Not exact matches
The black vinyl material embossed with a carbonfibre pattern that covers the dash and air vents surrounded by
shiny red
plastic attempt to create a sporty atmosphere, but instead look and
feel cheap.
There is still plenty of
plastic to go around, but it doesn't
feel like the cheap,
shiny kind that some other sedans in this price range still serve up from time to time.
Still, the vista is occasionally marred by a few cheap -
feeling plastics that have little place in a premium SUV, and
shiny chrome trim that flashes the driver's eyes.
The rear of the S Tablet is curiously painted in a faux -
shiny matte silver colour that is similar to the iPad 2's brushed aluminum bottom but make no mistake about it, this is
plastic and it borders on
feeling flimsy.
While I'm usually against
shiny plastic, as I
feel that it often looks cheap and tacky, it really works on this headset, helping to bring out that dark blue Ghost Recon: Future Soldier logo that adorns the top of the headband.
Textures, which range from snooker table green
felt to
shiny plastic panels and cookie dough platforms, benefit more than anything from Nintendo's new found fondness for HD.
Both HTC and Samsung have chosen to build their phones out of
plastic, but while Samsung has gone its traditional route, creating a phone with a very typical
shiny plastic - like
feel to it, HTC stepped it up a notch and wrapped the One X in a polycarbonate unibody that is finely tailored to have a great, solid
feel.
Where the standard M2 has a
shiny plastic rear that's basically an impersonation of glass, the Aqua version has a textured translucent top layer that makes the rear
feel a bit like textured glass — the kind of stuff used in the mouse trackpads of high - end laptops like the MacBook Air.