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The iPhone has one of the most slippery surfaces of almost all objects I own. It looks great in photos and ad videos but completely incompatible to the goal of
by sytelus 7y ago
The iPhone has one of the most slippery surfaces of almost all objects I own. It looks great in photos and ad videos but completely incompatible to the goal of safely holding it in the human hand. Things have became so bad with iPhone XS that I have never seen anyone using it without some ugly sleeve. If anyone has dared not using case/sleeve, they would experience heart wrenching drop out of hand within their first week of use.
Do you think this is good design? Why do you think this would happen at design-first company like Apple?
- atombender 7y agoNo, that's definitely bad design. The thing is like a bar of soap.
- azernik 7y agoIt's a bad design feature that is sadly common across premium smartphone brands - e.g. the Pixel 3 is also quite hard to grasp. One thing where I think lower-end phone design tends to be better, a function of their lower priority on aesthetics.
- mantap 7y agoIt's the fault of wireless charging. Premium phones used to have metal backs, but that is incompatible with wireless charging so we are cursed with glass for eternity now.
- BurningFrog 7y agoGrippable glass is perfectly possible to make and can look great.
- azernik 7y agoYou could also go with assorted plastics, and they haven't tried that.
- mrexroad 7y agoFor most part, I haven’t had a case on my XS since launch. Love the feel. Have yet to drop it. I do put a case on it when I’m doing things like camping or taking photos at amusement parks.