MAJOR ISSUES WITH N95!

Question

CAN ANYBODY SHED SOME LIGHT ON THE HUNDREDS OF ISSUES WITH THIS PHONE?
I PURCHASED A NOKIA N95 3 WEEKS AGO FROM CARPHONE WAREHOUSE.
IM NOW ON MY 4TH HANDSET IN 3 WEEKS!
MY FIRST HANDSETS BATTERY ONLY LASTED 5 HOURS (WITHOUT USING IT)
MY SECOND HANDSET HAD TERRIBLE AUDIO PROBLEMS. (SOUNDED LIKE A BLOWN SPEAKER)
MY 3RD HANDSET KEPT RESTARTING AND WHEN ON, HAD WHITE BOXES OF NOTHING ALONG THE TOP OF THE DISPLAY. THE ONLY WAY TO STOP THIS WAS TO RESTART THE PHONE.
MY 4TH HANDSET CONSTANTLY SAYS 'SIM REGESTRATION FAILED', ERROR CONNECTION, INSERT SIM, TIMED OUT PLUS MORE! IT ALSO OCCASIONALY RESTARTS ITSELF!
IM SURE THIS IS NOT JUST BAD LUCK ON MYPART BUT IM FUMING TO SAY THE LEAST. ONTOP OF THIS CARPHONE WAREHOUSE ARE NOW SAYING ILL HAVE TO PAY £600 TO COME OUT OF THE CONTRACT BECAUSE IM OVER MY 14 DAYS, BUT THE 14 DAYS WERE WAISTED WITH FAULTY HANDSETS OR WAITING FOR CARPHONE WAREHOUSE TO REPLACE MY OLD ONE. DISCUSTING!
NOKIA N95 WAS A GREAT IDEA AND HAD ALL THE FEATURES I NEEDED. SHAME THEY DONT ACTUALLY WORK PROPERLY!
CAN ANYBODY RECOMEND A DECENT (SMARTPHONE) HANDSET WITH THE N95 FEATURES THAT ACTUALLY WORKS?
ANYONE ELSE HAVING AS MANY PROBLEMS AS ME?

Answer 1

cant recall now...usually your warranty is either a card or part of the back of the manual...but to prove a warranty you need a purchase receipt with date of purchase clearly shown...usually you would return a copy of the receipt with the phone for your warranty claim....
i dont think and imei number will supply a fixed date of manufacture..and even if it did i doubt it would be enough to prove you have a valid warranty claim...
if it was a private sale can you get the original purchase details from the person you bought it from? that way you might at least be able to paperchase a supplier receipt and get a firm date of supply from Nokia or the original suppliers....
the problem with private sales is you are always going to suffer with warranty pit falls....
Nokia Customer services might be able to track through with the serial number from the side of the box or from the phone....again whether that will enough to validate a warranty claim im really not sure....
you might have to contact Nokia and explain the situation and just see what they are willing to do...
*addition*
happened to have my old 9300 manual in my desk here at work..the warranty is listed near the back of the manual...
the only thing i can find that might harm a warranty as explained in the manual read something like this:
Limited warranty is not enforcable if the product has been opened,modified,accesory date code, imei tampered with etc etc by anyone other than a NOkia service engineer...any warranty in such a case will be at Nokia discretion...
again i think its going to come down to "proof or purchase" date
hope this helpsMessage Edited by kirisute on 06-Jun-200703:19 PM