Be careful with the phone. Sad Day.

[prim8]

That's fantastic news you two.

I never buy extended warranties, or service plans or whatever anymore. For two years now if I'm offered a warranty on something I just set aside what the warranty cost in another savings account.
I have over $1200 in that account now. It's sort of like my rainy day insurance fund. If anything in the house breaks or I need to replace something I'll just dip into that fund.
It takes some discipline to not dip into it for other things though.

 

[Joeybear23]

Cool.

I picked up the 4.99 per month replacement plan on AT&T after reading your post last week.

 

[Joeybear23]

Ouch....I had my first drop in the kitchen this weekend and it hurt watching it fall but no physical damage. Makes me want to get a hard case even more now.

Hard cases just protect against scratches and transfer the impact right to the phone. A rubberized case will soften an impact... and combination of the two (like with Otterbox) really protects the thing, unless it lands just right hitting the screen on something.

 

[Joeybear23]

SquareTrade also offers good plans. The iPhone4 plan I just got for my wife was $99 for two years of coverage. $50 deductible for replacement/repair.

 

[Simba501]

That's fantastic news you two.

I never buy extended warranties, or service plans or whatever anymore. For two years now if I'm offered a warranty on something I just set aside what the warranty cost in another savings account.
I have over $1200 in that account now. It's sort of like my rainy day insurance fund. If anything in the house breaks or I need to replace something I'll just dip into that fund.
It takes some discipline to not dip into it for other things though.

Nice! That's a good plan...

 

[Joeybear23]

That's fantastic news you two.

I never buy extended warranties, or service plans or whatever anymore. For two years now if I'm offered a warranty on something I just set aside what the warranty cost in another savings account.
I have over $1200 in that account now. It's sort of like my rainy day insurance fund. If anything in the house breaks or I need to replace something I'll just dip into that fund.
It takes some discipline to not dip into it for other things though.

I do the same thing, except it's an imaginary fund, and we dip into it all the time.

 

[atlkr5]

Thanks to the Body Glove!!!!!

Ok, sorry for your loss and I hope it works out for you.

I do have to say that I got the BodyGlove case the day I bought the phone and it makes a difference when holding the phone and it does not stick in the pocket like the "jelly" ones.

I dropped my phone last night.
I thought it was in the holster that I got from the Mall Kiosk that has the bad looking "beJeweled" cases.

As I stepped out of the car the phone fell out of my holster (which was not closed) and hit the ground, AHHHHHHHHH!

It landed on the corner and took a bounce and landed on another corner.

The sound alone was like a knife in my heart.

Needless to say, that the phone is fine. The case protected it and the case does not even have a scratch on it, Thanks to the Body Glove!!!!!

It was worth the $10.00.

 

[mfriedman79]

I picked up the body glove when I exchanged the cracked phone. I was actually surprised its a fairly decent case for being sold at the AT&T store. Glad to hear it provides some decent protection. I also picked up the Microcell and man its awesome. So nice going from 0-2 bars of service to a consistent 4-5 all the time in my house. Its just too bad the network requires such a workaround.

 

[Jay_eS_Iye]

Wanted to post update on this as I was able to get the AT&T store today. The store was nice enough to let me exchange the device based on the GPS, lag and MMS issues I was experiencing even though the screen had a crack. I had to be extra nice and after they checked my account history, made an exception.

I am very happy with a nice new phone that seems to be running a bit snappier and the colors look a little less blue as well.

do you have the AT&T insurance? I may try this route if you don't or may have to order the insurance and wait a bit

 

[mfriedman79]

do you have the AT&T insurance? I may try this route if you don't or may have to order the insurance and wait a bit

I did have the insurance on my account when I went in to the store (I added it a couple days before). I don't know if that had anything to do with them letting me exchange it or not.

All I can say is if you had a similar tragedy befall your phone you can talking to the manager at a local store. What worked for me was being very nice, not demanding, and also understanding that this would be an exception to their usual rules. Also helps if you have a fairly long history with them I think. Although my history showed that while I account started with them a long time ago I have no issue porting out and leaving them when not happy (ported out twice and joined the carrier I got for free with work before porting back in when changing jobs).

 

[BetaRoc]

If you have a friend who has a captivate throw your sim card in theirs go buy insurance and viola!

Except that constitutes FRAUD.

 

[Raven71]

I guess that proves it is tempered glass and not gorilla like being said in another post. Unless I am wrong the gorilla glass is not suppose to crack or shatter.

 

[nyeark]

It's meant to resist scratches, it's def. not invincible. Search youtube for Galaxy S durability testing and you'll see; it's nigh immune to surface scratches but if you drop it and it hits hard enough it can still break.

 

[CaCHooKaMan]

i dropped my phone the other day and it just happened to fall on one of the only parts of my phone that isnt covered by the full body skin i put on it.