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Why the little bend at the bottom? It doesn't seem very pocket friendly.

by GiraffeNecktie 17y ago

jonknee 17y ago
I would assume for face contour. Does seem a bit odd, but overall it's pretty thin so should still be pocketable.
- Tichy 17y ago
  Amusing - because I love my phone so much that I want to feel it all over my skin? ;-)
  - jcl 17y ago
    Well, it also helps with hand contour. And it makes it easy to identify the phone's orientation by touch. And it encourages you to put the phone in your pocket the right way around... If you read the G1 user manual (yeah, yeah, I know), there is a curious passage advising you to keep the back of the phone 1.5 cm from the body.
    - mihasya 17y ago
      That's in case the battery goes boom. The bend at the bottom is an absolute dealbreaker for me.
      - sadiq 17y ago
        The pictures make it look a lot worse than it actually is. I have a G1 and the bend isn't noticable unless you lay it flat on the table and look at it in profile.
        jksmith 17y ago
        +1 I don't mind it at all.
    - igorgue 17y ago
      I had that problem with the Ipod touch, it gets really hot, so with the right orientation you can avoid that (the G1 gets hot too).
lunchbox 17y ago
Maybe the concavity reduces accidental keypresses when the phone's in one's pocket/bag.
sl956 17y ago
That's a way to protect the trackball if you lay the phone face down on a flat surface. On the G1, it is not that pocket unfriendly.
- Andys 17y ago
  On my G1 it also protects the menu button (which also unlocks the phone from locked mode) from being pressed accidentally. While you can configure an unlock touch gesture, I haven't bothered yet because I don't find that the menu button is being pressed accidentally in my pocket.
sp332 17y ago
The images seem to be over-accentuating the bend. You can see from http://www.htc.com/uploadedImages/Common/Shared_Image/Gallery/HTC_Hero/large8.jpg http://www.htc.com/uploadedImages/Common/Shared_Image/Galler... , if you tilt your head a bit, most of the "bend" is just making the phone thinner. The front only sticks out ~4mm from the rest of the phone.
jsares 17y ago
I've got the G1 and I don't like the 'bend'. HTC should have made the scroll ball flush with the case if that's the reason behind it.

Why the little bend at the bottom? It doesn't seem very pocket friendly.

jonknee 17y ago

I would assume for face contour. Does seem a bit odd, but overall it's pretty thin so should still be pocketable.

Tichy 17y ago
Amusing - because I love my phone so much that I want to feel it all over my skin? ;-)
- jcl 17y ago
  Well, it also helps with hand contour. And it makes it easy to identify the phone's orientation by touch. And it encourages you to put the phone in your pocket the right way around... If you read the G1 user manual (yeah, yeah, I know), there is a curious passage advising you to keep the back of the phone 1.5 cm from the body.
  - mihasya 17y ago
    That's in case the battery goes boom. The bend at the bottom is an absolute dealbreaker for me.
    - sadiq 17y ago
      The pictures make it look a lot worse than it actually is. I have a G1 and the bend isn't noticable unless you lay it flat on the table and look at it in profile.
      - jksmith 17y ago
        +1 I don't mind it at all.
  - igorgue 17y ago
    I had that problem with the Ipod touch, it gets really hot, so with the right orientation you can avoid that (the G1 gets hot too).

lunchbox 17y ago

Maybe the concavity reduces accidental keypresses when the phone's in one's pocket/bag.

sl956 17y ago

That's a way to protect the trackball if you lay the phone face down on a flat surface. On the G1, it is not that pocket unfriendly.

Andys 17y ago
On my G1 it also protects the menu button (which also unlocks the phone from locked mode) from being pressed accidentally. While you can configure an unlock touch gesture, I haven't bothered yet because I don't find that the menu button is being pressed accidentally in my pocket.

sp332 17y ago

The images seem to be over-accentuating the bend. You can see from http://www.htc.com/uploadedImages/Common/Shared_Image/Gallery/HTC_Hero/large8.jpg http://www.htc.com/uploadedImages/Common/Shared_Image/Galler... , if you tilt your head a bit, most of the "bend" is just making the phone thinner. The front only sticks out ~4mm from the rest of the phone.

jsares 17y ago

I've got the G1 and I don't like the 'bend'. HTC should have made the scroll ball flush with the case if that's the reason behind it.