Wobbly/slanting power button?

[jamalabd]

Got the phone a few weeks ago and I'm absolutely loving it, except for a weird issue with the power button. The button functions normally, but if I push it inwards from the bottom half of the button it will slant inwards such that it's diagonal with the body of the phone rather than straight. I can press it inwards from the top to make it shift back to a parallel alignment with the body of the phone. If I press it from the top or the middle the button clicks in normally without slanting.

I thought I just had a defective model so I asked for a replacement, but the replacement phone has the same issue!

Did I just get really unlucky, or is this actually just a design flaw with the phone?

 

[vaca232]

I have the exact same issue. It's frustrating because the volume buttons are extremely solid!

 

[booboolala2000]

Noticed this last night oddly enough. Not concerned though. It seems like a design flaw though. I have been using a case with solid plastic button extenders for 80% of the time. Unless it starts to malfunction I am not too worried about it. But I rarely use it.

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[jamalabd]

I have the exact same issue. It's frustrating because the volume buttons are extremely solid!

Yeah, exactly! The phone's overall build quality is really good, it's strange that the power button is so janky. But I guess if this is a common issue then I won't worry about it.

 

[akin_t]

I don't have this issue or maybe I just have not noticed it. I think the buttons are pretty solid. But then again I've been using a diztronic case since I got the phone, and that case encloses the buttons.

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[anon(464338)]

I actually had this on my 2013 Moto x. As long as it doesn't go too far on, it shouldn't be an issue

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[jamalabd]

I talked to a Moto tech rep today and she said that this is just the way the phone is designed. She speculated that it's to reduce wear on the spring.

 

[delrey1900]

I never noticed it till I saw this post. I really wouldn't call it a defect personally. Especially based on the previous post.