Weekly poll results: Metal is the material of choice for flagship phones
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We asked you what materials should flagships use and the vote is pretty clear – metal ll the way. It’s not a surprising result, perhaps, metal has long been the premium material for phones, even before smartphones came around.
Metal certainly has upscale feel, but on a more practical note, it has a good chance to survive falls (where something like plastic would bend and crack the inflexible screen glass).
Anyway, a metal frame is most important – phones tend to fall on their edges. Still, a metal frame with a glass back (e.g. Xperia X, Galaxy S) isn’t a highly popular option, it ranked third. Plastics came last but not dead last – it’s 13% vs. 19% for plastic vs. glass.
Many of you think that if you’re paying flagship prices, there’s no excuse for manufacturers not to use high-end materials. Many are curios to see titanium (Essential phone), sapphire (HTC U Ultra), carbon fiber and other exotics.
There were a few suggestions of vibranium, but those phones are reserved for Avengers only.
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When we asked the same question two years ago, the results were fairly similar. The support for Metal has softened since then, but plastic (14%) and glass (18%) barely moved.
Leather fell out of favor with manufacturers so it wasn't included this time (its share, plus some of Metal's share went to the "exotic materials" vote).
Reader comments
- kupfernigk
- 30 Jul 2017
- 0pf
Cermets, the practical version of what you describe, still crack. Putting mesh in will just hold the cracked pieces together.
- JIJOK
- 26 Jul 2017
- 8EA
why not carbon fiber ?