Power Button Longevity?

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  1. battlecanary [OP]
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    12-03-2009 12:56 PM
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    Power Button Longevity?

    Anyone else feeling like the power button is going to be the first thing to break on their Droid?

    I'm a very careful/anal user of my electronics (my previous LG flip phone lasted me three years), but I can't help but feel that the power button is already receiving too much extra use. Mine feels wobbly and squishy and I feel like I have to squeeze it extra hard to get it pressed, unlike the easy, solid feeling of pressing the power button on my ipod touch. The button actually rocks back and forth when I move my finger over it.

    Could this just be my particular phone or is anyone having a similar experience? I'd like to know if everyone is happy with the power button to figure out if my problem is unique.

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    12-03-2009 01:09 PM
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    Battle it will be fine. Would it have been nice to have the button set with tighter tolerances to cut down on the "wiggle"? Sure...but it will be fine.




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    12-03-2009 01:10 PM
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    I say the volume rocker will be the first to go.
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    12-03-2009 03:36 PM
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    Some guy on another forum said his phone fell down 10 flights of stairs, the battery flew off, the battery fell out.....hit the concrete and on and on. He put in the battery powered up the phone and nothing broke loose. I would bet the battery wears out first....
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    12-03-2009 05:26 PM
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    Quote Originally Posted by Johnly View Post
    Some guy on another forum said his phone fell down 10 flights of stairs, the battery flew off, the battery fell out.....hit the concrete and on and on. He put in the battery powered up the phone and nothing broke loose. I would bet the battery wears out first....
    Sounds like a game of whisper down the lane

    It was probably 10 steps LOL
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    12-03-2009 05:31 PM
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    Quote Originally Posted by Johnly View Post
    Some guy on another forum said his phone fell down 10 flights of stairs, the battery flew off, the battery fell out.....hit the concrete and on and on. He put in the battery powered up the phone and nothing broke loose. I would bet the battery wears out first....

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    12-03-2009 07:00 PM
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    Does anyone know what I am going to have for lunch tomorrow since we are in to psychic business?

    Scary thing is...DROID DOES
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    12-03-2009 09:02 PM
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    12-03-2009 09:14 PM
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    It is on a cycle to fail on Nov. 07 2010
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    12-03-2009 10:17 PM
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    Even if that were so, they would come up with another D/Lable fix for it b4 then. Just like the ole Y2K bug. and yeah, the phone feels solid. I say it will last me my 2 yr contract.
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