Weekly poll results: Metal is the material of choice for flagship phones

23 July 2017
An exotic material - titanium, sapphire, carbon fiber are also a popular option.

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  • Anonymous
  • sXL
  • 23 Jul 2017

The-Artist, 23 Jul 2017I'm fine with high quality plastic as long as the battery i... moreHTC HD2 had metal back but it was also removable and had replaceable battery. It was a brilliant phone for many reasons, with XDA Developers the place to g to find out how to install entirely different operating systems on it.

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    • Surficial
    • HCa
    • 23 Jul 2017

    Gorilla glass front with a lip on top and bottom frame to protect when falling on screen like xperias, titanium frame like essential with htc 10 style chamfer, ballistic fibre curved back panel.
    Someone build that.

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      • Anonymous
      • LQw
      • 23 Jul 2017

      Lighting McQueen , 23 Jul 2017It looks like that Metal is the most important and norm for... moreToo heavy

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        • Anonymous
        • 043
        • 23 Jul 2017

        AnonD-658688, 23 Jul 2017nothing beats metal, oh did you know that metal can be quit... moreXperia Z3+ frame directly shot into my mind. And I think Galaxy S8 also has a shiny metal frame.

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          • Lighting McQueen
          • YUT
          • 23 Jul 2017

          It looks like that Metal is the most important and norm for phones these days. But...what if they a phone that is "IRON"???!!!

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            • Anonymous
            • ELT
            • 23 Jul 2017

            I wanna the smart phones, made of cold dark matter

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              • Anonymous
              • 043
              • 23 Jul 2017

              Anonymous, 23 Jul 2017Do a poll on how much of ram for smartphone is enough. Enough: 1 or 2 GB

              But more is always better cause Systems and Apps need more and more RAM over time. iOS 10 needs more RAM than iOS 6. Android Nougat needs more RAM than Android Ice Cream Sandwich. Youtube 12.27 needs more RAM than Youtube 9.2. It's the same as processing power, just not that important.

              And I'm no fanboy, I'm iPhone user.

              My opinion is: just put in like 8GB of RAM into high end phones and then you don't have to care about spec sheet wars, future updates etc. RAM also isn't the most expensive good.

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                • Anonymous
                • tCV
                • 23 Jul 2017

                I prefer my phone made from unibody metal, but not aluminum alloy, I want it made from high-grade stainless steel or high-grade Titanium alloy with sapphire display or transparent aluminum glass as display

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                  • AnonD-658688
                  • fuf
                  • 23 Jul 2017

                  Rafe Firmani, 23 Jul 2017This poll unfortunately doesn't translate to real world. j... morenothing beats metal, oh did you know that metal can be quite shinny and lustrous?

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                    • The-Artist
                    • U@$
                    • 23 Jul 2017

                    I'm fine with high quality plastic as long as the battery is removable.. Metal, Glass etc have taken the removable battery away and it sucks....

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                      • Anonymous
                      • 0BG
                      • 23 Jul 2017

                      Nzi97, 23 Jul 2017I guess you forgot how small and thick the phone is and the... moreNowadays? Note 4 is not exactly last century's tech...
                      But it also has a removable battery, so it's back is the last thing you'd expect to break and even if it does, you'll just replace it for a few dollars.

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                        • Nzi97
                        • IV%
                        • 23 Jul 2017

                        AnonD-376219, 23 Jul 2017Good quality plastic. Is far better than any other Metal/Al... moreI guess you forgot how small and thick the phone is and the fact that nowdays phone a giant slab og glass on the screen instead of plastic

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                          • Alien
                          • ndn
                          • 23 Jul 2017

                          Frankly I prefer glass sandwich. Maybe because I have one (Xperia Z), or maybe because it looks the best out of all. All I have to say is that if you are a careful person and take care of your things, any type of material can be used.
                          I've had this phone since 2013 and it's still intact. While a friend of mine broke his S6 in less than a week.
                          Maybe metal is the way to go but it looks bad. It gets scratched and bent if you drop it. Also it seems that wireless charging is not compatible with metal phones.

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                            • AnonD-376219
                            • SvB
                            • 23 Jul 2017

                            Good quality plastic. Is far better than any other Metal/Aluminium... My Note 4 is unbreakable.
                            And it seems people who voted "metal" forgot about the indestructible nokia 3310 (made of plastic).

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                              • Savor
                              • IbE
                              • 23 Jul 2017

                              Metal dents, scrapes, and overheats. It also blocks the passage of the radio and why it can't have wireless charging.

                              Best material comes from the KEYOne.

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                                • Anonymous
                                • IVQ
                                • 23 Jul 2017

                                No mention about the ceramic option which got 2nd place but the Samsung n Xperia glass got mentioned eventhough got third?????

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                                  • Anonymous
                                  • 6XU
                                  • 23 Jul 2017

                                  Metal is the best. But it depends what quality metal. There are metal phones that bend easy but also plastic phones with strong body. Glass look cool but fragile. Every phone need screen protector and case to last longer.

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                                    • Anonymous
                                    • 0BG
                                    • 23 Jul 2017

                                    flower, 23 Jul 2017people don't need practical phones anymore. they want to ca... moreYea they are so lost in their false relities...It's 2017 already and smartphones are just a normal part of our lives, nobody cares how your phone looks or what it's made of...especially when you're going to put it in a case anyway. Total idiocracy.

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                                      • flower
                                      • 0nD
                                      • 23 Jul 2017

                                      people don't need practical phones anymore. they want to catch envy sights
                                      we don't have good phones now :(

                                        This poll unfortunately doesn't translate to real world.
                                        just bunch of geeks can't compete with dumb masses.

                                        HTC built superb metal phones for 4 yours straight, and that sinked them.

                                        the u11 liquid glass is proven sell so far. People really want something shiny, not metal actually!