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> and so then you're buying a case to protect it from scratches and shatter... so what's the point of making it thinner in the first place? I agree, also in te
by blauditore 8y ago
> and so then you're buying a case to protect it from scratches and shatter... so what's the point of making it thinner in the first place?
I agree, also in terms of material. I'd love to buy a plastic phone with some bezel that doesn't shatter easily. The Nokia Lumias a couple years back (e.g. the Lumia 800[0]) were good-looking and super robust.
But manufacturers obviously don't have much incentive to make hardware more durable, unless customers explicitly look out for that. And currently, many people tend to buy (high-end) phones rather for prestige reasons than actual usefulness.
[0]: http://phonesdata.com/files/models/Nokia-Lumia-800-307.jpg http://phonesdata.com/files/models/Nokia-Lumia-800-307.jpg
- Lukas_Skywalker 8y agoI (still) own a Lumia 830 from back then. It's incredible what my phone endured (drops from a car roof, down a few stairs, even a short dive in a kitchen sink), and I don't really know why the thing is so sturdy since it truly looks good. I recently bought a spare display for about 40$ and a battery for 20$, just so I can replace them if anything should happen in the future.
- blauditore 8y ago> and I don't really know why the thing is so sturdy since it truly looks good. One factor is that the cover glass doesn't go all the way out to edges and corners. This leaves some "crumble zone", as phones by the laws of probability most often land on edges. What do the corners of your phone look like? I bet they're dented, at least that used to be the case for me.
- seszett 8y ago> The Nokia Lumias a couple years back (e.g. the Lumia 800[0]) were good-looking and super robust. Yes, I have a Lumia 640 here and I really like it from a hardware point of view. It's a shame that it only runs Windows Mobile, I wish so much that I was able to just install Android on it.