Weekly poll: aluminum, stainless steel or titanium?
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- Lol
- tZ0
- 13 Feb 2024
I only care if it achieved MIL-STD 810G Drop Proof, if it is not aluminum.
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- Anonymous
- 4BT
- 13 Feb 2024
LG G flex self healing back
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- alcatraz
- mvC
- 13 Feb 2024
Anonymous, 12 Feb 2024Plastic makes a phone feel cheap. I like it because it makes the phone lightweight. It's cheap to replace and so on. Without an aluminum frame, you get that flex. But for cover material... not bad. The flex in plastic would probably make it less damage prone when dropped etc.
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- alcatraz
- mvC
- 13 Feb 2024
PhilXNOR, 12 Feb 2024Titanium is not technically a 'precious metal' - ... moreOk you're right. "Exotic metal" then. (in the context of phones)
Aluminum requires more material to provide similar stiffness but the density is comparable to titanium. Aluminum corrodes so if you want the phone to last decades it's not ideal.
The fact that aluminum can rival titanium apart from corrosion resistance, is quite impressive, while doing it at a much lower cost, is kind of a big win.
Stainless requires a lot less material but you usually end up with a heavier frame for similar properties.
Aluminum, plastic, glass crack. Steel bends. I don't know if that's relevant.
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- Maria
- xhn
- 13 Feb 2024
The frame material is only for the phone beautifier.
All phones are not guaranteed fine if falling down, this is purely depend on our luck. Even all phone brands cannot guarantee it no matter what the material is.
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- Narazumono
- 3bm
- 12 Feb 2024
Titanium 100%
We went from plastic to aluminum, now the next step is titanium
Now that flagships are moving to titanium, i hope to see mid rangers move to aluminum like Samsung's original A series pre 2019
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- naap51d
- 64i
- 12 Feb 2024
I'd rather see them go back to just a PLASTIC case for one thing. I don't need all of this super strength nonsense because I don't treat my phone like trash. Never used a screen protector, never destroyed one. But, I'm also one of those that doesn't carry their phone in their hands 24/7, or in their back pocket. It stays on a belt clip case when not in use.
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- AlienKiss
- 3RM
- 12 Feb 2024
I really don't care about the material as long as it doesn't break or bend if it's dropped from 1-2 meters . I would actually want the material to be coated with rubber, at least on the corners, so I don't have to use a silly case .
Since the phones are so expensive , why not carbon fiber ?
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- Anonymous
- 7jZ
- 12 Feb 2024
Anonymous, 12 Feb 2024Plastic makes a phone feel cheap. Plastic > glass
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- Gogi
- Ss{
- 12 Feb 2024
Ali Asghar, 12 Feb 2024Uranium Uranium is too heavy :)
- crispcketlicker
- AZY
- 12 Feb 2024
I would love to have an phone made of wood, powered by an Exynos. When I get tired of it, I could simply open Instagram so the phone would get hot enough to turn into a bonfire.
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- Anonymous
- SqW
- 12 Feb 2024
Anonymous, 12 Feb 2024Why not Magnesium? I want my Phone to be made from Earth
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- David
- m9K
- 12 Feb 2024
MojoMick, 12 Feb 2024Absolutely! Magnesium stuff feels amazing. I'd tried o... moreYeah, most of the nice high end laptops are made of Magnesium. Lenovo also use it a lot on ThinkPad’s. Definitely think more phones should use it. It has a very interesting material feel as well.
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- Ali Asghar
- mU8
- 12 Feb 2024
Uranium
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- Anonymous
- TCv
- 12 Feb 2024
Why not Magnesium?
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- finch
- LaA
- 12 Feb 2024
Titanium is not a metal to waste on a phone. I believe the producers are not even considering the recycling of titanium from phones. It just increases the cost with no benefits. If one needs a titanium phone to survive the normal usage, then perhaps one doesn't know how to use and handle a phone. Alloyed aluminum is just fine, enough resistance and good thermal conduction. Better increase the device life by making it safe to use even after 4-5 years.
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- Anonymous
- yVI
- 12 Feb 2024
Keep plastic for Android toy phones please.
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- Anonymous
- yVI
- 12 Feb 2024
alcatraz, 12 Feb 2024Aluminum and plastic for me please. Leave the precious meta... morePlastic makes a phone feel cheap.
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- Sam sung
- UUJ
- 12 Feb 2024
Sodium frame with water back (just like s7)