4S sleep / wake button

[touchman]

Hi everyone, it's been a while, just got a 4s, it's a week old, it's a great phone and everything but i have noticed that the sleep / wake button is loose and rattles from side to side when the phone is shaken, i have done some research and found others online with the same thing, is this a common thing with the 4 /4s?, how many of you have this and is it worth being bothered about, i have owned iphones in the past never had a perfect one each has had little things, i take it the 4s is no exception?


Thanks

 

[DanBurns91]

Its nothing to worry about, mines exactly the same at 2 weeks old. Its normal, i suppose its gotta have a bit of play. If its not affecting the phone its not worth worrying about, you only need to worry when it starts affecting day to day use.

 

[touchman]

Cheers danburns, can you hear yours rattle when the phone is shaken from side to side?, glad i'm not alone here


Cheers

 

[nathdogg]

The sleep/wake button on my 4s is solid, no movement at all. Although my volume buttons have a very slight bit of play.

There's nothing to worry about though, as long as the button is still functioning as it should. I imagine most people will have at least one or another button that's slightly looser, as that's the nature of having moving parts.

 

[motoleo]

My iPhone rattles when I tap it on the back or set it down on the table. But that's because of the camera on the back, and I'm fine with that, since it is zoom-able.

 

[Zxxv]

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The sleep/wake button on my 4s is solid, no movement at all. Although my volume buttons have a very slight bit of play.

There's nothing to worry about though, as long as the button is still functioning as it should. I imagine most people will have at least one or another button that's slightly looser, as that's the nature of having moving parts.

I don't agree. I can buy a cheap as phone and all parts fit perfect. The tolerances are spot on. Yet with the super expensive iPhone it rattles like it belongs on a bargain store at a local market selling fake products and cheap Taiwanese goods.

Also noticed on a friends 4s that his sleep wake button is bigger in size. Still rattles but made me wonder if his button on mine would not rattle.

 

[touchman]

Hi zxxv, yeah i see what your saying, i have owned £20 phones in the past and as you said there ok, so i take it your sleep button rattles also, do you have the 4 or 4s and has it always been that way?

 

[Zxxv]

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4s
Friends 4s is same. All buttons rattle.

 

[nathdogg]

I guess it comes down to how much it bothers you and if you can live with it or not

I mean if you swap it there is always the chance you will get one with a different and even worse problem.

Tbh I think the build quality of the iPhone is pretty good. Then again I come from a blackberry 9700, which felt like it was going to fall apart in my hand.

 

[Stealthipad]

DO any of you work and have a life or do you just sit around and look for thing to get OCD about with you phone. There are way more important things than a rattle when you vigorously shake your phone that works perfectly well, otherwise.

This phone must have cost what you consider to be an "arm and a leg" if you spend so much time worshiping it

 

[Zxxv]

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DO any of you work and have a life or do you just sit around and look for thing to get OCD about with you phone. There are way more important things than a rattle when you vigorously shake your phone that works perfectly well, otherwise.

This phone must have cost what you consider to be an "arm and a leg" if you spend so much time worshiping it

Dude you don't have to sit staring over the phone to see it rattles. Just using it shows the buttons rattle. Using a 20 quid phone shows it doesn't rattle.

And this throwing round OCD is comical. OCD is a truly deliberating condition. Owning an iPhone that obviously rattles is no where near OCD. get a grip

 

[SlasherDuff]

I had my phone for a week, none of the buttons rattle...

 

[DanBurns91]

DO any of you work and have a life or do you just sit around and look for thing to get OCD about with you phone. There are way more important things than a rattle when you vigorously shake your phone that works perfectly well, otherwise.

This phone must have cost what you consider to be an "arm and a leg" if you spend so much time worshiping it

My thought process:

- See the thread -think i wonder if mine does - shakes and pokes button - notice mine does in fact rattle.

It doesn't mean sacrificing my job or life to find out that ;-)

 

[Stealthipad]

My thought process:

- See the thread -think i wonder if mine does - shakes and pokes button - notice mine does in fact rattle.

It doesn't mean sacrificing my job or life to find out that ;-)

May not to you but some of the others world is ending!

 

[Zxxv]

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I think your mistaking disappointment with world ending.

 

[sweetbrat]

Are you positive it's the sleep/wake button making the rattling noise? The button should have a little bit of play, but it shouldn't rattle. The camera, however, doe, and that's normal.

 

[onthecouchagain]

On a semi-related note, who else thinks the power/lock button should be on the side instead? Am I the only one who feels it's awkward to reach up with my index finger to shut off the screen?

 

[Zxxv]

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Like it on top. I like the way flipping and rotating feels using two hands. With one hand I just rotate till its held between fingers and thumb then just slight rotate reach to press. Mostly I use two hands to spin it and I'd hazard a guess a lot went into that feeling when designing.