Nokia chargers 'too easy to break'

[JK8]

Dealers are reporting a high level of Nokia charger returns as many customers are finding the manufacturer's newer 'thin pin' chargers breaking soon after purchase.

'They are more problematic than the ones before. The pin is thinner, so it's easy to break. Once it bends, you can't really use it. I know you're meant to put it in gently, but people tend to shove it in and then the pin breaks. We get a lot of customers coming to buy new chargers; I suppose it's good for us in that respect,' one dealer said.

Another added: 'They do break a lot easier. We've had people returning them.'

Some dealers said around half of their Nokia customers come back reporting a broken charger while one dealer claims that 90% of his accessory sales are to replace broken Nokia chargers.

'People tell me that they just stop working. The pin itself looks fine, but it doesn't work inside,' he said.

A Nokia spokesman said the company was 'puzzled by the report'. 'At the end of the day, there are no issues that we're aware of around that plug, barring mistreatment by the user,' he said. He added that the smaller pins are due to customer demand for thinner products.


http://www.mobiletoday.co.uk/content/16501.asp?men=2&sub=24

 

[Datura]

My thin pin charger broke a week after I got it. Just stopped working. There are about 15 Nokia owners on my floor that use the new charger and only two of them still have chargers that work. Ericsson chargers are also terrible.

 

[JK8]

My thin pin charger broke a week after I got it. Just stopped working. There are about 15 Nokia owners on my floor that use the new charger and only two of them still have chargers that work. Ericsson chargers are also terrible.

Now why spoil your post?
I think they solid, never had a single problem even with my fake car charger.

 

[Piesang]

I never had 1 of my Nokia chargers that broke. My P900 and W810i on the other hand both have new chargers. The first one just didn't want to charge anymore. If you wiggle the cord then it would start charging. And that was annoying.

My mothers W810i's charger is still working 100% though.

 

[JK8]

 

[stoke]

Thanks for the headzup.
/me makes not not to get phone with thin pin charger thingy ...

 

[ronan73]

The only problem I have had with a chager was that the cat chewed through the wire. (Samsung charger).

 

[lilDeath]

What do they do to break them? Hell!
I've used mine at least once a week since February and still going strong.
And I'm using both the adapter for connecting to the old standard Nokia chargers and the new 'thin pin' chargers.

 

[MrG]

hmm, interesting, mine is still fine...

lets see what happens. People must be mistreating the thing, cause it ain't that brittle?

 

[Tux]

I've never even used my phone's charger
Connect it to my pc via usb to sync and tomorrow when I get ready for work it's charged as well. Charger's still in it's original packing

 

[bwana]

I've never even used my phone's charger
Connect it to my pc via usb to sync and tomorrow when I get ready for work it's charged as well. Charger's still in it's original packing

All our phones at home have the mini-usb chargers too. As far as I can tell much more robust than a slim pin and clearly more functional.

 

[Tux]

All our phones at home have the mini-usb chargers too. As far as I can tell much more robust than a slim pin and clearly more functional.

No cheap assed transformers or caps in a USB cable that can go wonky on you either

 

[GTi]

I have to agree on this one. My charger for my N80 is giving me ploblems when trying to charge it.It takes me 20min to get the thing to start charging. I has the thin pins which fits into the phone, now the missus got her N73me yesterday with the same sh!tty thin pin.

What I don't understand is that the N80 and N73me comes with an adapter which allows you to use the older thicker pin chargers. Why, because they know the thinner pin will break within a week or two after u get the phone?

 

[thed33p]

My N80 charger broke as well - I now use the car charger exclusively.

I don't have a bent pin but it's as if the wire "pulled out" form where it's connected into the charger - when I push it in the charge starts and it stops when I let go... (and no, it was never manhandled!)

 

[JK8]

Dont worry what people say, I agree with this article 100% and I know alooooot of others that have problems with them.

All the new Nokios have these chargers. They do break easily.
I suggest all of you Nokio users keep this article just incase yours breaks and the stores want you to pay R150 for a new one!

 

[piranha786]

The adapter works nicer, but it like cost R100 for small piece of wire.
VERY expensive

 

[JimM]

I sell the Nokia CA-44 adapter for R30 or at R70 if you feel the need to pay an extra R40 for a bubble pack that you'll throw away! R100 is daylight robbery!

By far the worst cellphone charger is the Motorola V3 (also V360 etc). If it doesn't just die then the flex will go open circuit!

 

[Highflyer_GP]

Phone fell of the bed while charging, pin bent. Thin pin too.

 

[4cer]

Had my N73 for 8 months now... charger still works perfect...
K800i charger still working perfect after 8 months...
Though K750i have 7 chargers for, as 5 broke... Girlfriend has 4 chargers broken for this phone...
K700i have abt 4 broken chargers lieing around so in my experience chargers are getting better

And oh, my nokia 5210 in the cupboard still has one charger that has lasted a good .. i dunno 6 years

 

[Piesang]

I'm starting to get the picture.

The same people that moan about their / a phone being crap because of built quality or that it breaks or hangs, etc... are also moaning about their chargers that break easily.

I think the problem is not with the devices, but with the people that use them.