Glossy/Stealth Black Full Housing for RIM BlackBerry Curve 8300/8310/8320 Plus Torx Screwdriver T5, T6 and plastic opener

by OEM SYSTEMS COMPANY

Product Details

• ASIN: B0029WI52W
• Average Customer Review: 3.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #37,806 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: May 14, 2009

Product Description

This full housing includes front cover with lens, bottom cover, full keypad with trackball, side grips with small buttons and battery cover. Tools such as T5, T6 and plastic opener included.

Customer Reviews

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Cheap quality + no instructions = don't buy it, June 3, 2010

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Jody Biggs (Redmond, WA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Glossy/Stealth Black Full Housing for RIM BlackBerry Curve 8300/8310/8320 Plus Torx Screwdriver T5, T6 and plastic opener (Electronics)

Like other reviews have stated, the trackball is horrible. How is it horrible? Well (for me), it goes up and down fine, and it goes left fine, but it's basically impossible to get it to go right. All in all, that actually didn't bother me much, as I had ordered a nice green trackball to go with the jet black housing, and that arrived the next day and works better than my original trackball did.

The thing comes with _absolutely_ no instructions. I'm a do-it-myself kind of guy in general, and used to actually do a lot of random electronics repairs. But this thing was a mess. There were pieces (like the earpiece speaker, the flash for the camera, a rubber casing for the microphone opening) that were semi-permanently attached to the old housing that needed to be transferred and attached. This worked mostly alright, but was a pain. The metal case they provided for around the lcd screen was attached to the housing, requiring me to take the existing one off of the lcd screen (to which it was glued). This didn't go well - the screen cracked (be careful - they crack _really_ easily), and now I need to replace it (which looks like another $10-$15 here on Amazon - not bad, but annoying!).

So, anyhow, I finally got the phone all together, and it looks great (aside from the screen that needs replacing). Now, 3 days later, the jet black finish is chipping off. I'm really not a "your product is defective, I want my money back" kind of guy, but I really might have to go that route on this one.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars ****HORRIBLE*****, August 5, 2010

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Joe (USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Glossy/Stealth Black Full Housing for RIM BlackBerry Curve 8300/8310/8320 Plus Torx Screwdriver T5, T6 and plastic opener (Electronics)

The screen was cracked, the housing itself was cracked, the trackball sucks, and the keyboard that came with it has missing points in the letterbacks. I suggest to move to another supplier because they don't care about the customers

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Get what you paid for, June 8, 2010

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icyblue - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Glossy/Stealth Black Full Housing for RIM BlackBerry Curve 8300/8310/8320 Plus Torx Screwdriver T5, T6 and plastic opener (Electronics)

I was looking for a new track ball for my phone when I found this package. I bought this package because it was reasonably price and I can give a new to my phone. However, there is a lack of quality in the product. The package I received did not include the plastic opener, so I struggled a bit with take out my old housing. I first replaced everything on my phone with this package. The housing did not fit the phone perfectly as the faceplate did not snap in properly. I also noticed that, with the new casing, the phone lost a lot of volume in my ringtone, which made it hard to hear when someone calls me. So I decided to use the old speaker plate (the inner plate) that came with the phone, which improved the sound and made the new faceplate fit better. However, I then noticed another flaw in the product: The paint on the faceplate started to chip away on the second day. So overall, although I got a lot for the price I paid, but quality of the product is poor.