do touchscreen screens break easily?

metalfest

how durable are touchscreen phones?
i'm interested specifically in the tocco and lg renoir?
but any advice is appreciated

Headshot

metalfest wrote: »

how durable are touchscreen phones?
i'm interested specifically in the tocco and lg renoir?
but any advice is appreciated

ya that LG renoir looks nice

not sure about durability but i had the orignal iphone for a few months and it was working perfectly for me

also i recommend buying from the shops here so ull have a warrenty

metalfest

i think they're strong enough, but like i was in germany a few months back, it was either an iphone or iphone 3g ....
the woman i was staying with had just got it 2days before she, while getting out of her car dropped it, screen shattered, 200/300e for replacement.....
but then i think of the old ipaq and palm pilot which had touchscreen years ago, you could throw it against a wall no problem

drunkmonkey

the viewty is a very durable phone...i bounced it off tiles more times, it's a toughscreen phone(excuse the pun):).....the Renior feels fragile but not near as fragile as an iphone....the Tocco is somewhere inbetween the viewty and renior...

metalfest

thanks drunkmonkey
unfortunately due to meteor's lack of amazing phones i think i'll be getting a tocco in a week or two........

strecker

I dropped my asus p550 a dozen times at least...no damage yet. but I would probably stick one of those fancy touchers into a good case to be on the safe side! i don't think my e61 would have lasted 2 1/2 years without the krusell and once my P550 lands on the 'buttered' side it'll break, I'm sure. It's the law :P

seamus

Dropped my tocco a couple of times, no damage. Tend to be one of those people with a two-week old phone that's scratched to **** cos I carry it around in the same pocket as my keys. The tocco's done fine in 2 months with me. Only a tiny scratch on the screen so far.

metalfest

does that affect using the tocco?

seamus

Nope, not in the slightest.

metalfest

hmm:) i think i might get it, will try it out first tho, i text ALOT so it has to be okay with texting:)

seamus

If you do a lot of texting, I would advise against a touchscreen, or at least the tocco. The Tocco in particular has its various functions placed badly, so you sometimes have to get the angle of you thumb just right to hit the correct button. If you're a good touch typist, then getting something with a qwerty keyboard (touch screen or normal) will see you text like lightning

Headshot

whats the LG renoir like for txting

CivilEx

metalfest wrote: »

how durable are touchscreen phones?
i'm interested specifically in the tocco and lg renoir?
but any advice is appreciated

If you buy a touchscreen phone, make sure you get Insurance to go with it. Dropped my iPhone 3G out of my shirt pocket earlier this week...screen shattered....not pretty

Ubaroo

the lg renoir has a qwerty keyboard if you turn it on its side

mobius42

Be aware that some phones have plastic resistive touchscreens while others have glass capacitive ones. The glass ones are far more responsive and are very hard to scratch, but they are more likely to shatter. The plastic ones are less responsive, easy to scratch, but much less likely to crack.

drunkmonkey

mobius42 wrote: »

Be aware that some phones have plastic resistive touchscreens while others have glass capacitive ones. The glass ones are far more responsive and are very hard to scratch, but they are more likely to shatter. The plastic ones are less responsive, easy to scratch, but much less likely to crack.

aka the LG Viewty, tough as old boots...