New style of phone charger

I got an N70 recently, the jack of the charger is much thinner than the
previous one. I've already broke the jack of the charger and now the jack
of the adaptor. The thin design seems to be much easier to break than the
old fatter one. Anyone else noticed this obvious way of increasing charger
sales?

"Haggis McMutton" <haggis@somewhere.ere> wrote in message
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>I got an N70 recently, the jack of the charger is much thinner than the
> previous one. I've already broke the jack of the charger and now the jack
> of the adaptor. The thin design seems to be much easier to break than the
> old fatter one. Anyone else noticed this obvious way of increasing charger
> sales?

I've broken 2 chargers now for my Nokia N73 with the thinner charger cable.,
it doesn't like the rollers on my swivel chair in the work and they have all
the power sockets under your desk. I've switched to using an old Nokia 6230
charger I had with the adaptor.

--
Gerry (The MOTH)

"Haggis McMutton" <haggis@somewhere.ere> wrote in message
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>I got an N70 recently, the jack of the charger is much thinner than the
> previous one. I've already broke the jack of the charger and now the jack
> of the adaptor. The thin design seems to be much easier to break than the
> old fatter one. Anyone else noticed this obvious way of increasing charger
> sales?

Gone through 3 of the new type chargers for a 6280. Always seem to end up
with a loose connection, even if treated with care.

"Jack Torrence" <room217[at]overlook.freeserve.co.uk> wrote in message
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> "Haggis McMutton" <haggis@somewhere.ere> wrote in message
> news:t94ii.10482$vA3.5142@newsfe2-win.ntli.net...
>>I got an N70 recently, the jack of the charger is much thinner than the
>> previous one. I've already broke the jack of the charger and now the jack
>> of the adaptor. The thin design seems to be much easier to break than the
>> old fatter one. Anyone else noticed this obvious way of increasing
>> charger
>> sales?
>
> Gone through 3 of the new type chargers for a 6280. Always seem to end up
> with a loose connection, even if treated with care.
>

And they are only guaranteed for 6 months!

Haggis McMutton wrote:
> I got an N70 recently, the jack of the charger is much thinner than the
> previous one. I've already broke the jack of the charger and now the jack
> of the adaptor. The thin design seems to be much easier to break than the
> old fatter one. Anyone else noticed this obvious way of increasing charger
> sales?

Mine isn't broken yet, but it is bent, something which never happened
with the old ones.

"Dave Newt" <newtonline@REMOVEgmail.THIScom> wrote
in message
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>
>
> Haggis McMutton wrote:
> > I got an N70 recently, the jack of the charger
is much thinner than the
> > previous one. I've already broke the jack of
the charger and now the jack
> > of the adaptor. The thin design seems to be
much easier to break than the
> > old fatter one. Anyone else noticed this
obvious way of increasing charger
> > sales?
>
> Mine isn't broken yet, but it is bent, something
which never happened
> with the old ones.


I only got 4 recharges out of mine, the wire &
connector are ok, its the electronics that have
failed! I cut it open to check.

roy

On Mon, 16 Jul 2007 23:01:54 +0100, Dave Newt wrote:
> Haggis McMutton wrote:
>> I got an N70 recently, the jack of the charger is much thinner than the
>> previous one. I've already broke the jack of the charger and now the jack
>> of the adaptor. The thin design seems to be much easier to break than the
>> old fatter one. Anyone else noticed this obvious way of increasing charger
>> sales?
>
> Mine isn't broken yet, but it is bent, something which never happened
> with the old ones.

Seems I'm not alone. Is it worth asking the retailer to sort it out when
this happens? Perhaps if enough people claim replacement phone chargers
Nokia will revert back to the one that has more strength than a twig.