I bought mine the first of Feb. and haven't had any problems other than my camera and video camera won't work. I attribute that to water damage though so that's probably my fault if that is what is causing the problem.
Manufactured in Mexico on Christmas Eve. Better clicking performance than previous 2 (Mfg 11/12/08 - Canada & 12/17/08 - Mexico). Have not experienced dust under screen or major gaps with any of the phones. I returned my 1st Storm because it would not read the SIM card and returned the 2nd because it was fried by a "Cellet" brand charger purchased from OrionGadgets. I got a brand new replacement at a retail store on Friday and it is working GREAT!
OrionGadgets has authorrized a return of the wall & car charger package that I bought so - all is well!
I just got a refurbished Storm from Mexico... but how can you tell the date of manufacture? My old one was from canada and didnt work well...
I had a launch one and finally traded in for way too much dust under the screen...not sure of the mfg date, but it was traded late january and its a completely different device. Imo its all around better then my first. Screen clicks right. No horrible gaps and most important, no dust...I love it.
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Got my first one on Feb 8th returned it because it was restarting itself about every hour and once restarted itself 3 times in a row. On 9th got my second no problems love it (other then battery life).