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Hi Community
I've just opened up my 3 week old surface book 2 and found a crack in the glass from the upper left hand side across to the bottom right hand side of the screen. I am baffled and horrified as to how this could have happened!! I used the laptop yesterday, as both a laptop and a tablet. No crack. Closed it carefully and put it in a sleeve and left flat on the table. Opened up today and find a significant crack! I'm at a loss for words and explanation as to how this could happen. It was not used or touched by anyone/thing. The crack is only visible from an angle and does not interfere with the display.
Has this happened to anyone else' surface product? Should I put tempered glass on the screen? So worried that more cracks will appear. I was planning to purchase a surface pen today. Now I'm concerned that the pen will add further damage the screen. Is there any explanation for how the screen can crack without use?
Thanks for any insight.
Ruby
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The base even has a little cut out at the touchpad, so right in the middle at the camera there are two sharp corners pointing against the screen, which slam against the screen when you close it. In addition there is a magnetic force that closes it with quite a force from alone the last few cm.
It is 100% a design flaw which microsoft isn't admitting.
They are having us buy thousands of dollars expensive laptops that break from alone and then want us to pay for repair.
Mine has the same problem how to get it fixed.
I had the same issue with my 15 inch surface book 3. The crack appeared near my webcam after using it twice. I hadn't moved it and only closed the lid very carefully.
Thankfully it was within the first month of ownership and they replaced it without any drama. Now I'm scared the same thing will happen again and this time it won't be within that first month.
Hoping Microsoft hear these issues and replace any cracks.
They don't, they won't, and they will never.
Issues have been here for many years, with maany many affected.
Microsoft doesn't care, or more, it is too expensive for them to admit, so they just leave us fked.
I have a Surface Book 3 and it's cracked at the top slightly right below the volume rocker. I used a Surface Book 2 for years and never any issues but I've had this only a few weeks and it's cracked. I'm not only highly disappointed but embarrassed because I usually speak good things about the Surface Brand to my coworkers. But yet here I am paying big money and it breaks from just sitting.
