Known Verizon Issue with cracked outer casing

[Amiroquai]

Originally Posted by robotphood

Quite a predicament. Personally, I can't really do without vibration. I'm using it 5 days of the week during work/school. I read on another forum somewhere that less than 1/3 are affected by cracks. Not sure if there is any truth to this but I doubt most people without problems would come looking for a thread like this. I guess, put on the shield and hope for the best. At least replacements will be free for you.

Yeah I guess you are right, people who don't experience those kind of problems don't really come looking for solutions and these threads...
While replacements for IS are free, you still have to pay for the shipping (about $4), and those are a pain to put on (and it's also highly recommended that you let it dry off and settle for about 24 hours before using the phone).
I'll just disable the vibration and hope for the best...
if for some reason the housing cracks more than once on me, I'm just going to get new black housing for it, hopefully It'll be well into the first year I use it so the warranty wouldn't play a major role in that decision.