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what use of materials would like to see used on future phones? |
scottyd
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hi the majority of phones are made out of plastic,i found with my p900 the case became very worn and creaked due to being made of plastic.
i dont think even the sony ericsson name tag is metal on my p910i.
what materials would you like to see mobiles made out of in the future, certain meterials could cut weight and are much more durable and of a higher quality, also couldn't wood be used or other modern materials?
why are we so limited to cheap plastic?
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jeko.uk
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aliminum might be good |
goldenface
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I agree. Isn't the P900 painted plastic? I can't remember. (My friend had one which he didn't take very good care of.)
The T300 I have started creaking after a few weeks.
It is possible for handsets to be made of all plastic and still be high quality, in fact I think the quality of materials is advancing just as much as the handsets themselves. I like metal on a handset too as in the K700.
I would love the high-end smartphones to have metal cases. Smartphones are generally bigger anyway so making a nice titainium or aluminium case wouldn't really make much difference to the weight anyway but it would do wonders for appearance.
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bart
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FOLED and recycle matirials
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scottyd
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what about wood? |
ThreeX
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Because i suspect that even though SE could make a phone from carbon fibre and titanium nobody but a select few would want to pay the price.. |
parsnip
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Wood isnt fireproof it changes size in heat and its heavy ... :D lol
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jeko.uk
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how can u make a phone out of wood |
scottyd
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ive seen tv's by phillips using wood recently so it must be possible.
i am also sure there must be better plastics availible by now that wear less on the p series it is ridiculous the wear it suffers. |
jeko.uk
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ive had my k700i for 3 weeks now and already it has started creaking |
ijefferies
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It would be possible to apply a thin sheet of wood, a veneer, to the phone case to give it the look and feel of wood. I like the feel of aluminum, titanium is a possibility, but there is a world shortage of certain grades on the horizon. Carbon should be cheap and easy to manufacture, after all the cases aren't big and could use off cuts of pre-preg from aviation, and it looks nice! A bit of tactile rubber at contact points would be good. |
scottyd
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on my p900 at contact points at the bottom there is only two rubber protectors so it still has contact with surface causing a lot of wear, i always have to put it on a tissue or something its a real pain if there were two more it would be fine, it so strange. |
michka
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Metal housings are nice, but then I guess the antenna must be external.
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Jim
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Magnesium like some of the high end sony minidisc 
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scottyd
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yewr i had one of those minidiscs it gives a really nice feel,look and quality to it.
whay would you need an extrenal antena on a metal phone? |
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Posted: 2005-01-01 22:51
