It's made with a set of
plastics around its back and sides, yet it does not feel cheap.
As you'd expect, even with curved Corning Gorilla Glass 3 on the front and durable matte
plastic around the back, the Liquid Jade S still feels a lot less premium than metal / glass flagships such as the HTC One M9, Samsung Galaxy S6 and the iPhone 6.
From most angles it has the appearance of a premium smartphone, however the transition from glass to
plastic around the back can be jarring.
Not exact matches
I zipped my crying son
back into the secure confines of his sleep sack to begin calming him down, and I thought to myself that there's no way they could have prepared me for this exact moment in my «caring for your newborn» class, where the diaper you're changing is clean, dry, and perfectly wrapped
around a fully cooperative
plastic doll.
But this one is
backed by
plastic so you can not double them up for added absorbency, all the others can be doubled for night or heavy wetters as they are not
backed by
plastic but are a bamboo sap and fiber all
around.
The moulded
plastic bottom is perfectly contoured to shape
around your baby's legs and
back to give them added support once they can sit upright on their own.
This year, the machine will bring
back its first collection from the North Pacific Gyre, which has about 1.8 trillion pieces of
plastic trash swirling
around inside it.
The hard
plastic rear storage bay is clearly easy to clean and flexible, but we found our stuff tended to slide
around in the
back.
For sure, there were obviously going to be problems (it's nigh - on impossible to make the «perfect car interior», after all), but they don't really have that much of an impact in the grand scheme of things.For instance, though we are slightly disappointed by the relative prevalence of lower - quality
plastics in the cabin (with the most egregious example being the not - very - premium - feeling shrouds
around the transmission tunnel), the Kia Sportage does compensate for that with the additional abundance of soft - touch and (in higher spec models) leather throughout the interior.Likewise, though we'd prefer a slightly larger touchscreen interface on lower - spec models and toggle switches in the trunk to use when reclining the rear seat
backs, the truth is there aren't really any issues with the Kia Sportage ergonomically.
Out
back, rear LED taillights present an unbroken sideways - L in a clever touch, and the side profile is made even more angular by
plastic trim
around each wheel well.
The dark
plastic continues
around back and makes up the entire rear bumper.
As with the Fire HD 7, we found the HD 6's hard -
plastic outer frame sturdy but a bit sharp
around the edges, and its grainy - textured
back panel felt, surprisingly, rather slippery.
The matte
plastic back doesn't quite wrap
around, but there's a sturdy - looking
plastic bumper
around the edge.
The device is sturdily built, with a metallic
back plate and a
plastic band
around its perimeter.
Most tablets have a hard metal ring
around the outside, then a
plastic bezel and
back.
Though the
back and buttons are
plastic, everything is clad in matching silver, with a chrome accent
around the navigation wheel.
In addition to the soft - touch
plastic back, there's a lip of aluminum
around the edge, but other than that it's mostly just touchscreen.
Instead of some cheap
plastic with a faux - carbon - fiber pattern adorned on it (like you might see on a Galaxy S device), the Sensation has a thick and rugged soft touch
plastic back and an aluminum «belt» traversing its midsection that curls
around to form the bezel of the device.
Flip the Oasis
around, and it looks very different from last year's black -
plastic -
backed model, with a new brushed - aluminum rear casing that befits an upscale device like this.
The tablet itself is unassuming, with a glossy black front, silver band
around the bezel and a dimpled, dark - gray
plastic back.
The design of the tablet reflects previous Fire models, with a
plastic back coming in a range of colours - red, blue, black - with controls
around the sides.
It ships with either a white or dark gray
plastic back and matching bezel, with silver
plastics accents
around the edges.
This time
around we do get a solid aluminum frame, but the
back cover feels as
plastic as ever, if a little less rubbery than what we saw on the Galaxy S5.
Around the
back you have the faux leather insert in the centre of the
plastic backplate and the new 5 - megapixel camera and LED flash.
Contrary to what its shape (and the rather noticeable gaps
around its edges) suggests, the bottom white
plastic section on the
back isn't removable but instead the top one slides off.
There's a thin metal bezel
around the screen, and the
back of the handset is
plastic.
With the metal frame
around the sides and the soft touch
plastic on the
back, the Tab S2 feels rather premium
The Galaxy Tab S2 is Samsung's thinnest tablet yet with a thickness of 5.6 mm, and combined with the metal frame
around the sides and the soft touch
plastic on the
back, it feels rather premium.
The
back cover still uses
plastic, but this time
around, Samsung has opted for a textured
plastic which makes it look nicer.
The metal
backed, chrome
plastic sided handset is built
around a 4.2 in, 480 x 854 capacitive multi-touch screen.
The
back panel of the phone is just glossy
plastic and therefore fairly slick, but it can still be comfortably gripped thanks to a rubberized lining
around the edges of the phone's rear.
You don't need a hamster to be trained to exercise it, just get a cage with a exercising wheel, or get a
plastic exercising ball so it can run
around in it, but never let your hamster be unsupervised in the ball, and never leave your hamster in the ball for more than 30 minutes, take it out at the 15 minute mark to get a drink then but it
back in the ball for 15 minutes, you can exercise you hamster in the
plastic ball for 2 - 3 times a day.
I too have been searching for higher -
backed litter boxes, but I» ve never found one that's high enough (I actually have
plastic container lid - covers propped sideways
around the litter boxes, with a bit of litter in each, to catch the spray... looks ridiculous!
In the morning they clean the streets
around the whole resort to make sure the
back roads are as much of a
plastic - free paradise as the resort itself!
Robert Watts made his Case of Eggs (actually
plastic and wax)
back in 1964,
around when the black artist tried to copyright «Pop Art,» and it looks hilarious next to Andy Warhol and Warhol's Brillo Boxes.
Its glossy, colorful
plastic back has an added metallic frame
around the edges covering the rounded corner, making a curved
back which gives a proper grip for keeping handy.
The Redmi Note still doesn't convince me to change my mind about phablets, primarily because it occupies such an awkward position between a smartphone and a tablet — and it's just too clunky for me to tote
around making calls and texting on the go, especially with such slippery
plastic backing.
This time
around, the box comes with a quartet of little
plastic sensors, called Cookies, that use low - power radio to push information
back to Mother, which then relays that data to the internet.
The glass covering the front melts seamlessly into the metal frame
around it, which in turn gives way to a
plastic back and an adjustable strap whose flexibility is limited somewhat by the integrated camera.
That can include weight, thickness and screen size, but also covers the layout of the keyboard, how large the touchpad is, how thick the bezel
around the screen is, metal versus
plastic, or even the color or pattern on the
back of the lid.
The matte
plastic back cover offers a nice feeling in the hand, and the
back cover is also removable, despite it wrapping
around to the chin of the device.
Around its
back, the Zenfone 3 Zoom balances
plastic and metal to showcase its cameras and fingerprint sensor.
Around the
back, the differences become more pronounced, with less offensive
plastic antenna bands that now run along the top and bottom edge, and the 7 Plus's standout hardware upgrade, that dual rear camera module.
The single - piece metal
back appears to wrap
around the edges like a shell, exposing a small portion of white
plastic that belongs to the front panel.
Aside from the bits of metal exposed
around the edges, the rest of the device is either
plastic (on the
back) or glass (on the front).
Around back is where Samsung has made the most significant improvement to the Note's design — it has replaced the slimy glossy
plastic that has become both the trademark and punchline for Samsung devices with a textured finish that feels almost leathery in a good way.
The feel here is very much similar to that of the Moto G. Like that device, the Moto E features a smooth matte
plastic finish, gentle curves
around the
back, rounded edges, with a little dimple on its rear cover that's naturally inviting for your index finger to rest on and rub.
Flipping the phone
around, the
back is a combination of metal and
plastic.
The phone takes the design of its predecessor, the Honor 8, and adds subtle refinements like a curved glass
back panel, and cleaner joins between the metal and glass — no more
plastic rim
around the metal side walls.
Unlike previous iterations of this flagship line though, Meizu has gone from using a metal frame and
plastic backing to a full metal unibody design that curves
around the sides to meet the large display up front, allowing for the premium feel that is expected from a current generation flagship.