Galaxy Note 7 Sales Halted

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Pemalite said:

The irony is... There are alternatives to Aluminum and Glass.
Personally I prefer the rubbery matte polymers, gives you great grip... Doesn't look like garbage as it never picks up fingerprints or scratches easily... Allows for wireless charging... Is cheap and lightweight... And can withstand impacts.

a) Sure there is but is it as cheap while feeling as premium? Cause thats what phone manufacturers need in order to sell... And if Samsung went with rubbery polymers, reviewers will critize it for not feeling "premium" regardless of how durable it is. Since Android is a competitive market, every phone manufacturers require something that is cheap while "feeling" premium. Oh and there is shatter resistant glass which does protect against drops such as in the Note 7 so...

It's far from strong enough. I had my Galaxy Note 5 for two days. TWO DAYS. And it slipped off my desk (Other materials tend not to be as slippery) from about waist height.
It cracked the back, bounced and cracked the screen.
$400 AUD later and a replacement of both, I was back in action.

And you try to convince me it's strong enough? Far from it, if it was my old Nokia Lumia 920... It would have survived the fall without a scratch.

Again, there are alternatives to both Aluminum and Glass, Aluminum though wouldn't have cost me an extra $400 AUD.

b) Well, I did say "strong enough to withstand most basic tests." Everyones milage will always vary... Drops are always a gamble regardless of the phone unless you have phones such as the Galaxy Note 7 which is built to withstand drops due to its shatter resistant glass. Even alunimum phones have issues such as the iphone 6 plus bending in people's pocket. Heck, if the aluminum phone drops in the wrong way, the glass in front of it will break. Not trying to say that Glass is stronger than aluminum/rubbry plastic but I think the best way to go is shatter resistant glass.

So you like the aesthetics of the glass, but then decide to hide it in a cover anyway? Where is the sense in that? I never had my Nokia Lumia 920 in a cover, because even when I dropped it, it always survived... And I had that phone for years.
Plus, having a case on it makes the phone awkward to mount to my Bike as I have to take the phone out of the case all the time to fit it in the waterproof enclosure.

c) There are see through cases... And if Samsung continues their current trend, their future phones should be water resistant. The S7 and Note 7 has some of the best water resistance in the market which far surprasses most others like Sony. So if they do continue it, that is another reason to get a Galaxy.

My Lumia 920 had wireless charging a good 3-4 years ago, loved it. - There are other materials you can build these devices from where you can retain such functionality.

d) Yea but most wireless charging phones according to sites require a special backplate or something. There are only a few materials that can actually work without having anything extra while giving a "premium" feel. So Shatter Resistant glass is the best of both worlds imo.

PS: Idk how you do ur quotey thing so...