For all Psion 5 owners who did not have the "luck" to see a broken hinge in real life, here are the pictures of mine :
Snip from my correspondence:
#it was working fine until yesterday, and now this has occurred.
yes, first cracks came suddenly, then getting worse
you are lucky if you can still close your S5 BUT BEWARE - it gets EVEN WORSE ! - if the little hollow metal pin (it is only 4 mm long), which holds the tension spring (best seen if unit is half-opened), jumps, falls or even breaks out(like mine), then the S5 is lost. you cannot replace it inside again, so the unit has to be open all the time-- not portable any more.
#What, if anything, did you do about the S5? Did the retailer take it #back and replace it, or are you stuck with it?
My mailorder retailer sent me a new unit after i complained (slightly), so i had 2 S5 for a few days enabling me to test the infrared functions etc. All I had to pay was posting my old unit back to them (about 10 DM = 6 USD = 3 UKP).
Try changing your S5, it is a common problem, good luck , TOM
p.s. after 4 months my second S5 starts developing cracks at the hinges above the ESC and DEL keys - all this is due to TOO MUCH TENSION WHILE OPENING AND CLOSING THIS SHELL - it is a Design fault !!! so mayby i have go the same way again :-)

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