I'm broken.
Yep, the day has come, and I’m a bit sad – my N95-8GB provided 10 months of faithful service, before giving up the ghost (hardware-wise) the other day. To be fair, there is nothing wrong with the general function of the device – I just managed (somehow) to break the ‘zoom out/volume down’ part of the rocker button.
Quite how this occurred I don’t know, since I treat my kit very well – for example I’ve never dropped my device. But it would appear at least the spring under the button has failed. It IS a sad day for sure, especially as the Nokia is secured with Torx screws – meaning I can’t easily get in there and fix it. So now I am faced with the prospect of leaving it, or taking it to a service centre – who will no doubt want £70 or similar to fix it!
The N95-8GB has been a good performer in the time that I have had it – despite some annoying flaws (email client is rubbish, occasional reboots), it had a wealth of features that made it one of my fave devices for a very long time (great PC sync, fast texting, good screen).
So the day-to-day of mobile usage is now being run by an Apple iPhone – and you all know the fun I’ve had with that!
Alas poor N95-8GB, I knew him well……