Materials used inside the cabin have improved with the makeover, with the Kuga now featuring soft,
rubbery plastics on the upper half of the dashboard and front door panels — not the rear door panels, though, that get hard plastics.
Not exact matches
The worst part of the Mini interior is its
rubbery plastic dash, which is about
on par with what you'd find in the Subie.
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.
A
rubbery texture around the device keeps it in your hands, as many of the slick,
plastic models
on the market run the risk of falling to the ground to crack and break.
Opting for a
plastic silver back over the more textured
rubbery rear casing
on the original, the new Tab 10.1 has jumped to 9.7 mm in thickness compared to 8.6 mm which is also thicker than the Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9.
Unlike the Stealth 700, Turtle Beach used matte
plastic for the buttons
on the 600, rather than the
rubbery material
on the 700.