Since its launch on the 4th of June, the HTC EVO 4G has been plagued by various issues. Talk about bad luck (or just bad engineering), the HTC EVO 4G first suffered supply shortage in the US due to the overwhelming demand. Next was a screen separation issue which consumers feared would affect its usability and reliability. Now people are talking about the screen sensitivity to grounding?! HTC, get your act together!! Lets hope they solve all this before the HTC EVO 4G starts shipping in Malaysia. Read more on the issues after the link.
The screen separation issue is most probably due to screen de-lamination where the top glass layer peels off due to insufficient bond strength during lamination. These incidents usually happen on the edges of the screen. In Engadget’s review of the HTC EVO 4G they did mention about light leakage which is one of the key symptoms.
When the capacitive buttons below the display are lit, there’s a ton of light leakage along the bottom edge of the phone where the display meets the plastic surround. Obviously, that’s not an issue in bright lighting, but in dimmer environments, it’s definitely enough leakage to notice and give the phone a visibly cheaper look to it.
Damn! Those guys at Engadget are good!
Now about that screen sensitivity thing, here’s a video from fanboy jaypeezee34 illustrating how the HTC EVO 4G screen fails to register touches when the side of the body is not grounded. I’d say this was an ESD leak or shortage issue right there.
Here’s another one.
Source: MobileBeat, Engadget, jaypeezee34
