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the QUALITY of sony 'xperia s' build materials

droidrio

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Q3. Does anyone (from sony or anyone else) know why the sony 'xperia p' has a full aluminium body and the more expensive 'xperia s' only has cheap plastic?

Seems odd to me, i would have expected the more expensive model to have the better quality of build materials, after all it has better everything else.
Better video camera, better camera, faster proccessor etc, why oh why sony have you cheaped out on the chassis?

It is the only fault i have with my new phone, at the moment when i touch the back of my phone it has a little rattle, sort of like a click type of sound going on, were i can hear the plastic cover hitting down onto the internal part of the phone. Its a real pain and sounds cheap, im afraid il drop it one day and that will be it, an aluminium chassis would have done the trick superbly, and made me feel confident that i have a strong sturdy phone that wont break the first time it falls.
 
My initial thought was the same but having owned and used the xperia s for a while i'd say your well off yhe mark,
My partner has the xperia p as well so I have a direct comparison.
The experia s feels very solid to me, more solid in the hand than the p- I think calling the chasis cheap plastic is a bit silly
Most phones these days are plastic/polycarbonate cunstruction and its a very tough durable material.
I have dropped my xperia s plenty of times and its still pretty much mark free, it is a tough phone.
 
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