K800i lens cover problem
Fault of the day, Product Design April 20th, 2007
An otherwise great mobile phone is let down by one niggling fault: the lens cover does not lock closed securely enough.
As most Sony Ericsson k800i owners have found out fairly quickly, the sliding lens cover will flop open at the slightest touch.
Pick up the phone, pop it into a pocket and the chances are the lens cover will open, thus activating the camera.
This can result in the lens getting dirty or damaged and the battery running down. All a bit annoying.
If a problem like this is so easy to spot, why does it get through to production?
I would expect the next design revision of this phone not to have the same problem. We shall see.
June 23rd, 2008 at 10:33 am
I had a K800i, and found the lens cover totally mystifying for that very reason. Surely logic dictates that the lens cover should be opened by pushing it downward, so the upward pressure of putting it in your pocket closes it.
Having said that, I’m looking forward to getting an iPhone 3G next month – which has no lens cover at all :S