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I'm not sure that "plastic" is as bad as popular opinion thinks it is in the case of something the size of a phone. If we say "polymer" does it sound any bette

• pm90 13y ago
  I agree. I don't see any good reason for this worship of metal. I have a phone with a colored polycarbonate body: so if it scratches, its still the same color. And it looks much better and feels better than the Iphone
  • gnaffle 13y ago
    The only iPhone that really show scratches is the black iPhone 5. That said, I agree that hard polycarbonate plastic also has a good quality feel. Unfortunately, most phones made with plastic don't use hard polycarbonate, but soft plastic with sqeaking, bending battery covers etc.
• gnaffle 13y ago
  Of course, it's not necessarily bad, and there's different types of plastic. Some kinds are very rugged. However, most plastic phones are made of plastic because it's a cheap material that doesn't require much in the way of precision to fit together, and it just doesn't have the same kind of quality (or even quality feel) as a phone made with a different material.
  • likeclockwork 13y ago
    I was thinking that 'metal is better' myself.. as I enjoyed the heft and solid feel of my Motorola Droid. Then I got a Galaxy Nexus and revised my opinion on plastic phones entirely, it feels good in hand and has ruggedly endured all kinds of accidental abuse at my hands.