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

  • Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    25
    arrow-down
    2
    ·
    edit-2
    2 days ago

    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
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      8
      arrow-down
      1
      ·
      1 day ago

      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.

        • SupraMario@lemmy.world
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          2
          ·
          1 day ago

          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.

            • SupraMario@lemmy.world
              link
              fedilink
              English
              arrow-up
              2
              ·
              1 day 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
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          1
          ·
          1 day 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

    • GraveyardOrbit@lemmy.zip
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      2
      arrow-down
      10
      ·
      1 day ago

      Who is we? I rock an all glass phone with no case and it’s in perfect condition. If you damage your phone you are a child and should be watched over as such