Plastic or Metal?

[IHateMyTreo]

Anyone had hands on? I've seen mention of a metal exterior, plastic, carbon fiber, whatever. And how secure is that back cover? Some of those little plastic battery covers give you no protection from the elements. How's the grip?

 

[sean76]

Anyone had hands on? I've seen mention of a metal exterior, plastic, carbon fiber, whatever. And how secure is that back cover? Some of those little plastic battery covers give you no protection from the elements. How's the grip?

Looks to be classic Samsung ...Plastic! Back is some kind of soft touch.

 

[trophynuts]

HYPERSKIN man get it right lol


yeah what he said its plastic

 

[Deleted User]

Samsung indicated they used a metal internal frame to ensure stiffness and robustness.

Frankly, as much as I like the tactile feel of metal on the phone, I sincerely enjoy the weight of my coworker's SGS2.

 

[sean76]

HYPERSKIN man get it right lol


yeah what he said its plastic

hahahaha...Hyperskin my Butt!

They just felt left out from the Razr's Bullet Proof back so figured...Hmm, yea! Let's talk up Hyperskin....lmaoo

 

[trophynuts]

does sound totally made up huh? lol

 

[sean76]

does sound totally made up huh? lol

Seriously!

 

[novemberwhiskey]

The "hyperskin" marketing was pretty bad. But no where near as bad as spending as much time as they did talking about a font for the system.

WTF!

I thought Apple was bad with the 4s release....

 

[maquina]

The Galaxy Nexus is not like the rest it is "an advanced prototype. Yes, a memetic polly-alloy".

 

[Doit2it]

The Galaxy Nexus is not like the rest it is "an advanced prototype. Yes, a memetic polly-alloy".

So your saying don't take it anywhere near a foundry.

 

[IHateMyTreo]

So your saying don't take it anywhere near a foundry.

But you can shoot at it.

 

[maquina]

So your saying don't take it anywhere near a foundry.

On the contrary, that will probably be our only chance to survive.

But you can shoot at it.

Yes please do shoot at it!! Just don't scratch the Super AMOLED screen. Please, I have yet to buy a screen protector for it.

 

[ylexot]

Yes please do shoot at it!! Just don't scratch the Super AMOLED screen. Please, I have yet to buy a screen protector for it.

Don't worry, it has Gorilla Glass.

 

[sixstringsam]

Don't worry, it has Gorilla Glass.

Has Gorilla Glass been confirmed? Nexus S did not have GG because of the contour design.

 

[locoandroid]

so is just plastic,right? wish had some CF or Kevlar like the Razor

 

[TonyHoyle]

Has Gorilla Glass been confirmed? Nexus S did not have GG because of the contour design.

Whatever it did have is pretty resilient - after almost a year of battering my Nexus S is scratch free.. I have a track record of putting huge gouges in the front of them My iphone had a scratch whilst blogs were still screaming it was impossible to scratch them!

If it's as strong as that it's fine with me. The NS *looks* cheaply made but has proved to be anything but.

 

[Jersey Tom]

so is just plastic,right? wish had some CF or Kevlar like the Razor

Why's that?

If there's aramid fiber on the back of the Razr I'd imagine it's a single layer of some light weave... purely a visual / marketing gimmick. Does look cool though.

 

[theineffablebob]

The "hyperskin" marketing was pretty bad. But no where near as bad as spending as much time as they did talking about a font for the system.

WTF!

I thought Apple was bad with the 4s release....

The font is a big deal. One of the major reasons why Android's appearance has been so lacking is because the font really wasn't that attractive. Roboto is much more modern, versatile, and appealing font.