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Plastic Back: Will it be more scratch resistant than 2g metal?
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Dint resistant? Yes, just due to the fact it isn't metal, but the trade off is that what was a dint on the aluminium could well translate to a crack on the 3G casing.
As for scratches etc, it will almost definitely be more likely to do so. I remember the days of the 5G iPod with its similarly treated glossy plastic front *wince*
As for scratches etc, it will almost definitely be more likely to do so. I remember the days of the 5G iPod with its similarly treated glossy plastic front *wince*
I'm not sure I buy into this whole 'better reception' idea. The reception on my iPhone is no better or worse than any other phone I have owned.
The people who might see an improvement are those who currently get a very poor signal in their area.
I reckon its plastic for no other reasons than it being cheaper and lighter.
The people who might see an improvement are those who currently get a very poor signal in their area.
I reckon its plastic for no other reasons than it being cheaper and lighter.
thanks for the links!
one more question..
do you guys suppose the 3g plastic back will be similar to that of the front of the 5g ipods? or something a bit less likely to get scratched up, because those ipods were real good at getting scratches.
one more question..
do you guys suppose the 3g plastic back will be similar to that of the front of the 5g ipods? or something a bit less likely to get scratched up, because those ipods were real good at getting scratches.
I second that. I have 2G 4GB and reception is equally as good as with my Nokia.
Its just cheaper for Apple to use plastic and now they are trying to convince us as always that its just for our good
I can understand reception but i never heard of battery life going down, why is that?
If a phone isn't getting good reception it will route as much power as it can to try and get signal.
A phone battery will run down the fastest when there's no signal to be had because it's trying to find a signal.
I second that. I have 2G 4GB and reception is equally as good as with my Nokia.
Its just cheaper for Apple to use plastic and now they are trying to convince us as always that its just for our good
I third that. I have a Nokia mobile that's mostly metal (front and back) with a plastic section like the iPhone and reception is absolutely fine. There are lots of other metal phones out there too.
Can everyone please stop drinking the KoolAid? The new iPhone has been redesigned to be cheaper to manufacture, end of story. Apple have started removing accessories like the dock. It's all about maintaining their profit margins and shifting more units.
Steve changes his tune like a used car salesman - one minute aluminium and glass is the rage "cos it's just so environmentally friendly man", then the next plastic is the second coming
If they've really improved the audio quality then I applaud them for that, but don't dress up cheapening the build materials as doing us some kind of favour.
i just wanna know if it's crack resistant just like my switcheasy black nano biscuit, it fell off a 2 story building and only got 1 small chip in it!, now a iphone biscuit would be a good investment.
Bit harsh bit I know what you mean. I was listening to the keynote live (iPhoneAlley.com) and the little pause when Steve said "The back is really nice...plastic" followed by a non-reaction from the audience was quite funny. However, I've decided I really don't care about scratches. I mean come on - life is just too short. I InvisibleShielded up my iPods and so on but I think I'll just leave the iPhone as it comes. And the screen is still glass, right?Steve changes his tune like a used car salesman - one minute aluminium and glass is the rage "cos it's just so environmentally friendly man", then the next plastic is the second coming
Plus, if the back of the white iPhone looks like my wireless MightyMouse I'll be happy!
Wirelessly posted (iPhone: Mozilla/5.0 (iPhone; U; CPU like Mac OS X; en) AppleWebKit/420.1 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/3.0 Mobile/4A102 Safari/419.3)
I tend to agree with you. My iPhone suprisingly has much better reception than my Curve ever did with its plastic case.
ne0star said:
I tend to agree with you. My iPhone suprisingly has much better reception than my Curve ever did with its plastic case.
I disagree. I have been in numerous places where I get zero bars on my iPhone and my wife has 2-3 bars on her RAZR. It does seem to be more indoors than anywhere else.
x2! I'd rather have a few scratches on the back of my phone than put it in an ugly case. Who cares if the back gets scratched anyways? As long as the front is in good shape, I'll be happy.
Can everyone please stop drinking the KoolAid? The new iPhone has been redesigned to be cheaper to manufacture, end of story. Apple have started removing accessories like the dock. It's all about maintaining their profit margins and shifting more units.
Steve changes his tune like a used car salesman - one minute aluminium and glass is the rage "cos it's just so environmentally friendly man", then the next plastic is the second coming
If they've really improved the audio quality then I applaud them for that, but don't dress up cheapening the build materials as doing us some kind of favour.
Whilst I agree with you that plastic is a downgrade and clearly to make the iPhonecheaper, there has to be something in plastic giving better reception. In the same way MB wireless reception is better than MBP.
Lets just hope they don't use the plastic they use on the Macbooks , if it is the same plastic maybe the iPhone will become known as the crack phone
Virtually every phone I've owned over the years has been ALL plastic, and I don't recall scratches on the case being an issue.
throw one of these on.
https://www.zagg.com/invisibleshiel...es-screen-protectors-covers-skins-shields.php
I had a best skins ever case on my 2G iPhone and it worked awesome. Zagg is having a pre-order sale right now though and lifetime guarantee. I bought a Zagg this time, my last case was getting dingy and it would be nice to have the ability to swap them out.
https://www.zagg.com/invisibleshiel...es-screen-protectors-covers-skins-shields.php
I had a best skins ever case on my 2G iPhone and it worked awesome. Zagg is having a pre-order sale right now though and lifetime guarantee. I bought a Zagg this time, my last case was getting dingy and it would be nice to have the ability to swap them out.
Yes, not very scratch resistant, but when it does scratch, they won't be nearly as noticable. Eventually, the entire case will be mildy scratch and will look norma/bareable.
The reception will definitely be better though. And how do you think Apple afforded to give us a $200 iPhone?!?!
The reception will definitely be better though. And how do you think Apple afforded to give us a $200 iPhone?!?!
wrong. there's a reason why the v1 iphone isn't aluminum all the way down the back. the bottom part of the back is plastic, and this is where they put the edge antenna, because they knew that aluminum is awful for reception. the plastic will have SIGNIFICANTLY better reception.
and what's wrong with you guys? just because something is metal doesn't mean it's cheaper than plastic. someone please show me a link that states that the plastic back is cheaper than the metal one.