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Volla Phone Plinius is a rugged phone that ships with Ubuntu Touch or Google-free Android and mid-range specs

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[–] Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe 23 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

transparent back cover with glass coating

Plastic. What we want is plastic. It's lighter and more durable, and isn't slippery as hell

Edit: But still glad to see another non-Google-OS phone on the market. Hope they do really well.

[–] SupraMario@lemmy.world 7 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

Yea I do not understand why so many phones have a glass back. 99% of us put them in a case and the glass is usually shattered after a few years of use. It's useless and is just more shit to break. Metal or plastic...also the curved edge screens...such a pointless design.

[–] steel_for_humans@piefed.social 6 points 21 hours ago (2 children)

I thought those materials were used because of wireless charging and because they make the phone body double as an antenna.

[–] SupraMario@lemmy.world 2 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

I don't think many people use wireless charging compared to just wired. Most people don't want to spend the extra money on it. Plus it's slower. Hell I've had one phone I tried to force myself to use wireless charging with...and in the end gave up after a few months. Just wasn't worth it.

[–] hanrahan@piefed.social 3 points 17 hours ago (2 children)

i use it ona stand on my deak becase i can interact with it as it sits at about 45° facing me.

[–] steel_for_humans@piefed.social 1 points 7 hours ago

I do the same.

[–] SupraMario@lemmy.world 2 points 16 hours ago

Yea I think there are people who do like it, I'm just saying I think the general phone population doesn't care for it. Do remember the amount of annoyed people, when companies stopped putting in charging bricks.

[–] hexagonwin@lemmy.today 1 points 21 hours ago

there are many phones with plastic backs that support wireless charging.. is glass back more effective?

it's probably harder to have good connectivity with metal housing + glass back, even apple suffered with death grips on the iphone 4 after switching from the 3g/s's plastic body