It happened. Zflip 5
I have had my zflip 5 for a little over a year now and yesterday as I open the screen black lines appeared on both ends of the screen. The touch on the main screen also stopped working but the touch on the mini outer screen remains working. I was relieved that I put my email on Good Lock because I was able to access my email through the mini display and email myself important pictures of things such as me with my dead dog.
I keep my phones for a minimum of 4 years before trading them in and upgrading and take good care of them. My old IPhone XR lasted me since its release date to 2024 and is still fully functional in almost perfect condition physically which is what I am creating this post with. The software is a little slow but that’s just because of the age of the IPhone. I say these things because I see people commenting under these types of posts stating that these type of things happen to the flip because of mistreatment of the phones which I don’t disagree with. I think there’s truth to that. However, with my instance I kept good care of it. It was always in a case rarely dropped it. It slipped out of my hands twice during my ownership. This was months ago when I first purchased the phone. An estimated 3 months into my zflip 5. I also would always open it with two hands gently and not flipping it open. I think what might have cause this to happen for me was the bubbling of the screen protector put pressure on the fold causing it to just break. I don’t know how true that is but it’s just what I’ve read on some posts.
I made this post not to complain but because I saw others posting their zflips in similar situations. I knew when purchasing this phone over a year ago that the technology for these types of devices was not quite there yet and that I might run into some problems down the line. Yesterday when this happened, I walked into Best Buy with the intentions of buying an IPhone 15 since I knew that with proper care it would last me a long time but when I saw the price of the 15 and the S25 being almost the same price I went with the S25 and pick it up on Friday. Iphone 15 was 729 while S25 was 799.
I have had my zflip 5 for a little over a year now and yesterday as I open the screen black lines appeared on both ends of the screen. The touch on the main screen also stopped working but the touch on the mini outer screen remains working. I was relieved that I put my email on Good Lock because I was able to access my email through the mini display and email myself important pictures of things such as me with my dead dog.
I keep my phones for a minimum of 4 years before trading them in and upgrading and take good care of them. My old IPhone XR lasted me since its release date to 2024 and is still fully functional in almost perfect condition physically which is what I am creating this post with. The software is a little slow but that’s just because of the age of the IPhone. I say these things because I see people commenting under these types of posts stating that these type of things happen to the flip because of mistreatment of the phones which I don’t disagree with. I think there’s truth to that. However, with my instance I kept good care of it. It was always in a case rarely dropped it. It slipped out of my hands twice during my ownership. This was months ago when I first purchased the phone. An estimated 3 months into my zflip 5. I also would always open it with two hands gently and not flipping it open. I think what might have cause this to happen for me was the bubbling of the screen protector put pressure on the fold causing it to just break. I don’t know how true that is but it’s just what I’ve read on some posts.
I made this post not to complain but because I saw others posting their zflips in similar situations. I knew when purchasing this phone over a year ago that the technology for these types of devices was not quite there yet and that I might run into some problems down the line. Yesterday when this happened, I walked into Best Buy with the intentions of buying an IPhone 15 since I knew that with proper care it would last me a long time but when I saw the price of the 15 and the S25 being almost the same price I went with the S25 and pick it up on Friday. Iphone 15 was 729 while S25 was 799.