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Pemalite said:
In general, yes the costs would be higher, but these are $1000+ AUD "Premium" devices with stupidly large profit margins.
"Premium" would imply something that is expensive.
Of course materials preference will be a personal thing as you so eloquently point out, but there are intrinsic issues dealing with glass that other materials generally don't exhibit, another issue with glass is how expensive it can be to replace as I found out.
Thats true that the profit margins are pretty big with these phones but that wont stop them from increasing the price tho. And while it is true that "Premium" would imply something is expensive, something being premium can take differnt forms. Such as design, the look and feel for example. I do agree with the replacement costs of glass tho.
More to it than that. The button placement created an area that was more susectible to bending, they needed to reinforce that specific area.
Well. I wouldn't say it's able to withstand typical drops better than any other phone does... I bet my Lumia would win every single time, phones with more exotic materials would also fair better.
I certainly don't doubt that either plastic or metal materials are stronger than glass.
I'm in a country area of Australia.
After having a "mobile" phone for the last decade and a half, not once have I lost one due to water damage... With that said, once my phone is mounted on any of my bikes, it's mounted inside of a waterproof case to protect it from mud, dust, dirt and on the rare occasion, rain, so it's really a non-issue.
But it also means I cannot have a phone case.
That setup is certainly interesting.
There are different types and grades of Plastic, if reinforced properly it's not flimsy.
I can assure you my Lumia 920 is far more durable than my Galaxy Note 5 and the Note 7.
After I broke my screen and back on my Note 5, my friend said 'Just bad luck, Samsung is always been durable for me' - So I proceeded to throw my old Lumia across the room and it survived without a scratch, my point was then made.
My Samsung Galaxy Note 5 will be my last Samsung Phone untill they get rid of the Glass backing, I'll vote with my wallet.
I did say it feels flimsy not that it is. But to each to his own. I do find your point of view with your own experiences quite interesting though.
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