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Ditch the glass: It's time to bring back less-fragile plastic smartphones

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Re: Ditch the glass: It's time to bring back less-fragile plastic smartphones

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Post by andersa »

JacobSeated wrote: post #9

I never ever smashed my phone. Why would I wanna do it? How/why can people be so clumsy? I think it is a symptom of having too much money.

Sometimes things just fall out of your hand. You could be distracted by someone suddenly talking to you, bump into something, and lose your grip. Or have you never dropped a fork in your life either? Some people just get unlucky and it happens to their phones.

I've probably dropped mine at home 3 or 4 times, usually when trying to pick it up or set it down - but I got a nice soft case around it so nothing ever cracked. The real mystery is why people don't put a basic protective case on their expensive handheld devices.

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Post by pch00 »

Oh god I wish someone from Apple would read this; I only buy iPhones for the software, I couldn't care less what the case looks like and would take rugged over fancy any day.

My favourite ever iphone was the plastic-bodied 5C, never felt the need for a case on that thing and it felt indestructible.

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Post by Ylpertnodi »

JacobSeated wrote: post #9

I never ever smashed my phone. Why would I wanna do it? How/why can people be so clumsy? I think it is a symptom of having too much money.

And yet, people purchase new phones...some will be fashion-choices, some lost, most dropped. And then (for the last two) it's a rush to get a replacement. I regularly keep an eye on 'adequate' phones...just in case i fall in a river again and have to get a new-to-me one.

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Post by closewith »

balderdash wrote: post #14

I’ve had two iPhones without cases for 10+ years I’ve cracked a screen twice, doesn’t exactly seem like a pressing issue

Conversely, I always use Apple's iPhone case and have broken ~2 iPhone 15 Pros and four iPhone 14 Pros, so I would very much appreciate a more durable phone.

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Post by Moldoteck »

JacobSeated wrote: post #9

I never ever smashed my phone. Why would I wanna do it? How/why can people be so clumsy? I think it is a symptom of having too much money.

I'm not clumsy at all, but pixel 7 is so slippery, that if you put it on a table/laptop with little aderence and maybe a bit of inclination, it can fell off. Meanwhile my older pixel 5 is the total opposite - it feels good in the hand and the grip is not slippery at all My even older pixel 3 is betweenn p5 and p7, it has a glass back but it's not that bad compared to p7. There are other advantages to plastic backs too: cheap, easy to replace, (usually) lighter compared to glass

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Post by closewith »

JacobSeated wrote: post #9

I never ever smashed my phone. Why would I wanna do it? How/why can people be so clumsy? I think it is a symptom of having too much money.

It might be possible that people live slightly more rugged lives than you do?

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Post by lillecarl »

closewith wrote: post #24
balderdash wrote: post #14

I’ve had two iPhones without cases for 10+ years I’ve cracked a screen twice, doesn’t exactly seem like a pressing issue

Conversely, I always use Apple's iPhone case and have broken ~2 iPhone 15 Pros and four iPhone 14 Pros, so I would very much appreciate a more durable phone.

Check out Otterbox cases, they're made for us clumsy people. They turn a drop from "hope it didn't break" to "oops"
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