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I have an S2, S3 and S7. The S2 and S3 have both been banged, dropped, thrown, splashed and sat on and they're still going strong. The S7 slid off a low couch

I have an S2, S3 and S7. The S2 and S3 have both been banged, dropped, thrown, splashed and sat on and they're still going strong. The S7 slid off a low couch and fell about 30cm onto a wooden floor. It had a protective case on it, but the screen is wrecked. Unless Samsung start manufacturing their S-range phones out of synthetic diamond I won't be buying another.

mehrdadn 9y ago
> Unless Samsung start manufacturing their S-range phones out of synthetic diamond I won't be buying another. I think diamond is brittle? :-)
mickronome 9y ago
I have an S6 edge, which has been surprisingly sturdy, much probably because the metallic chassis juts out slightly above the glass in all corners, and it appears to provide a quite reasonable protection. A custom home screen app / loader fixes the most atrocious software issues, and the device is well balance and nicely sized. But yeah, they really should try stop fixing Android by adding crap software and crazy home screen junk. But, then they made the S7, which looks like if it had somehow accidentally swollen after the design was done. Quite literally as if someone simply increased the thickness of all the interior parts, and thought: -Should we bother to fix the outer bezel so it looks reasonable, and protects this amazing screen masquerading as a phone? Naaah, I'm already late for lunch. And then the S8. I guess ot went something like this. Hey, look, Apple made a phone without any tactile features whatsoever, it's super easy to drop, and the biggest versions even bends if you sit down with it in your pocket, we must do something similar!! We have this infinity screen trademark, so lets make a painted bezel that doesn't protect the sceen at all, with no tactile feedback, and oh, did I mention the bezel is painted? It's a premium feature, because of the lack of a clearly visible border, we can make it so the screen will look banged up even before the screen has actually become damage!! I had some hopes for the S9, that they might have realized that only Apple can make super slippery phones with dubious usability and have everyone rave about how amazing they were. Apparently, they either haven't figured ot out, or we actually now have two phone producers that can sell expensive everyday tools that appear to be made to break. I don't get it, at all.
userbinator 9y ago
That's because the S2 and S3 were made from impact-absorbing plastic, which is a perfectly good material if it weren't for the designers and Apple's screaming about "premium materials" (i.e. breakable glass and rigid metal that transmits the impact force.) Perhaps people need to get used to the fact that a "plasticky" phone which creaks and bends slightly, is also one that is far less likely to shatter if dropped. That flexibility absorbs and dissipates the impact force, which is the reason why plenty of other handheld devices (remote controls, etc.) are made of it instead of metal and glass. "Bezel-less" screens make no sense to me either --- besides protecting the display itself from impacts, they are places fingers can be put to hold onto the phone without activating the touchscreen.

mehrdadn 9y ago

> Unless Samsung start manufacturing their S-range phones out of synthetic diamond I won't be buying another. I think diamond is brittle? :-)

mickronome 9y ago

I have an S6 edge, which has been surprisingly sturdy, much probably because the metallic chassis juts out slightly above the glass in all corners, and it appears to provide a quite reasonable protection. A custom home screen app / loader fixes the most atrocious software issues, and the device is well balance and nicely sized. But yeah, they really should try stop fixing Android by adding crap software and crazy home screen junk. But, then they made the S7, which looks like if it had somehow accidentally swollen after the design was done. Quite literally as if someone simply increased the thickness of all the interior parts, and thought: -Should we bother to fix the outer bezel so it looks reasonable, and protects this amazing screen masquerading as a phone? Naaah, I'm already late for lunch. And then the S8. I guess ot went something like this. Hey, look, Apple made a phone without any tactile features whatsoever, it's super easy to drop, and the biggest versions even bends if you sit down with it in your pocket, we must do something similar!! We have this infinity screen trademark, so lets make a painted bezel that doesn't protect the sceen at all, with no tactile feedback, and oh, did I mention the bezel is painted? It's a premium feature, because of the lack of a clearly visible border, we can make it so the screen will look banged up even before the screen has actually become damage!! I had some hopes for the S9, that they might have realized that only Apple can make super slippery phones with dubious usability and have everyone rave about how amazing they were. Apparently, they either haven't figured ot out, or we actually now have two phone producers that can sell expensive everyday tools that appear to be made to break. I don't get it, at all.

userbinator 9y ago

That's because the S2 and S3 were made from impact-absorbing plastic, which is a perfectly good material if it weren't for the designers and Apple's screaming about "premium materials" (i.e. breakable glass and rigid metal that transmits the impact force.) Perhaps people need to get used to the fact that a "plasticky" phone which creaks and bends slightly, is also one that is far less likely to shatter if dropped. That flexibility absorbs and dissipates the impact force, which is the reason why plenty of other handheld devices (remote controls, etc.) are made of it instead of metal and glass. "Bezel-less" screens make no sense to me either --- besides protecting the display itself from impacts, they are places fingers can be put to hold onto the phone without activating the touchscreen.