Are you on the HTC EVO replacement waiting list?
Based on the number of people who sent this to my G&E tips inbox today, I think it's safe to say that you all know about HTC's acknowledgment of the screen separation and touchscreen issues that some EVO 4G owners are experiencing. For those who don't already know, this is the gist: the latter problem will be corrected with an upcoming software update (too bad the fix wasn't rolled into the recent HTC Sync update), while the former is basically said to be no big deal.
New EVOs coming off the assembly line shouldn't be at risk for separation anxiety, which is great for people who don't have their phones yet, but what about the rest of us? HTC says the separating glass will have no adverse affect on the EVO's functionality, but it kind of feels like we're getting brushed off. Where is the fix in what is essentially a "just live with it" response?
I spoke to a specialized customer care rep at Sprint yesterday and while we were talking, I mentioned that my screen was starting to lift up a bit in the corner. The rep's immediate response was, "Oh, yeah, I've been getting a lot of calls about that." She went on to say that the problem was covered under the phone's one-year warranty and was enough to qualify for a replacement. All I had to do, she said, was go into a Sprint store and show them the screen. Sprint would then put me on a waiting list for a replacement, HTC would mail me a new EVO when it was available, and I would send in my defective unit.
Now that's a solution to a problem.
I don't know if anything has changed now that HTC has made an "official" statement about it (maybe a separating screen no longer qualifies for a replacement?), but I'm definitely going to wait for a new EVO. What about you?
