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People want 'dumbphones'. Will companies make them? (www.bbc.com)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago (5 children)

Why would the back of your phone be made of glass? Lol, wtf?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

because steve jobs' ghost wills it

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Have had at least one phone fitting this description. :(

Android, too.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

From what I understand about phone design, it allows for the smallest possible design that can still do NFC and wireless charging, while keeping that premium feel.

I don't give a damn about premium feel, I just want a no-nonsense phone that does what it's fucking supposed to while still being serviceable.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

So that the manufacturer can charge you to repair it when it breaks

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Because if you want wireless charging it's that or plastic and the latter certainly doesn't make for a great premium product

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

What? My phone has a metal back and charges wirelessly just fine, even with a case on it.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

I van assure you at the very least the part where the coil is situated has no metal backplate. While technically possible to charge wirelessly with a metal back the efficiency of the charging would drop into hell. Unless absolutely not otherwise doable it's better avoided, not least of all because the back would heat up immensenly when using charging speeds that are remotely useful

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

I use my phones with a case, so I actually don't know the difference