I really want to buy the GS4 in a month when I'm due for an upgrade, but this cracking thing is getting ridiculous. It makes me really nervous. Looking around on the forums, here's another post where there's a count of 50 people with the same complaint!!!
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=42998569#post42998569
That's only 50 that we know about. How many countless others who aren't on the forums have had the same problem. From what I see even TEP that you would think would cover it requires a 150 dollar deductible if something like this happens. I hope something happens about this issue.
If it worries you that much then don't but the phone. Get another or save your upgrade for a future phone.
Fwiw, of the phones that have experienced this issue...how many have not. My guess is probably more than 99.5% phones don't suffer from this defect. Think of the millions of S4s that have already been sold. Yup I'll take those odds
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