I wonder about that... I've only used my innov8 for less than 3 months and the slider really starts to loosen up quite fast. It used to be stiff and then now its very flimsy. I wonder if anything else on the phone is going to get flimsier later. I also find the touch key in the middle, sometimes if i slide my finger across it, the key will run quite a bit and instead of scrolling on 1 item it will scroll like 4 items instead. Quite frustrating at times. Wish it had a dedicated key for playing and stopping music files. I find it really annoying to play with at times.