Recent content by Mark The Mark

Glass is more premium... if, and only if, it's premium glass. And the glass on the back of the Nexus 4 is no more premium than your average coke bottle

So... guess what? I had to battle with Google for a month to get a refund. They even asked me for my tracking code - it seems they'd lost track of the phone as it was sent back to Poland! And then... well, I thought to myself, yes, surely all these kind people on this site must be right and I...

Google "nexus 4 shatter" - there are quite a few. Bear in mind only a tiny fraction of people can be bothered to post about the problem also. Another thing that's starting to annoy me - the RMA - here in the UK at least, I have to wait for Google to send me packaging before I can send back the...

Hey thanks for all the positive stuff coming out now. Good to see that if you google "nexus 4 and shatter" you get this thread top hit! One other thing I should mention is that the charging cable was in the phone at the time... in fact the complete story is that it was charging, then I picked...

It's alright :) just wanted to let people know. I've made my point now.

Thing is, I have to keep picking bits of glass out of my ear - now, that wasn't on the tech specs

Seems like someone's blogged about it: http://www.droid-life.com/2012/11/26/nexus-4s-glass-back-the-worst-idea-since-the-last-phone-with-a-glass-back/ "You know what did it? Setting them down gently onto my room temperature stone countertop. That?s it. The temperature change after it went from...

yep. but it's not so nice to hold any more.

But you miss the point. I took a "naked" N4 and placed it. You know. Not dropped. Not even slightly dropped. Placed it on a kitchen surface. And the glass shattered. I think the useful comments on the thread (if you can find them among all the useless ones) have suggested that it could be the...

Which OP? Me? You still telling me this is BS even with more photos? You still think I'm just inventing this? What's my reason for trolling? Maybe I'm some sort of secret iPhone Fanbio trying to wage a war against the noble N4? Maybe I'm just in denial after I stupidly dropped my phone in some...

Well, then google shouldn't be selling them without bumpers should they? (and they should make sure they have them in stock too - I was waiting to order one, and treating my phone with one hell of a lot of care - didn't think putting in on a surface would be a problem... )

Check out other photos - if only my photoshop skills were that good :) Maybe my wording wasn't the best... what I mean is that when I place it on the surface, something to do with the contact (and it wasn't a drop, I repeat) caused it to start cracking from one point and the crack spread across...

I thought I'd post this, just in case more people are getting the problem - if this is a one-in-a-million (or even one-in-a-thousand) I'll accept I've just been unlucky and a recall is too pessimistic. Google were helpful when I called them up though - I'm sure I'll get a refund... and then...

Take a look at my other photos and tell me that again :) sorry, but you got this one wrong.

Hey... I know it's going to be hard to believe, but I'm being totally honest. The wooden veneer surface you see there behind the phone is the surface I put it down on. And, yes, it really did take some time to crack... as if the glass was under tension and started cracking from one point and the...