I was born in the 80s, I miss my plastic phones. You could toss a Nokia against a wall and it would be just fine. Hell I ran one over with my car one time and it was fine.
I accidentally left a flip phone on the bed rail on the work truck. As we went around a corner leaving a job I saw it in my peripheral vision slide off, bounce off the road and into the foliage. Found the phone immediately but it took us like 10min to find the battery and battery cover, put it all back together, worked fine for years đ
Probably what started the big bang. The first Nokia to explode made the universe. Hell, if people can believe in the flat earth, that's not much of a stretch hah
I also ran over my Nokia with my car after dropping it in the snow at a car wash. Realized and went back, picked up the pieces, dried them off and snapped it back together. I did have to hold it closed with a rubber band after that for a while but it was nearly good as new!
I throw my iphone 16 pro across the room when i go to bed and all i have on it is a 5$ silicone case. Been doing it 2 years and it still has not broken
I threw many blackberry, iPhones and other older phones.
I had a small raging problem when drunk and with heartbreak when I was a younger man. Anyways.. iPhones are surprisingly strong. Only ever owned a iPhone SE and iPhone 12
Xiaomi's new phone is better than apples new 18. It's got a display in the camera island. Their software is getting close to useable. Their are rumors of a global launch, but we will see.
I donât think itâs quite there yet but almost. I havenât used it myself but the few reviews Iâve seen said it was really good but not as good as Apple.Â
Not for long. I've been with Apple 40 years. They're software is going downhill fast because of AI. Granted I'm talking about the desktop and their phone really is the best out there. But they're new business model of profit over everything else will backfire sooner or later
Yea $130 for apples Duo case. Shits wild. I wouldn't buy that on principle, not supporting that. The again I've not supported apple got quite a while. I swapped to the s21u, then 22u, then fold 4,5,6, and now 8.
But of course everyone's acting like apple reinvented the fold.... It's a fold 8 with iOS, that's it. Also, Samsung was first yet people still say Samsung copied apple. The Duo subreddit is wild.
Yes they would. What are people going to do, jump over to android because of the case material? Once people are entrenched in Apple, they can be sold a box full of dog crap and theyâd still buy it
Aluminium prices are arent that much more expensive than ABS, especially once you consider ABS is 89% as dense as Ally. Maybe a dollar difference per phone at most optimistic.
I had a Q5âŠ. I miss it. Z10 was also beautiful and I almost got that when I was buying. Only reason I ever switched was because RIM fell behind as a company and werenât able to run a bunch of common/popular apps. But I loved that phone.
Realistically this is the answer. Phones are being sold as a single piece with no replaceable parts, so there will always be a market for replaceable plastic shells for them.
I have maybe used a case for 2 days, i just like the feel and i dont care if the phone gets beaten up. Never cracked the screen even tho the phone been flying.
The Pros are built for raw performance. Aluminum dissipates heat way better, and allows the phone to sustain peak computing performance for an extended period of time without overheating⊠plastic would be terrible.
These are not freaking 90s Nokia phones that can only make phone calls⊠Itâs a high-performance computer in your pocket, that occasionally makes phone calls as a bonus
But I buy the aluminum phone, then wrap it in plastic anyway. You telling me Apple's engineers are stumped on how to build a phone that already does that out of the box?
Because phones have become a status symbol (thanks to influencers and social media). And regarded influencers think "heavy and unwieldy means premium!"
And everyone just....agrees.
My Pixel 5 was the best phone I have ever owned! Affordable, light, capable, reliable, ergonomic, made of bioplastic that is STILL holding up.
But no...."it doesn't feel like I spent a lot of money on it and it doesn't look like jewelry!! I need people to judge me based on how expensive looking my phone is!!!!"Â
Plastic and silicon cases are designed to take the damage for the phone. They disperse the force and break themselves over time(similar to a bullet proof vest). Metal is more consistent and lasts longer
Plenty of phone models with plastic backs do exist. Both my previous (S21 FE) and my current phone (Pixel 10a) have plastic backs, and I'm perfectly happy with that.
from an engineering aspect, a plastic and silicon case doesnt dissipate heat as well. older dumb phone didnt have nearly as much going on with them as they do now including all the tech needed to run the screens and the processing power.
manufacturers can go back to plastic candybar phones but the question is: can the population handle not being glued to their phone and only use it for basic text and phonecalls?
Because even if they design a protective casing into the phone, people will still put a case on it. Phones are too thin to hold without the case. But are have perfect dimensions once you put one on. It gives the user more choice and individuality.
I mean those cases are designed to just take the brunt, but they donât exactly take it any better than the phone itself. Old phones were plastic and they would get scratched to bits, if an iPhone was plastic OP would still have their problem
People want the phone made of âpremium materials.â Samsung has used plastic for its FE and more budget phones, but you canât put a plastic phone up against a metal and glass one in the market
Yes you can. Several companies figured it out. Itâs about the texture and weight. Make the internal frame aluminum. External case, rubberized plastic. Feels premium. Good grip for those that like it without a case and just ugly enough, many will put a case on it to cover it up.
Itâs about marketing. You can have the greatest material ever, but if itâs called âpremium rubberized plastic,â the consumers say âno thanks Iâd like the premium metal one!â Plastic phones sell, just not in the higher market that Apple participates in
What? Who wants a plastic, silicone phone? How is that better? An iPhone with aluminum is 30x stronger than abs polycarbonate plastic. You guys are crazy.
Thatâs not the point. Abandon the car analogy. The phone in your pocket isnât a car. A bumper is specifically designed to deform and absorb impact while protecting a separate structural chassis. The iPhoneâs enclosure is itself part of the structure. Aluminum gives it rigidity, dimensional stability, heat conduction and a premium thin construction that silicone or typical plastics donât provide. A case can then add the impact absorption youâre talking about.
Do you not remember the time Apple actually did just that? Or are you too young. They were breaking left and right unless you had a case or were super careful. Those only lasted a year before they went back to metal.
plastic breaks. when my plastic case breaks I can just buy a new case. if my phone is the plastic case that's way more expensive to replace. also, cases give you more ways to express yourself through your phone as there is way more variety since they're way cheaper to make a million variations of
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