the percentage of those 64 that had theirs repaired by Nokia and those who were denied warranty.
 
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2010-02-26 , 16:49
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Originally Posted by wstutt View Post
64 people have voted that their port has broken as far as we know.

375 voted that theirs hasn't had a problem.

The statistics are most certainly skewed towards the damage, because happy users don't take the time to search for polls about damage.

I'd also like to know the percentage of those 64 that had theirs repaired by Nokia and those who were denied warranty.
While you have a point, again: the significantly large number of non-problem reports, along with the fairly steady percentage of no/yes as this has grown, shows the bias is mitigated. I'm very impressed with the people taking time to report no problem-- huge help in rationalizing the result set. In addition, there are some who voted No who now wish to change to Yes (and can't), which also balances things out a bit. Overall I'm confident the percentages reflect reality, or close enough. But I would also like to see follow-up data too.
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2010-02-26 , 16:52
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Don't forget that there is at least one who voted no problem but had the problem happen later.
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2010-02-26 , 16:53
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wstutt,
Please read this topic!
It's not all about how many have NOW bricked their device. This is after all bad design. Look textrats blog and READ this topic. You can see that usb will not last daily usage when there is charging and data transfer. You will connect micro usb many many more times than average charging plug what cell phones used to have and those motherf where really sturdy and this should be even sturdier.
 

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Originally Posted by wstutt View Post
Texrat was using a pre-production N900 and posted pictures.
And I'm using a late version, week 03/2010, took pictures and they look identical. Maybe Nokia increased the size of the pads, but I really can't see it making enough of a difference. The way the USB port is mounted, it has absolutely no support except from the bottom. Otherwise it's floating around the case.
 

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The way the USB port is mounted, it has absolutely no support except from the bottom. Otherwise it's floating around the case.
Well except if this void the warranty I would fill some glue around the socket ... but that's just an idea ... dont blindly do what i say :-)

Now are there users who have non floating usb ports ?
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Originally Posted by cr0c0 View Post
The way the USB port is mounted, it has absolutely no support except from the bottom. Otherwise it's floating around the case.
I have to wonder about that. Typically in surface mount assembly, at least a small amount of adhesive is placed under the component body to secure it prior to wave or flow soldering. Did you note this to not be the case here?
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