Phone companies should just release plastic versions of their phones for people who would otherwise keep them in a bulky case for their whole life.
Phone companies should just release plastic versions of their phones for people who would otherwise keep them in a bulky case for their whole life.
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Iirc the metal housing also helps with heat dissipation, i.e. if the housing were made of plastic, the phones would overheat easier/faster.
I hate being cynical. But I think they like the fact the people break phones.
Couldn’t they recess the glass to provide a bevel on the edge?
If they weren’t made out of glass on every side, we might not NEED phone cases.
Better to buy a cheap case than make an entire different model of every phone
What do you think people put cases on for?? It’s not to protect the metal lol
A light plastic phone will always feel cheaper, regardless of how good the components inside are.
No phone company is going to make a premium phone look cheap by putting it in a plastic casing.
As some one that worked in IT with ~500 iPhones in otter-boxes. You would be surprised how often we replace the otter-boxes because they break. The reason for using the bulky case is because it gets damaged not the phone. If the phone was plastic it would still get broken and need replaced.
Apple did this when they launched the iPhone 5C. There is a reason they didn’t release another one.
Yes please. We need more plastic islands floating around the ocean
Google does. They have their main Pixel line in the fall, then in the spring the (last mainline number) + a. Currently the Pixel 9 is their flagship, with a 9a releasing soon. Has a “cheaper” build, which uses plastic instead of glass, and a few minor downgrades that most people wouldn’t notice. Way cheaper.
Apple tried this, didn’t go well.
Id still put it in a cheap case. It protects the phone better plus i dislike the super slim phones when holding them with 1 hand.
Apple did with the iPhone 5C which didn’t do too well. A couple of the older frontier/active Samsung phones were actually pretty cool though. Then we got the edge and glass back and that went out the window lol.
The case is sacrificial; if you remove it, the body becomes sacrificial which often means the whole phone becomes sacrificial.
Because it would have to be quite a rigid plastic and thus would break easier. Also with big hands a bulkier case can be quite nice
I just wish they weren’t so slippery; I can’t hold onto my phone without a rubber case on it.
I like my bulky case, it makes my phone double as a rolling tray.
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They need to make thick, brass ones for people who like heft.
I trust the electrical and computer engineers to make the right choices for their flagship products.
The case is sacrificial protection for a device many times the cost of the case.
But then I would need to replace the phone’s outer plastic instead of just the case or screen protector (had my phone nearly 3 years and the case and screen protector have got damaged enough to be replaced multiple times).
I would not mind if they brought back the Nokia 5190 again and do away with “smart” phones.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cat_phone
You don’t get how technology works do you…
The Samsung A71 5G has a plastic back. It’s in the case because it’s about as slippery as wet ice, otherwise.
Motorola did this with the RAZR D1 and D3 phones here in Latin America. Plastic body and gorilla glass screen. The damn things were indestructible, but they did scratch badly if you looked at them wrong.
I have had several phone cases die on me, instead of the phone dying.
Replace the case, move on- I could not do that with a plastic phone.
You mean.. like the iPhone 5c?
There’s a reason there wasn’t a follow up to that..
I think you missed the point of consumer capitalism and greed.
Why not just skip the fancy glass and metal? Let’s embrace our inner clumsiness with a phone that can double as a frisbee.
Never used a case, dropped my iPhone multiple times and its never cracked or broke.
I’m crazy but I’m a naked phone enjoyer going back to the iPhone X. Haven’t broken one yet
Those phones exist, i had a really robust phone from work in case it falls to the ground and stuff. They just aren’t the phones you usually get