Debate: Pretty phones vs durable phones

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Jason2k13
Jason2k13
Arena Master
• 1y ago

Let's face it, pretty phones is normally not for tech people, but the majority of people wants a good looking phone and would rarely talk about durability since majority of them will use a case.

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ECPirate37
ECPirate37
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• 1y ago
↵SkintaroD said:

Motorola was using some "alternative" materials in the 2010s - the rubbery back of the Atrix 2, the kevlar and nylon of the Droid Turbo (favorite), the fabric and even wood panels for the Z series. The stainless steel rear panel of my Nokia 6300 felt really premium back in the day too.

I personally would be fine with plastic. Give it a nice grippy texture like the grips on a Sig Sauer and we'd be in business.

And the MotoMaker even had some wooden options. Oh the G(w)ood ol' days.

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yalokiy
yalokiy
Arena Master
• 1y ago

I would love a S23 rugged version, but considering I get about the same by just adding a nillkin camshield case to the vanilla S23, I don't really care.

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StanleyKubrick
StanleyKubrick
Arena Apprentice
• 1y ago

DURABLE!!!!

This is a no brainer! How many people actually use their $$$$$$$glass sandwich WITHOUT a PLASTIC case on it? Not very many I'm sure. In fact I don't think I've ever seen anyone NOT using a case of some sort! I'm sure there are a few but not many!

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StanleyKubrick
StanleyKubrick
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• 1y ago
↵DFranch said:

I'd rather have a durable phone over pretty. I can accept a glass screen as I do prefer it to the old plastic screens which scratched easily. But there is no reason for glass on the back. Why put glass on the back only to have 90% of the population put a plastic case on it. Could it be to sell accessories?

Well, you can bet that whether or not there's any collusion between the phone makers and the case makers that if the phone makers made all their phones truly rugged that the case makers would go out of business in a heartbeat! So you do the math.

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fastanddubious
fastanddubious
Arena Apprentice
• 1y ago

Same people here roasted Samsung for using plastic on the back of the s21 ?

It was both durable and pretty

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domfonusr
domfonusr
Arena Master
• 1y ago

Durable is better, but will often increase the price of the device by 50% or more over similarly spec'd not-so-durable devices. It is cheaper to buy a case to protect your "pretty" phone, than to actually buy a "durable" phone. Personally, I don't really do either... I buy what is cheap. They are both expensive approaches, whichever way you go, and I don't bother to buy cases anymore, either... disposable devices all the way!

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propov
propov
Arena Apprentice
• 1y agoedited

Every pretty phone becomes durable with a right case. Anytime. But durable can't become pretty. Just no way. For me pretty phone no longer exists anyway since HTC is out of the market.

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jinroh47
jinroh47
Arena Apprentice
• 1y ago

the iphone 13 pro max is quite durable, design is acceptable as well

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Mariyan Slavov
Mariyan Slavov
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• 1y ago
↵propov said:

Every pretty phone becomes durable with a right case. Anytime. But durable can't become pretty. Just no way. For me pretty phone no longer exists anyway since HTC is out of the market.

What about LG? I think there were some really chic models in that company's range.

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