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Phone covers. If functional, they will add some mm to the thickness of the phone. I believe overall smartphone thickness to be the sum of phone + cover.
by hipshaker 10y ago
Phone covers. If functional, they will add some mm to the thickness of the phone. I believe overall smartphone thickness to be the sum of phone + cover.
- LeifCarrotson 10y agoBut why not integrate the phone cover with the phone itself? A phone ought to come with the right size cover (replaceable, durable) from the factory. This sort of cover could be integrated (via screws or mechanical latches that would be unsightly on a bare phone) with the phone skeleton, making for a package which is both stronger and sleeker than, for example, iPhone + OtterBox.
- ruste 10y agoThe Moto G does this. The cover I bought from motorola replaces the entire back of the phone.
- cpa 10y agoiPhone with integrated cover? Ugly, not cool, definitely not worth $700. That would never sell. iPhone? Sleek, thin, $700. Better put a cover to protect this piece of art! It drives crazy the engineer in me, but that's the way it is. And it's about as rational as buying a nice car and letting it sit in the garage.
- sombremesa 10y agoI don't have a cover for my OnePlus One, and I don't believe I ever will. I have dropped it maybe 5 times, sometimes on concrete, and it's still fine (with some minor chips on the side). I'm very confident I won't scratch the display in any reasonably conceivable scenario. Maybe instead of making thin phones so people can have covers, the focus should be on making more durable phones that don't need covers. (Then again there's the whole obsession with personalization, especially in Asia - but they'll put rather bulky things on the phone in the first place, so thickness should not be a huge issue)