Apparently, some things never change - for example, the fact that paint will sometimes peel of gadgets. My now ancient Siemens SX1 had a memory card slot lid where the rubber came off, and Palm’s Zire 72 is now legendary for its lack of blue paint.
Anyways, our colleagues at Symbian-Freak.com now report that Nokia’s N76(aka the successor to my Nokia N71) has a similar problem with the chromed areas loosing the paint and revealing the plastic below. While Nokia’s press team apparently has acknowledged the issues, Symbian-Freak reports that their local service point feels different about the issue(and wants to charge for the fix).
Get images,… here:
http://www.symbian-freak.com/news/007/08/nokia_n76_fails_miserably.htm
How is your Nokia N76 doing so far?
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I have this phone after only two weeks the chrome started to peel and hell was on ….. I am afraid to use the phone not to make the colour go off. i am really frustrated. it peels off from only touching the phone. i hate you nokia for selling this phone with slugish quality i hate u ihate u !!!!!!!!!
Hi Viper,
would you please send us some photos of the box to Tamog@gmx.at for publication?
Best regards
Tam Hanna
The nokia n76 has a peeling problem. I will vouch for that.
i got my new nokia n76 today couldn’t wait for it and it won’t charge for me anyone else have this problem
Hi,
try to charge it and check if the battery is seated well.
If it doesnt work => back to Nokia with it!
Good Luck
Tam Hanna
ugh i have this dang phone.. and lotsa problems..
1st the open close mechanism is lose.. (maybe its just me)
2nd i cant listen to radio.. the phone hangs and i have to restart by taking out batt and puttin it back on
3td the freaking chrome issue.. i sent it back to nokia to repair and they said.. it touched acid =.= does my hand have acid? wth? and they wanted to charge me RM1000 thats around 250 us dollars just to repair.. i rather buy a new phone =.=
Hi Sue,
please send me an email at Tamog@gmx.at - I’ll see what can be done!
Best regards
Tam Hanna
hi friends i have this phone since 2 months ago the chrome items are peeling, i dont know what can i do for it, iam asking for any help
Hi,
contact your Nokia service point!
Best regards
Tam Hanna
thi nokia n76 has become a big prob the chrome is peeling off and the keypad is not at all working im not even able make calls im fed up with this wat can i do with this scrap
Hi,
as said above: contact your service point ASAP!
Best regards from Vienna
Tam Hanna
Hi,
can you please help??? On my N 76 the outer mirror screen finished has cracked and I don’t know how to replace it. I went to 2 different mobile phone centers and they can’t help me. It’s not the LCD, I still can see the images, it’s the outer mirror faceplate. Thanks a million for your help
Hi Cheyenne,
go to Nokia directly!
All the best
Tam Hanna
i realy love this phone but since i saw all this problemes about chrome and everything… so now im affraid so can u tell me but honestly if its a good phone or not and if i buy it or not plzzz
Hi zeina,
thank you so much for your feedback!
I would stay away from the machine - I still use my N71 and am more than happy!
But it always depends on how much you would have to pay!
All the best
Tam Hanna