i owned a Nokia 5800 about a month back. This was one among the initial lot of 5800’s which had the earpiece problem, which I got it rectified. Thanks to Nokia care.
Now its something which most of the touchscreen phone users face – scratches on the touchscreen. I did some research to see what others are talking about their touch screen phones (for eg. iphones, Blackberry touchscreens, and HTC), looks like those are less prone to screen scratches from daily use! but not the 5800 which is Nokia’s first entry into the touchscreen section!!
You may think scratches can be avoided with care, but that cannot be always the case. A phone is a phone whether its my old Philips Xenium 1099 or Nokia 5800, it will be used the same way a normal phone will be used, hence (unintentional) wear and tears cannot be 100% avoided.
I used the stylus provided by Nokia as it is mentioned that using ones other than specified by nokia can damage the screen. You cannot always depend upon your fingers to do the job what stylus does. Yesterday I noticed a number of tiny scratches on my phone 🙁
Nokia uses a kind of plastic material on the touchscreen whereas the ones used by iphones are told to be a kind of hardened glass, which has of course better scratch resistant power.
The alternative for me to use a scratch guard for my screen, but is that what Nokia wants each of its 5800 usesrs do?
I’m more concerned about the plectrum. It cut a nice 7 or 8mm line in my screen. Thanks Nokia for your effective screen dismemberment tool. Not. Bar stewards. Get your screen protectors folks, or change to the iPhone. Apple obviously were more than one step ahead of the game there. Had a screen protector on my iPaq for 5 years, no problem; why didn’t I foresee this happening with a new release phone from a company in financial difficulty. I’m rather annoyed. No. Really.
I am used to using my fingers on the touchscreen, giving the stylus permanent rest. That’s the best way to protect the screen in the absence of a screen protector !