The stiff, one - piece
plastic back means the 625 feels very sturdy.
The glossy
plastic back meant the phone had a tendency to skate across tables with reckless abandon, so a case might be a wise investment for some.
Not exact matches
Instead, Cuomo
backed the bill and released a 1,000 word essay on a new initiative
meant to cut down on
plastic litter and waste through a task force.
Already on sale in India (pictured above) the i20 Active gets the usual crossover treatment, with more aggressive bumpers at the front and
back, some black
plastic cladding to make it look like it
means business, a raised ride height and a set of roof rails.
The
back is made and patterned very much in line with the Galaxy S III / Galaxy Note II styling — which
means it's
plastic and too glossy for most tastes, but that doesn't make it a complete disaster.
The compact size
means there's no disconcerting creaking, and while it feels like
plastic (albeit premium
plastic), the chassis is actually made of reinforced glass fibre (on the
back) and glass fibre polyamide on the frame.
While that larger physical size
means it won't as easily slip into a handbag or jacket pocket, it's still quite comfortable to hold thanks to a soft - touch
plastic back with slightly tapered sides.
They were stacked in clusters against the gallery walls,
back - to -
back and face - to - face and sometimes separated by sheets of cardboard or covered by
plastic, suggesting they were on their way in or out of storage and weren't yet
meant for public viewing.
To go
back to aluminum, the fact that recycling it saves so much energy combined with the fact that it can be recycled almost an infinite number of times (it doesn't degrade like paper or
plastic)
mean that it possible to imagine a day when we don't even have to make new, energy - intensive aluminum anymore.
This
means eliminating the negative environmental impacts of production associated with the
plastics industry, producing a material that sequesters carbon, and delivers nutrients
back to Earth.
Unsurprisingly, the
plastics industry fought
back, arguing that just because there are currently no polystyrene recycling facilities in New York City, that doesn't
mean the stuff can't be recycled.
It's also something you'd struggle to call handsome: matte black
plastic and chunky lines
mean your svelte iPhone ends up bow -
backed and thick in the hand.
What this
means is that the
back part of the Symmetry is extreme hard
plastic while the lip that encases the phone is a softer material.
The Z3 Compact uses a
plastic frame in place of the Z1 Compact's metal, but the move from a cheap - feeling
plastic back to glass
means the newer Compact feels like the more premium device.
With its faux leather
backing and metal frame, the Galaxy Note 4 isn't an unattractive device by any
means either, but the switch to the new build material with the Galaxy Note 5 gives it a more premium look, and the latter also feels more substantial in the hand, when compared to the
plastic leather texture found with the former.
But with the curved
back (and the
plastic mid-plate the comes down from the camera lens to the Motorola dimple) you also get access to Moto Maker, which
means, along with swappable
back plates, users can now bring customization to the next level.
While that
means that the
backs of both phones are closely related to a
plastic, you won't have to worry about them shattering if you happen to drop either phone.
In any case, the standard
plastic backs are solid — so solid in fact that you'll think they aren't
meant to be removed at all.