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I wonder how the people claiming plastic in those Android-phones feels "cheap" is going to react to this.

The plastic they're using (hard-coated polycarbonate) is, I believe, the same plastic used on many of the Nokia Lumia phones which a lot of people say feel much higher quality than other, regular plastic phones. That said, the 5C is the cheaper option and it isn't going to feel as good as the aluminium of the 5S. I don't however think it will be anywhere near as cheap-feeling as other phones (e.g. the Samsung Galaxy S4 which has been described as feeling "greasy").

and that's why Nokia posted this: https://twitter.com/nokia_uk/status/377483408043036672/photo...

Ads of multicolored devices featuring content that matches the enclosure? Who would've thunk it?

http://cl.ly/image/1U3i2F2v2r43

I actually played with a 620 for a day or two. Once you will hold them both in your hand it will make sense.

Those are all just staged for ads (unless you think you can't listen to the Beatles Red Album on a blue nano and vice versa) except for the latest one, which came out after the Nokia devices.

I'm sure someone did it before (I seem to recall IE5 letting you change the interface to match the early iMac colours) but your comment (and a quick glance at the linked image) is misleading as it stands.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Explorer_for_Mac#Inter...

He's pointing out that Nokia's claim of copying them with colors (lol) is weak.

The Nokia is staged for ads too. You can change the highlight color to be whatever you want. Additionally, many WP apps have a solid colored tile that doesn't respect the user's color choice.

Actually pretty classy and makes a great point. +1 Nokia.

Not sure I agree with Nokia's formulation of the saying. I prefer "Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery", which makes a lot more sense. Imitation isn't the best form of flattery - it's actually quite an irritating form of it - but it is the sincerest form (since, unlike verbal flattery, it's rarely feigned: you imitate because a thing is worth imitating, not to flatter the imitatee).

It's not much higher quality. The quality comes more from being machined instead of melted plastic, but it's still not much better.

Totally depends on how it feels. Certain Android phones do feel cheap because of the plastic they used, just as certain laptops felt cheap. Apple has a history of making polycarbonate products that do genuinely feel significantly nicer than the average product.

I don't even notice the metal of my iPhone underneath the rubber and plastic case.

Probably not at all because the 5S is not plastic?

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