{"id":49086,"date":"2020-07-20T13:35:00","date_gmt":"2020-07-20T13:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/?p=2661139"},"modified":"2020-07-20T13:35:00","modified_gmt":"2020-07-20T13:35:00","slug":"the-glass-back-is-peeling-off-some-pixel-4-xl-phones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2020\/07\/20\/the-glass-back-is-peeling-off-some-pixel-4-xl-phones\/","title":{"rendered":"The glass back is peeling off some Pixel 4 XL phones"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"233\" height=\"24\" src=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/4001-logo.png\" class=\"webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear:both;max-width: 100%;\" link_thumbnail=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"o-title_mark@tp+ bc-gray-1 col-10-of-12@tl+\">\n<div class=\"t-d7@m- t-d4@tp t-d3-b@tl t-d2@d mt-15 mt-25@tp c-gray-3 c-gray-6@m-\">Google has yet to say it&#8217;s a recurring problem.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<section id=\"engadget-article-meta-bar\" class=\"o-meta_bar@tl+          mt-35 mt-20@m-\" data-ylk=\"sec:articlemetabar;itc:0;\">\n<div class=\"grid@tl+\">\n<div class=\"grid@tl+__cell col-12-of-12@tp col-5-of-12@tl+ vm\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/o.aolcdn.com\/images\/dims?thumbnail=640%2C&amp;quality=95&amp;image_uri=https%3A%2F%2Fs.yimg.com%2Fos%2Fcreatr-uploaded-images%2F2020-07%2Fe8bf43f0-c9f9-11ea-bbfd-c0cbb4563558&amp;client=amp-blogside-v2&amp;signature=0c9bff49e5deb98e608fd1ddfb15179a53ef2006\" alt=\"Google Pixel 4 XL\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"grid@tl+__cell col-12-of-12@tp col-5-of-12@tl+ vm\">\n<div id=\"engadget-post-contents\" class=\"o-article_block pb-15 pb-5@m- o-subtle_divider\" data-ylk=\"sec:postcontents;slk:The%20glass%20back%20is%20peeling%20off%20some%20Pixel%204%20XL%20phones;elm:link;itc:0;\">\n<div class=\"grid@tl+\">\n<div class=\"grid@tl+__cell col-8-of-12@tl+\">\n<div class=\"article-text c-gray-1\">\n<p>The&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2019-10-21-google-pixel-4-and-4-xl-review-motion-sense-cameras.html\">Pixel 4<\/a>&nbsp;still has some&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2020-03-03-google-yanks-march-security-update-pixel-4-att.html\">technical issues<\/a>&nbsp;several months into its lifespan.&nbsp;<em>Android Police<\/em>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.androidpolice.com\/2020\/07\/18\/glass-backs-on-some-pixel-4-xls-are-coming-loose\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">has found<\/a>&nbsp;that Pixel 4 XL users on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/support.google.com\/pixelphone\/thread\/55487882?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Google&rsquo;s forums<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/GooglePixel\/comments\/gsviqx\/pixel_4_xl_back_glass_peeling\/fs9p9q4\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Reddit<\/a>&nbsp;are complaining about their phones&rsquo; glass backs peeling off. This appears to stem from the battery swelling &mdash;not an unheard of issue, but rarely with this kind of frequency. There are also claims this might be inherent to the design.<\/p>\n<p>One Reddit user claiming to manage a uBreakiFix store said the Pixel 4 XL had a widely known problem with faulty connectors that lead to battery swelling. Staff are are supposedly told to avoid acknowledging it as a known issue despite relatively common incidents.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"o-article_block pb-15 pb-5@m- mt-n35 mt-n25@m mt-n15@s\">\n<div class=\"grid@tl+\">\n<div class=\"full-width@tp- grid@tl+__cell col-8-of-12@tl+\">\n<div class=\"article-text c-gray-1 no-review\">\n<p>We&rsquo;ve asked Google for comment. However, it doesn&rsquo;t appear to be treating the peeling backs as a recurring problem. Another Reddit user&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/GooglePixel\/comments\/hsbscl\/glass_back_peeling_off_pixel_4_xl_and_googles\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reported<\/a>&nbsp;having to negotiate with Google to get their phone fixed under warranty.<\/p>\n<p>It&rsquo;s not certain how widespread the problem is, but the timing is less than ideal. Google appears close to releasing its budget&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/google-pixel-4a-everything-you-need-to-know-specs-camera-release-date-price-120044202.html\">Pixel 4a<\/a>&nbsp;phone, and claims of poor build quality (even if for a different model) might hurt the 4a&rsquo;s chances.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"tags\">\n<div><strong>See Campaign: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2020-03-03-google-yanks-march-security-update-pixel-4-att.html\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2020-03-03-google-yanks-march-security-update-pixel-4-att.html<\/a><br \/><b>Contact Information:<\/b><br \/>Jon Fingas<\/p>\n<p><b>Tags:<\/b><br \/><a href=\"\"><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/category\/news-category\/wire\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Wire<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/category\/global-regions\/united-states\/\" rel=\"category tag\">United States<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/category\/language\/english\/\" rel=\"category tag\">English<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" alt=\"image\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" class=\"cwdfimg\" \/><\/div>\n<div>\n<h3>Contact Information:<\/h3>\n<p>Jon Fingas<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"233\" height=\"24\" src=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/4001-logo.png\" alt=\"\">Google has yet to say it&rsquo;s a recurring problem. The&nbsp;Pixel 4&nbsp;still has some&nbsp;technical issues&nbsp;several months into its lifespan.&nbsp;Android Police&nbsp;has found&nbsp;that Pixel 4 XL users on&nbsp;Google&rsquo;s forums&nbsp;and&nbsp;Reddit&nbsp;are complaining about their phones&rsquo; glass backs peeling off. This appears to stem from the battery swelling &mdash;not an unheard of issue, but rarely with this kind of frequency. There &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/2020\/07\/20\/the-glass-back-is-peeling-off-some-pixel-4-xl-phones\/\">Continue reading <span>The glass back is peeling off some Pixel 4 XL phones<\/span><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2020\/07\/20\/the-glass-back-is-peeling-off-some-pixel-4-xl-phones\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":47,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,22,54],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-49086","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english","category-united-states","category-wire"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The glass back is peeling off some Pixel 4 XL phones - Business<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2020\/07\/20\/the-glass-back-is-peeling-off-some-pixel-4-xl-phones\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The glass back is peeling off some Pixel 4 XL phones - Business\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Google has yet to say it&rsquo;s a recurring problem. 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