New Type of Nokia Chargers easy to break.

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"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."

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preetkk

2 of us with n80's have a this problem too i have to twist my charger around when i put it in my phone to make it charge

jaxxy00

Yes weve had this too.

My daughter has a Nokia 6111 and me a Nokia N80. So because they were still within 12 months i took my charger back to the o2 shop where i was told they would need to send back the charger and the phone for it to be tested and it would take about 10 days. (Whats wrong with just trying it in the shop and giving me a replacement off the shelf ). So i left it and didnt bother.

I took my daughters charger round to Carphone Warehouse where hers was from and got brilliant service. They didnt even test it, they just got me a new one off the shelf and put it through the till, free bagged it with receipt and that was that. :T

So currently we share the one charger which is not too bad as she now has a new Shine phone so doesnt charge the Nokia 6111 up that much.

drahcir_2

ive had quite a few of the new small type nokias for repair recently (fitting new charger port) but i only ever had a couple of the old ones