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It was necessary for the wireless charging.
by maratd 9y ago
It was necessary for the wireless charging.
- deagle50 9y agoMy old plastic/rubber back Nexus 5 had it. The glass is there for more than just wireless charging.
- DigitalJack 9y agoI think apple would be laughed out of Cupertino if they came out with a rubber iphone. Not saying there is anything wrong with that... my moto x had a faux leather back. really cheap, but the phone was nice.
- dawnerd 9y agoThey wouldn't call it rubber, they'd use some space age sounding term for it and journalists would eat it right up.
- CydeWeys 9y ago"Polymer" is the word you're looking for. It's used all the time in the firearms industry, which tends to value functionality over form more than Apple does, I guess.
- theshrike79 9y agoIt used to be machined aluminium. So yeah, the glass was needed. No way Apple would put plastic or rubber bodies in their devices.