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If you make the phone without the built-in elbow pads, then both the people who prefer it to be thin and attractive and the people who prefer it to be enormous
by jacobolus 9y ago
If you make the phone without the built-in elbow pads, then both the people who prefer it to be thin and attractive and the people who prefer it to be enormous and grippy and bouncy can both be satisfied. Moreover, the latter group can choose from dozens of colors and styles.
There exist phones with fat rubberized shells. They sell terribly and have mostly been driven out of the market.
- pdimitar 9y agoStill, the choice should be there for those who prefer the rubber shell phones. And no, devices like the Cat S60 don't really count. They are abandoned basically the moment they leave the factory. It's questionable if you'll see a software update on that device, like ever.
- macintux 9y agoThat's the point. There's not enough money to be made catering to a niche market when add-ons can solve the problem. Some of us would like a bulky rubber phone when we're hiking along a rocky stream and a svelte phone when it's in our pocket every day. I can add a protective case to a thin phone much more easily than I can disassemble a bulky phone.