who else thinks samsung spent way too much on the lavish, heavy duty, overly designed battery cover?

[SGS2]

who else thinks samsung spent way too much on the lavish, heavy duty, overly designed, super strong battery cover, and should have saved money by making a cheaper one?

 

[Munchausen0]

I kinda like it.. but odds are just about everyone will have it in a case so really no one will be looking at the battery cover.

 

[pappabacon]

I don't see mine because it is in a case. It is thin, but I think they were trying to make the phone as thin and light as possible and this was the easiest way to do this.

 

[Slug]

If it's the same as the cover on my own GS2 then looks are deceptive. There's a video on YouTube of someone bending the thing double like a playing card, and the cover snapping back into perfect undamaged shape.

 

[SGS2]

If it's the same as the cover on my own GS2 then looks are deceptive. There's a video on YouTube of someone bending the thing double like a playing card, and the cover snapping back into perfect undamaged shape.

interesting.

i did not know it was bendable and flexible. i am glad it is at least not cheap plastic, but a higher grade plastic. i am worried about the little plastic nipples that snap in the holes in the phone breaking off over time. hopefully they won't.

 

[mickey4mice]

Not sure how durable S2 really is. But there's a 4S vs S2 drop test vid on youtube showing S2 doing much better than it looks, actually beating out 4S by a mile, at least in that vid.

interesting.

i did not know it was bendable and flexible. i am glad it is at least not cheap plastic, but a higher grade plastic. i am worried about the little plastic nipples that snap in the holes in the phone breaking off over time. hopefully they won't.

 

[kronie]

who else thinks samsung spent way too much on the lavish, heavy duty, overly designed, super strong battery cover, and should have saved money by making a cheaper one?

I dont know, enlighten us. How much did they spend?

 

[Mostly Harmless]

Nope, I really like it, gives the phone some class. Shiny plastic just doesn't do it for me when the competitor is using glass and aluminum.

 

[kidsavior]

You know I love my GS II, but I wish Samsung would start putting as much thought into the outside of their phones as they do the inside.

I mean is too much to ask for a woven Kevlar battery cover?

 

[Nate1n22]

At the AT&T store the battery cover would stick to the magnet holding the phone..

I'd rather have a plastic phone vs an all glass one just due to the fact that it won't crack when dropped.

 

[aylonewolf69]

At the AT&T store the battery cover would stick to the magnet holding the phone..

I'd rather have a plastic phone vs an all glass one just due to the fact that it won't crack when dropped.

+1 - the iphone 4 & 4S cracks because it's just so HEAVY... No wonder the GLASS cracked both on Front & Back!!! Now, if they redid the test with the iphone 4 strapped to the Samsung Galaxy S2 that would really REALLY test out the Gorilla glass on the Samsung...

 

[blau808]

who else thinks samsung spent way too much on the lavish, heavy duty, overly designed, super strong battery cover, and should have saved money by making a cheaper one?

I see a lot of people complaining about "cheap plastic" Three things:

1) It aint cheap plastic. Its high quality and durable.
2) Wireless signals penetrate plastic much easier than metal. Antennagate anyone?
3) Its snug, doesnt rattle, is extremely lightweight, doesnt show fingerprints, and is easy to remove.