Samsung may ditch plastic panels next year in favor of metal ones

29 August, 2013
Latest reports suggest Samsung will finally break pattern and use new design for the 2014 Galaxies.

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  • 29 Aug 2013

AnonD-58567, 29 Aug 2013From all you said...i understood one thing... you're a sam... moreim a hater of market trends and blind followers. Just yesterday my friend dropped her S3 and screen fully shatered! and i see sammy fan boys talk crap about iphone, nokia, bb, sony ALL the time. and they call nokia's and iphone's materials cheap, and here you have samsung now saying they are considering metal!

now all the samsung fanboys disappear!
and whether i've seen the back cracked or not has nothing to do with it. If that was the case, samsung should make the back out of paper.. when you drop that, it wont crack or break either... that doesn't mean the phone doesn't still look like crap and feel like plastic model display piece of junk!!!

deny it all you want...

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    • RejZoR
    • 3pt
    • 29 Aug 2013

    Metal, while does feel premium, they usually use aluminium, which is very soft and if you drop it on the ground, you'll have horrible dents. Scratches, once they dig through ion platting also look bad.

    Personally i prefer solid plastic which is of the same color even when dented or scratched. Or thin stainless steel. Slightly heavier, but feels really premium, is dent resistant and if scratched, it's just that, scratched, but still silver color. I know some Nokia phones used it in the past and it felt really nice...

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      • AnonD-167223
      • Xut
      • 29 Aug 2013

      AnonD-58567, 29 Aug 2013From all you said...i understood one thing... you're a sam... moreS4 looks more or less like S3....that explains that you're a hardcore fanboy.....

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        • sSJ
        • 29 Aug 2013

        They shall hence forth be referred to as "plastic fanboys"

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          • Best confession
          • vV5
          • 29 Aug 2013

          Sammy should learn from MotoROLA and nokia how to make
          Proper durables phone....like razrmaxx body..

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            • Best confession
            • vV5
            • 29 Aug 2013

            Sammy should learn from MotoROLA and nokia how to make
            Proper durables phone....like razrmaxx body..

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              • AnonD-58567
              • rKp
              • 29 Aug 2013

              Anonymous, 29 Aug 2013metal may actually make samsung's phone LOOK like they aren... moreFrom all you said...i understood one thing...
              you're a samsung hater....
              If you said s3 is ugly i will accept....but s4 looks nice if not sexy ....when flexible displays comes to action...samsung's plastic is best material to go....ever saw broken back in samsung phones no...it was glass which use to break ...not plastic back.....

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                • Anonymous
                • Mfx
                • 29 Aug 2013

                AnonD-58567, 29 Aug 2013Hell!!!!! Pls no metal samsung.... It scratches, dents, in... moremetal may actually make samsung's phone LOOK like they aren't worth $4.00
                they probably use the cheapest feeling and looking plastic in the industry..
                its actually really sad. and not to mention, they also have the ugliest phones in the industry.
                they could learn a hand full of things from the designers of motorola, sony and even HTC... heck, Huawei has better designs than sammy.

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                  • AnonD-164438
                  • LKm
                  • 29 Aug 2013

                  APPLE, 29 Aug 2013poor sammy lovers... bashing metal phones for years, bummin... moreI'm confused as to why they would feel silly.

                  The manufacturer is the one that made the decision, not the "lovers" as you call them.

                  And I highly doubt they made that decision because they saw the "light"...most likely they saw additional income from "premium/metal lovers".

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                    • imnothefan
                    • 9CK
                    • 29 Aug 2013

                    i'm sure samsung will came up with difference kind of materials other than regular metal used with other brand, samsung always make phone for everyone...so, sit and wait for now :)

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                      • AnonD-171976
                      • 9IV
                      • 29 Aug 2013

                      LOL effects of bullied by apple fanboy

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                        • Real confession
                        • vV5
                        • 29 Aug 2013

                        Sammy should learn from MotoROLA and nokia how to make
                        Proper durables phone....

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                          • AnonD-58567
                          • rKp
                          • 29 Aug 2013

                          Hell!!!!! Pls no metal samsung....
                          It scratches, dents, interferes signal ...
                          Carbon fiber is best choice....
                          don't trade removable battery for premium materials...removable battery is must...

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                            • APPLE
                            • AL$
                            • 29 Aug 2013

                            poor sammy lovers... bashing metal phones for years, bumming the plastic.

                            must feel a bit silly now.

                            finally, sammy see's the light.... hahahahahaha

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                              • AnonD-99764
                              • 3Q5
                              • 29 Aug 2013

                              well, finally

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                                • Anonymous
                                • AL$
                                • 29 Aug 2013

                                HAHAHAH samsung finally clock on....

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                                  • AnonD-93348
                                  • pr6
                                  • 29 Aug 2013

                                  I really hope they do, or maybe carbon fiber would be even better.

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                                    • Anonymous
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                                    • 29 Aug 2013

                                    NOOOO! metal dents & scratches like crazy..and its heavy unless you take aluminium-which is the softest one! whenever i had metal parts on my phone, they looked 2 years older than the rest of the phone.

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                                      • AnonD-172491
                                      • th6
                                      • 29 Aug 2013

                                      Samie, 29 Aug 2013What have they been waiting for all that long. Can't wait... moreThey were avoiding a law suit from dear Appke

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                                        • Anonymous
                                        • RKk
                                        • 29 Aug 2013

                                        I have a samsung Galaxy S2. Plastic panels are pretty good and give the Galaxy S devices their character. No creaks, issues 2 years after buying it. And pretty light weight.

                                        I hope Sammy retains their lightweight plastic panels.