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Wow, what a day! First I got an email from Seidio, and in the same day, Case Mate (which happens to be one of my favorite case companies) says, and I quote "we do not have any specific information on when, or if cases for the Note 2 might become available." OUCH!. Here's their email:
Dear -----,
Thank you for contacting case-mate and your interest in our products. At this time, we do not have any specific information on when, or if cases for the Note 2 might become available. Our product
development team is always working on new products. I will gladly share your feedback/request with them!
At case-mate we thrive on customer feedback! We offer several ways for you to interact with case-mate as little or as much as you would like. You can share feedback or product comments directly with
the development team at: http://feedback.case-mate.com. For real time updates on product releases and promotions you can follow us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/casemate, or on Twitter at
http://twitter.com/casemate. Our community manager will let you know as soon as new cases are available on the site. You can also sign up for our newsletter at:
http://www.case-mate.com/mailing-list.asp for the latest case-mate news, product releases, and product promotions.
Thank you again for your request and feedback!
Kind regards,
Person from this company
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I can't believe it! It looks like I'm going the Samsung original case way, and forgetting about these cases for a while.
But AT&T is selling Case-Mate POP case already for the Note 2...what's i dont even...
All the att note 2 cases say they ship in 14 days.
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I don't understand their email then... And their website was void of any details about the note 2...
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So I'm watching football and just saw the Lebron James Note 2 commercial. At the end, they said now buy one get one free flip cover from Verizon. Don't see this on the Verizon website or the Samsung website. Anyone have any luck with this, or my ears just playing tricks on me.
Every store I've been to is OOS.
empiremaster23 said:
So I'm watching football and just saw the Lebron James Note 2 commercial. At the end, they said now buy one get one free flip cover from Verizon. Don't see this on the Verizon website or the Samsung website. Anyone have any luck with this, or my ears just playing tricks on me.
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I saw the same thing, went to verizon store and they knew nothing about it and can't find it online, I was thinking I dreamed it up while watching football till I saw your post, lol. Chatted online with a verizon rep and they said there was no such promo?
I saw the commercial also. Been waiting for it to come back so I can take a pic. Told my friend about it but he got the same answer from Verizon, that they can't find the promo or haven't heard about it!
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I saw the commercial also. Been waiting for it to come back so I can take a pic. Told my friend about it but he got the same answer from Verizon, that they can't find the promo or haven't heard about it!
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Went to the Verizon store and asked them about the BOGO offer on the cases. They were clueless even though one of the reps said he SAW the commercial. Went to the car and called Verizon, after being on hold for ten minutes they came back and told me it was a T-MOBILE COMMERCIAL. What? What a fail.
Jen:laugh:
Video of the commercial
I was able to take a video of the commercial. Here's a link for all: http://db.tt/Z48cbO5b. Now go show those idiots this evidence!
Tmobile offers 50% off on accessories of $10 or more when you buy Note2
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I saw the commercial too. I'm going to try the store near me tomorrow. Wonder if you need to be a Verizon customer...lol. Going to walk in with my ATT phone.
It's on the Verizon website. You have to log into your account, go to accessories, select your phone model, then View All Accessories. If i'm not mistaken, when I saw it, the colors are green and teal... I was going to jump on it, but the colors are tad too feminine for my taste.
http://www.verizonwireless.com/b2c/...d=13596&accessoryId=53214&initialPhoneId=6055
maybee
The Flipcase are a very nice Cases, but the Handling is not nice for me ,and when the Phone drop that dont help great....but one price for 2 is Hot
I could probably rock the mint and sell the sky blue one yet at that rate I might as well order it from Samsung with the 50% off
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I could probably rock the mint and sell the sky blue one yet at that rate I might as well order it from Samsung with the 50% off
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Right 50% off at samsung is the same price for 2 as the BOGO with Verizon. I got a white flip, orange flip and a TPU for like $50 using the 50% off.
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Some of you may have seen the post about wiring a second battery to your N4, and getting fantastic battery life. For those who may have missed it, you can find it here
4200mAh Nexus 4 - second internal battery!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=41203417#post41203417
The problem is that you have to destroy your back cover.
The average person reading this post seems oblivious the the wonders of 3d printing. I've posted a few times and it seems to go right over everyone's head. So I'm posting in the main forum.
I am willing to pay $10.00 to the person who creates a 3d model of a case for the N4, with room for the extra battery, that holds everything in place. I know I'm not the only one willing to do this. If we get enough people interested in chipping in, a 3d modeler could make a nice chunk of change.
I did a google search for "have something 3d printed" and I get a bunch of companies, all I need is someone to make the model.
Anyone interested?
$10 would not even be worth the material to print out a "custom" case you want let alone the time and resources involved.
I don't want or need someone to print it out. I am going to submit the file to the printing service and pay for that all on my own. As would anyone else who wants the case.
I am paying 10.00 for someone to create the model in autocad for example. Provide that file for download. So anyone can submit this file to the printing service, pay the printing service fee, and have the printed case mailed to them.
Ten dollars? To develop a product that might eventually change the future of this phone, I don't think so
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OMG!
Does ANYBODY understand crowd sourcing?
I'm not saying to pay this person 10 dollars. I'm saying WE ALL PAY 10.00.
you know...that whole bit where I said if 25 people want to submit 10.00...this person gets 250.00...
And your right, something that WILL CHANGE THE FUTURE OF THIS PHONE...so I think that passing 25 people would be easy,
Hell, there might be 100's. Thus making this person $1000.00.
I'm getting rrreeaalllly close to hiring this person and flat out paying him/her myself. Then charging for the file and putting the money into my bank account.
Forget it. I am going to have it designed myself.
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OMG!
Does ANYBODY understand crowd sourcing?
I'm not saying to pay this person 10 dollars. I'm saying WE ALL PAY 10.00.
you know...that whole bit where I said if 25 people want to submit 10.00...this person gets 250.00...
And your right, something that WILL CHANGE THE FUTURE OF THIS PHONE...so I think that passing 25 people would be easy,
Hell, there might be 100's. Thus making this person $1000.00.
I'm getting rrreeaalllly close to hiring this person and flat out paying him/her myself. Then charging for the file and putting the money into my bank account.
Forget it. I am going to have it designed myself.
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But how do you expect to have someone print you a case for just 10$???
Lolol
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younix258 said:
But how do you expect to have someone print you a case for just 10$???
Lolol
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He's not he's hoping to start a bounty for the design of it not the actual case
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I'm not planning on paying 10.00 to have it printed. I'm chipping in 10.00 to have the document that is sent to the printer created. And paying to have it printed on my own. He w ever that much would be.
Regardless. The battery will be here after the 13th. I'm going to confirm the op. Between my roommate and I, we are going to *try* to develop an easy way to do the hardware mods to the device so almost anyone can do it. I'm going to hire the 3d modeler, have a few cases printed up and sell um on eBay.
Or... At least have great battery life and a nice case, depending on the cost I may just have one printed.
One way or another, I'm going to take full advantage of technology available to me.
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He's not he's hoping to start a bounty for the design of it not the actual case
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Thank you thank you thank you!!!!
I might try this even though I don't even have a 3d printer but not today, tomorrow as I got to study for my final exams tomorrow
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something like this would be nice
http://www.mugen-power-batteries.co...ung-galaxy-nexus-i9250-with-battery-door.html
IMO that project is much better suited for phones with removable covers, as you have a preexisting mounting mechanism and there's no need to modify the actual phone. I can say however that a printable case fit the N4 woukd be pretty sweet.
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Ten dollars? To develop a product that might eventually change the future of this phone, I don't think so
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This post in particular disgusts me.. I would help change the future of this (or ANY device) for FREE if I had the required skill set. Not everyone in the world is in it for the almighty dollar.
Rant over. Carry on folks, I hope this gets going. If I ever shatter my back piece, I'll be right here with you.
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I say throw this up on kickstarter, while I don't want this I'd chip in $5.
Sooo I came across this thread, and I'm an engineer, with access to a 3d printer and CAD software.
If a two piece hard case exists, I could base it on that, the 3d material isn't that strong when thin so it would have to be a two piece design.
This is certainly intriguing, though I must warn you, the "ink" our printer uses feels fairly cheap. I'm not sure what texture you're looking for, but I know other options exist, it would just be a matter of getting options from the shop who is actually printing.
Just want to note too, the ink is fairly expensive, plus there is hand cleaning necessary after the object is printed (driving up the cost).
I have a model N4 that I used to make a basic desk holder, I can send that to you to get a quote.
Let me know
EDIT: also, a case with a battery would need to be wired into the original, thus destroying your current back...unless a battery with qi like capacity could be placed next to the untouched back.
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There is a web company that will print it for you. You just upload the 3d file and pay. Its around 30 dollars.
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Sooo I came across this thread, and I'm an engineer, with access to a 3d printer and CAD software.
If a two piece hard case exists, I could base it on that, the 3d material isn't that strong when thin so it would have to be a two piece design.
This is certainly intriguing, though I must warn you, the "ink" our printer uses feels fairly cheap. I'm not sure what texture you're looking for, but I know other options exist, it would just be a matter of getting options from the shop who is actually printing.
Just want to note too, the ink is fairly expensive, plus there is hand cleaning necessary after the object is printed (driving up the cost).
I have a model N4 that I used to make a basic desk holder, I can send that to you to get a quote.
Let me know
EDIT: also, a case with a battery would need to be wired into the original, thus destroying your current back...unless a battery with qi like capacity could be placed next to the untouched back.
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Agree with what you are saying about the two piece case, I am studying my senior year to become an engineer, I don't have a 3d printer but have Cad and will try to design something today, do you mind looking at it and giving your thought on it?
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If it were me, I would copy the dimensions of the OEM bumper, use AutoCAD or Pro-E to make the 3D model, print and shove the rubber part from the bumper into the case. I'll take a look at my bumper when I get home and do a mock up. $10 for 10 minutes of work is worth it lol. The most time consuming parts would be getting exact measurements. I'll have my trusty caliper for that. The rounds would be a bit tricky though. Plus including some sort of tolerance for the mass produced 4's, though I suspect it should be fine if I stick with the same dimensions of the bumper.
Instead buy a travel charger !! Its too beautiful to be fk'd up
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Agree with what you are saying about the two piece case, I am studying my senior year to become an engineer, I don't have a 3d printer but have Cad and will try to design something today, do you mind looking at it and giving your thought on it?
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Sure, send me a PM when you have something.
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I don't know how many people know this but google is now offering a free bumper with the purchase of any nexus 4 product. If you have bought your nexus 4 within the last 15 days, they'll give ya a free bumper! I just called them
Enjoy!
THEindian said:
I don't know how many people know this but google is now offering a free bumper with the purchase of any nexus 4 product. If you have bought your nexus 4 within the last 15 days, they'll give ya a free bumper! I just called them
Enjoy!
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Well done Google for looking after previous customers. I am waiting for the white to hit the UK store can't wait. No free bumper currently on the UK store for the black product so I guess the store may see the update next week.
I order another Nexus 4 on the 30th and they just told me the promotion started the 31st of May so I didn't qualify but they said they would look into it. Thanks for the tip though!
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Just called them and they refuse to send me one since I purchased a black phone. Clearly in their FAQ and shows you get a black bumper free if you bought a black phone, or a white one, if you purchased the white version. I asked to speak with a manager or supervisor and I was transferred, rudely told the same thing. I explained that if I could just get a simple $20 refund, it'd be so much more easier on both ends than for us to have to ship items back and forth to one another.
They are offering me the option to return the phone and bumper I purchased just 3 days ago, minus shipping costs, and a 15% re-stocking fee. I'll be spending more money to just get a "free bumper" so forget it.
Google's customer service in comparison to amazon's is quite horrible. I can't believe they didn't offer me promotional credit to google play, or something in return for this unfortunate situation. With Amazon, if a situation like this ever occurred, they'd at least give me MP3 credit for a few songs, or extend my prime membership by a month.
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Just called them and they refuse to send me one since I purchased a black phone. Clearly in their FAQ and shows you get a black bumper free if you bought a black phone, or a white one, if you purchased the white version. I asked to speak with a manager or supervisor and I was transferred, rudely told the same thing. I explained that if I could just get a simple $20 refund, it'd be so much more easier on both ends than for us to have to ship items back and forth to one another.
They are offering me the option to return the phone and bumper I purchased just 3 days ago, minus shipping costs, and a 15% re-stocking fee. I'll be spending more money to just get a "free bumper" so forget it.
Google's customer service in comparison to amazon's is quite horrible. I can't believe they didn't offer me promotional credit to google play, or something in return for this unfortunate situation. With Amazon, if a situation like this ever occurred, they'd at least give me MP3 credit for a few songs, or extend my prime membership by a month.
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I'm in the same boat as you, with the same issue and conclusion you came to. Even though I like the phone, this is thievery on google's part. Also it was rather asinine to not be able to just refund the purchase price of the bumper.
About to engage costumer support to see who the victor is, my device arrived on the 31st so I may be able to pull some bs based on that :cyclops:
Also I don't think they should be giving bumper refunds for any reason, as I see it is either you should get a bumper or not and I think we should.
am i the only one that feels that people are being greedy in this thread by calling Google thieves because they won't give them something for free because they bought something before a promotion started?
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Just called them and they refuse to send me one since I purchased a black phone. Clearly in their FAQ and shows you get a black bumper free if you bought a black phone, or a white one, if you purchased the white version. I asked to speak with a manager or supervisor and I was transferred, rudely told the same thing. I explained that if I could just get a simple $20 refund, it'd be so much more easier on both ends than for us to have to ship items back and forth to one another.
They are offering me the option to return the phone and bumper I purchased just 3 days ago, minus shipping costs, and a 15% re-stocking fee. I'll be spending more money to just get a "free bumper" so forget it.
Google's customer service in comparison to amazon's is quite horrible. I can't believe they didn't offer me promotional credit to google play, or something in return for this unfortunate situation. With Amazon, if a situation like this ever occurred, they'd at least give me MP3 credit for a few songs, or extend my prime membership by a month.
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Google are not making any profit by selling the nexus 4.
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Google are not making any profit by selling the nexus 4.
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But are they making any more by giving away free bumpers to everyone now? Would they really lose any less by "giving" ones out to people who were unlucky and purchased the phone and bumper separately just days before this promotion?
I feel kind of screwed out of $20 since I just bought the phone a few days ago and they're not offering me any feasible solution.
I purchased it in India in a local shop, Google don't sell N4 via play store in India. It's LG who is selling it, So will I get free bumper ??
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am i the only one that feels that people are being greedy in this thread by calling Google thieves because they won't give them something for free because they bought something before a promotion started?
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No, I agree with you. Certainly it depends on the timing of when the Nexus 4 was bought but, speaking from the perspective of someone who works in customer service, these are the types of calls I hate fielding. Why should a company have to compensate you for something you didn't qualify for? There's a certain point where it becomes entitlement and I hate that.
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No, I agree with you. Certainly it depends on the timing of when the Nexus 4 was bought but, speaking from the perspective of someone who works in customer service, these are the types of calls I hate fielding. Why should a company have to compensate you for something you didn't qualify for? There's a certain point where it becomes entitlement and I hate that.
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While I agree to some extent, they need to offer a better solution to those who bought the phone and bumper at the same. My gripe is not with getting the free case but seeing that i bought both i should at least be refunded the price of the bumper. Its was literally a day before the promotion, and they want to charge restocking fees, preposterous. In the end I'm not totally up in arms about it, because both are quality made products, its more of the timing.
Is T-Mobile giving the bumper away too?
THE NEW PHONE BOOKS ARE HERE! THE NEW PHONE BOOKS ARE HERE!
I can't believe people are calling Google greedy when they don't even make profit off the nexus 4
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I've got my nexus today from UK O2 - bumper was included.
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am i the only one that feels that people are being greedy in this thread by calling Google thieves because they won't give them something for free because they bought something before a promotion started?
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Picked up my N4 about a month ago with a bumper. I won't be calling Google asking for anything because A) it's only $20 and B) I didn't purchase it during the promotion.
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zackvh said:
Picked up my N4 about a month ago with a bumper. I won't be calling Google asking for anything because A) it's only $20 and B) I didn't purchase it during the promotion.
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C. You are outside of the price match period
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C. You are outside of the price match period
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Even if I was in the price matching period I wouldn't be complaining. It's only $20 for a bumper case. Go buy one instead of wasting your own and Google's time.
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strra said:
am i the only one that feels that people are being greedy in this thread by calling Google thieves because they won't give them something for free because they bought something before a promotion started?
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That's exactly how I'm reading it. Disgraceful to complain about such a third by considering how cheap the Nexus 4 is anyway.
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So i remember when I got my Note 5, Note 7, and LG V20 there were plenty of threads that offered items such as cases, screen protectors, etc all for free if the user posted a review.. Are things like that no longer allowed here? I have a vendor friend from China who still does this, but it's via Amazon.. Just checking to see if XDA disallowed this type of stuff and seeing if maybe that's why none of those posts pop up here anymore..
Thanks!
Your a bit late. There was about 3 of them right before the phone released.
How can it be free and honest? ?
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How can it be free and honest? ?
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Free - Thank-You
Honest - You stuff is Crap.?
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It's highly unlikely to be an unbiased and therefore helpful review. It's getting silly on Amazon now too. Take a look at some of the tempered glass screen protectors for this phone. Quite a few are highly rated, but are from obvious shill reviews and NOT verified purchases. And the fwe verified purchases? All 1 or 2 star reviews from unhappy people suckered by the 5 star reviews. Filter by verified purchase always!
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It's highly unlikely to be an unbiased and therefore helpful review. It's getting silly on Amazon now too. Take a look at some of the tempered glass screen protectors for this phone. Quite a few are highly rated, but are from obvious shill reviews and NOT verified purchases. And the fwe verified purchases? All 1 or 2 star reviews from unhappy people suckered by the 5 star reviews. Filter by verified purchase always!
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I agree. I've made a few negative reviews on Amazon. Then the seller emails me to remove review via bribe with a refund ? WTF hence why some shoddy items seem to get high star review counts.
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For Amazon reviews, I highly recommend Review Meta. They have a couple of Extensions and Add-Ons for browsers that can help you sift out inflated/fake reviews and give you a more realistic rating of items, and it explains why certain reviews are shady too. Of course, it doesn't help for some of the less reviewed items, but their site has very helpful info about how to spot paid and fake reviews. Highly Recommend!!
Companies would give out free items to most people who posted in the thread, now, it seems like they make you fill out a form and they add you to their email list and don't send anything out.
About a year ago, Amazon did away with all of the free for honest review things that they could. They probably still exist, but they get rid of sellers who do it whenever they can. There used to be entire sites that did nothing but hook people up with free or discounted stuff for honest reviews. I got burned a few times by products that are rated 4.8 stars but are absolute crap. I'm glad to see it go. There is no way that you're going to get a pile of unbiased reviews when you're just giving people stuff.
So, have you been honest on your reviews of free products?
Care to link the class to some of your online reviews for critique?
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So i remember when I got my Note 5, Note 7, and LG V20 there were plenty of threads that offered items such as cases, screen protectors, etc all for free if the user posted a review.. Are things like that no longer allowed here? I have a vendor friend from China who still does this, but it's via Amazon.. Just checking to see if XDA disallowed this type of stuff and seeing if maybe that's why none of those posts pop up here anymore..
Thanks!
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Amazon made a “for show” effort to remove those reviews, but biased/shill reviews still exist there and all over the internet.
Disagree that all 4 star and up reviews are biased. Disagree that the review system bears no fruit and is uselesss.
When I had the HTC one m8 a phone case company contacted me on xda. They sent me a phone case and it was pure garbage. Taking the phone in and out a few times it lost its shape and would say around the phone. I told the company of my findings and he said many had said the same thing. If the fixed it or not I don't kn now but last I heard from them. Asked if I should return it and they said do what ya want with it. So I through it in the trash.
I don't mind being contacted but I don't expect to see free stuff for honest reviews.
Like with my zero lemon extended battery for the v20. Got a 90% discount from them. So I reviwed it on Amazon and zero was upset that I got a discount. Told them I wasn't lying on my review and if they wanted the battery back I would be more than happy to return it to them. I won't lie. I gave them a 4 star because they cheaper out on the cover and made a rubber case to go on the back. To me would allow all sort of dust and other contaminant easy access in to the phone
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jdmsohc22 said:
So i remember when I got my Note 5, Note 7, and LG V20 there were plenty of threads that offered items such as cases, screen protectors, etc all for free if the user posted a review.. Are things like that no longer allowed here? I have a vendor friend from China who still does this, but it's via Amazon.. Just checking to see if XDA disallowed this type of stuff and seeing if maybe that's why none of those posts pop up here anymore..
Thanks!
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XDA blocks the companies from doing that because it violate their terms, and they want those companies to pay for the advertising not get it from xda users.
Yeah I got chargers, phone cases, cables, Bluetooth speakers, etc all free for review in the past, but it seems those programs have gone astray. I do see how they could be used in a negative way though, kinda crappy.. I'd be totally honest too lol, like if the thing didn't even turn on I'd make sure to mention that in the reviews lol..
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XDA blocks the companies from doing that because it violate their terms, and they want those companies to pay for the advertising not get it from xda users.
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I understand.. Thanks for the insight..