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BlackBerry Storm Screen Scratch Test

By: , IntoMobile
Wednesday, December 3rd, 2008 at 11:41 AM

If you’re the new owner of a BlackBerry Storm, or just considering a purchase… You’ve no doubt had some concerns about the actual screen, and more importantly if the screen scratches easily.

In the video above, Brian from CES911 demonstrates how scratch-proof the screen on the Storm actually is. First off he takes some sort of nasty looking knife to the screen. No scratches. Next he takes one of those things you see at restaurants where they keep receipts. He vigorously goes at the screen on his Storm with that… Still no scratches. Finally, he initiates the most practical test of them all… The key-scratch test! Even the keys wouldn’t scratch the screen. Excellent.

Looks like the BlackBerry Storm gets two thumbs up for a solid, scratch-proof screen. Now, don’t get me started on some other shortcomings on the device… Lets stick with the scratch-proof screen for now. Good stuff.

Note: I love the fact that Brian is doing the tests because he’s sending the unit back anyway. Might as well put it through the ringer before you send her back :)

[Via: MobileSyrup]

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  • Hubert

    That’s an interesting test, however not so many of us carry such knives in our pockets. :) What we do have in our pockets though, or I should rather say ‘what our pockets are made of’ is BLUE JEANS. I managed to scratch 2 handsets (unintentionally of course) in the following manner:

    I wore a new pair of jeans (that haven’t been washed yet) and put a phone in my right pocket (not the left one) since only on the right side do we have the THIRD pocket. It’s usually made of jeans, unlike the regular cotton cloth that’s used for the regular pockets. That so called ‘condom pocket’ ends precisely where the phone display is, just above the middle, actually.

    During my two-hour walk in the park the phone was rubbing against the seam (that’s my guess) and since it was a new pair of jeans, microscopic particles of ‘sand’ or some other substance that’s used to give them the vintage look could be found on the fabric. That absolutely killed the screen. That, in fact would probably kill any screen, call it Blackberry, iPhone or Nokia.

    Do you want to prove me wrong? ;)

    Hubert

  • Antonius

    Ok, so if you look when he rubs that stuff on the screen, he obviously wasn’t even pressing that hard because the backlight never went off when he pressed it with all the crap he scratched it with. I say stick with a screen protector. Better safe than sorry!!

  • Shel

    I have the Storm and let me tell you that it is nowhere near scratch resistant.
    I had it in my pocket with a plastic hotel room key for about 3 hours. I walked
    no more than quarter-mile and the screen is absolutely ruined! Replacement screens
    aren’t available on the market yet so I’m suffering in the interim. Anyway, don’t
    fall for that silly video/rumor. Get a screen protector and case.

  • sunil idicula

    I DO HAVE A STORM AND I AM USING FROM THREE MONTHS .NOW I FOUND ITS FULL OF SCRATCH BECAUSE I USUALLY PUT IN MY POCKET .SO DONT BELIVE THE CLIPS YOU WILL END UP IN TROUBLE .PLS..MIND IT .