Xperia Z Design Flaw?

[SouthernRiprey]

Hello everyone.

A week ago, I've had to send my Xperia Z for repairs due to water damage.

All the water indicators placed within the ports of the phone were white, not red.

As such, I believe that the cause of the water damage is most probably caused by a design flaw of the Xperia Z in general.

As I understand, the glass back panel of the Xperia Z is removed through a heating process.

Thus, I believe that due to heat issues with the Xperia Z, the adhesive used to seal phone is weakened in that area (top left hand corner, beside the back camera lens), possibly compromising the phone's ability to repel water.

I've visited various booths at PC Show 2013 earlier today, and noticed that the Xperia Z phones on display (that I've seen) had the same issue.

Here's the link that shows the problem in detail: talk.sonymobile.com/thread/127732 (I can't post links due to my low post count, apologies for that.)

Have any of you noticed the same issue, especially when your phone gets heated up?

 

[huhu84]

after reading ur post....took a look at my phone indeed the top left hand corner of the back is popping abit

 

[kingf00l]

Mine also. Damn, should stop washing my phone from now onwards.

 

[adix_82]

One customer who bought the xperia Z returned me the phone in less than 24hrs.. all port white sticker become red..

puzzled.. don know what really happened..

at the end of the day.. i still puzzled and of cse have to help him to solved the problem.

 

[viperx]

One customer who bought the xperia Z returned me the phone in less than 24hrs.. all port white sticker become red..

puzzled.. don know what really happened..

at the end of the day.. i still puzzled and of cse have to help him to solved the problem.

was at ur shop to apply the screen protector for my xperia z just now. great service from u. maybe I should try the waterproofing on my xperia now since it's still under warranty lol

 

[Ah Huat]

If you are really not happy with your xperia z then why don't you give me then

 

[rssd21]

Maybe people should realise the extra water-resistant feature is mainly to protect your phone against accidents with water.

Its not waterproof!!

 

[scubyti]

my set is not lemon and i swim with my xperia z, both in tub and pool.

 

[SouthernRiprey]

If you are really not happy with your xperia z then why don't you give me then

How about no?

Maybe people should realise the extra water-resistant feature is mainly to protect your phone against accidents with water.

Its not waterproof!!

I agree with you.

However, no one is saying that it is waterproof. In fact, you're the first person to even mention the word "waterproof" in this thread, hehe.

Thing is, possibly due to a design/manufacturing error, the phone isn't even water-resistant.

Yes, we (or at least I) understand that it is not waterproof. It is only water-resistant, and only when all the ports are properly secured with flaps.

However, the issue now is, even with the flaps properly secured, (the water indicators all show that the cause of water damage is not due to insecure flaps) the phone is still vulnerable to light water exposure that is well within the phone's IP55 and IP57 resistance ratings. (no dunking in the pool, at least for me)

Thus, it appears as though the product (or at least mine) is not living up to it's specifications/marketing.

 

[G4]

One customer who bought the xperia Z returned me the phone in less than 24hrs.. all port white sticker become red..

puzzled.. don know what really happened..

at the end of the day.. i still puzzled and of cse have to help him to solved the problem.

Maybe the phone gone through sauna session... hot water vapour sure unstoppable.

 

[kmlimgmail]

swim test saturday

I'm taking my xperiaZ for a swim test tomorrow... with or without the haze.

Hope it will be resistant to water... otherwise I'll trade in and get the xperiaZR.

 

[Hello_Kitty]

I'm taking my xperiaZ for a swim test tomorrow... with or without the haze.

Hope it will be resistant to water... otherwise I'll trade in and get the xperiaZR.

ZR marketing show the guys swimming with the phones.

anyway, I have tried many times bringing my Z to swimming pool .

maybe change to samsung S4 Active for better waterproofing?

 

[N3wXTyp3]

ZR marketing show the guys swimming with the phones.

anyway, I have tried many times bringing my Z to swimming pool .

maybe change to samsung S4 Active for better waterproofing?

I think first of all, Please get it RIGHT, the phone is water resistance. The 2 words have different meanings behind it.

You want to trust the FIRST water resistance phone made by the whom. Go ahead and let us know. I am quite interested for the results.

Looking at its built... well well... no comments.

 

[reimina]

I'm taking my xperiaZ for a swim test tomorrow... with or without the haze.

Hope it will be resistant to water... otherwise I'll trade in and get the xperiaZR.

There is no ZR in SG. If you want to buy from other country.