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Gruber says that "none of the competing phones on the market are made of metal".

So what about the Lumia 800 (1)? Or the One S (2)?

1) http://www.theverge.com/2011/11/3/2534861/nokia-lumia-800-re...

2) http://www.theverge.com/2012/4/2/2916098/htc-one-s-review

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From theVerge review on the Lumia800: "What you see and feel in your hand is a seamless piece of soft-touch plastic"

From the Wikipedia Article: "A trough-colored unibody shell is made from polycarbonate plastic."

And, Gruber had a demo-unit of the Lumia 800:

http://daringfireball.net/linked/2012/04/03/

Sorry, misread the review for the Lumia 800. I'd always been under the impression that the Lumia phones were anodized aluminum; turns out they're polycarbonate.

Still, there's the One S, for... one. And that was just a quick find among the current crop of recommended phones; I wouldn't be surprised if there are others.

Nokia N8 and E7, last flagship Nokias before the lumias, were made of Anodized Aluminium. I own the N8 and the N800 and both feel great in the hand.

I have no idea why a phone made out of glass and metal would be desirable in the least. Window frames are made out of glass and metal; should I desire one of those too?

It makes me feel uncomfortably odd, but the iPhone elicits zero desire from me. If someone gave one to me for free, it would gather dust on my shelf.

His piece definitely said "none" when first published, but it has since been corrected:

There’s also a marketing advantage: few[1] of the competing phones on the market are made of metal.

[1: http://www.htc.com/www/smartphones/htc-radar/]

You're right but you gave the wrong example. A good example would be the Xperia P. There are other phones as well with a metal shell.

Don't know about the One X, but the Lumia is made out of strong polycarbonate(not metal), and actually feels very good in the hand, unlike the iPhone 4/4S metal glass seam that felt somewhat sharp to my hand. Also, if the polycarbonate scratches, it's the same color inside, so scratches are not very visible.

i'd note that most heavy duty military equipment, including rifle bodies and several other parts are generally made of quality polycarbonate nowadays, because its lighter and arguably stronger than various metals (it's as rigid but not as brittle, and does not rust in any way)

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