I also prefer the rubberized carbon shells to bare aluminum, but let's not swallow their marketing pitch whole - what you're touching is in fact a rubberized pl

I also prefer the rubberized carbon shells to bare aluminum, but let's not swallow their marketing pitch whole - what you're touching is in fact a rubberized plastic. Carbon fibers are (almost) always encased in a resin, which would be shiny and slick unless the manufacturer paints it in that grippy rubbery stuff. My old XPS had a similar coating on its carbon fiber, and even my old shitty HTC phone had a similar coating on its plain plastic back.