Metuas Posted June 12, 2008 Share Posted June 12, 2008 So, my first reaction to the new case for the iPhone was this - "Ugh." It's plastic. Not aluminum. And, as you may have noticed, until recently, with the new iMac bucking the trend, consumer products are usually white / black plastic, and professional products are anodized aluminum. The case was a subtle shift, but it carries with it a powerful message - the iPhone is now a mass consumer product. It is cheaper, it is more accessible, it has more features, it has more programs, and it now is no longer the toy of professionals and millionaires (okay, I'm exaggerating), but an everyman's phone. Now, I fully believe this is an intentional effort by Apple to widen it's market. But as an owner of an old iPhone, I wouldn't switch. Not only is the new one, in my opinion, less attractive and cheapened, it's now a phone that we may start to see on every street corner. I don't want to look like everyone else. What do you all think? Any of you current iPhone users going to get a new one? Selling yours for cheap to get a new one? Something else? I'm interested to hear others' reaction to it. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/110141-the-significance-of-plastic/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheeplover Posted June 12, 2008 Share Posted June 12, 2008 Why spend people so much time thinking about such highly unrelevant things like mobile phones??? Hey - its a MOBILE ... not a car, a house or my next wife ... it's just a mobile. The things that it has in common with the mentioned is the fact that I like to have fun with it, I like it to do a good job, last as long as my contract runs and to look nice. But it can't cook, it won't hold me warm at night or give a {censored}, so - why shouldn't the back be out of plastic? Just a mobile man .. just a mobile. And to give a straight answer to your question: If I pay $200 bucks less to get a better battery life, GPS and 3G (EDGE isn't just crappy it also has no marketshare in Europe) I definately will not complain about a plastic shell on the back of my phone. Metal is much nicer - but not worth $200. I bet you can find some thirdparty backshell out there for $200 that'll fit like a charm and is made out of some surgery-grade-high-alloy-non-corroding-tempered steel... I'm pretty sure about it .. and I think that gizmodo.com will be first to write about it ... ;-) --EDIT-- But - to be honest ... it was really strange when Don Stevo introduced his brand new toy and said "back out of plastic .. real nice!" ... that was creepy ;-) Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/110141-the-significance-of-plastic/#findComment-780424 Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSn1™ Posted June 18, 2008 Share Posted June 18, 2008 Well, as Metuas state, better, I will wait for the Aluminium iPhone Pro. No! I won't wait... To be honest, the plastic is quite good quality, it feels hard as the previous cover. The glossy look is fine, the white one is even better, you will see, it is... its is... ... It is un-be-livable, LOL. It is impressive. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/110141-the-significance-of-plastic/#findComment-788339 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Berzerker Posted June 18, 2008 Share Posted June 18, 2008 Plastic helps with reception, which is why people who've used it hands on are reporting better reception. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/110141-the-significance-of-plastic/#findComment-788620 Share on other sites More sharing options...
rollcage Posted June 18, 2008 Share Posted June 18, 2008 Plastic helps with reception, which is why people who've used it hands on are reporting better reception. Yeah, the aluminum backing causes interference with the signal. I notice that my iPhone doesn't have as good reception as my old phone. I kinda like the new look anyway, there's a plastic band that runs along the bottom of the old iPhone: it looks very out of place. I don't think Apple was trying to make it look cheaper, they just wanted it to work better. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/110141-the-significance-of-plastic/#findComment-788725 Share on other sites More sharing options...
SDRacer48 Posted June 18, 2008 Share Posted June 18, 2008 Not only is the new one, in my opinion, less attractive and cheapened, it's now a phone that we may start to see on every street corner. I don't want to look like everyone else. Please, get over yourself... You don't want to look like everyone else? Here is a statement of truth for you. People like yourself are so convinced that you want to be different and be like no one else, that in all actuality you are acting, thinking, doing, and looking like millions of other people. Being different is the new trend, and people in the Marketing field (the manufacturing of {censored}) are eating it up. On second thought, keep that attitude. Marketing is my minor, I may be able to rip you off one day... Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/110141-the-significance-of-plastic/#findComment-788914 Share on other sites More sharing options...
sama7896 Posted June 18, 2008 Share Posted June 18, 2008 Please, get over yourself... You don't want to look like everyone else? Here is a statement of truth for you. People like yourself are so convinced that you want to be different and be like no one else, that in all actuality you are acting, thinking, doing, and looking like millions of other people. Being different is the new trend, and people in the Marketing field (the manufacturing of {censored}) are eating it up. On second thought, keep that attitude. Marketing is my minor, I may be able to rip you off one day... lol ! so true Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/110141-the-significance-of-plastic/#findComment-788987 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jasafar Posted June 21, 2008 Share Posted June 21, 2008 Agreed. If the phone is that good, who cares if a lot of people have it - it's what YOU do with it. Also, how else will cool location service based apps like 'Loopt' work if no one has the new model? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/110141-the-significance-of-plastic/#findComment-791580 Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmdshft Posted June 21, 2008 Share Posted June 21, 2008 how else will cool location service based apps like 'Loopt' work if no one has the new model? You can get location data from the cell network, it's not just GPS exclusive. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/110141-the-significance-of-plastic/#findComment-791587 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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