It’s true that when deciding to buy a new smartphone, along with specs, smartphone design is also a vital aspect. So, we’d like to tell you about 3 materials commonly used as a phone’s body.

Smartphone design: pros and con of each metal

Metal is used widely by many reputed brands to create the body of smartphones. Among many metallic elements, Aluminum is the most common one. Of course, there are some reasons why metal is used. It is true that smartphones with metallic body create a very solid and premium feeling. In addition, metal is good at conducting heat. Therefore, heat created by the processor will be emitted quickly. However, this characteristic of metal is also a drawback. Explaining this, the phone might be hot for users to hold after a long time of using.

Besides metal, recently, some smartphones manufacturers have equipped their products with Corning Gorilla Glass. Glass comes with premium feeling. And it is quite easy to clean. Corning’s Gorilla Glass is used to protect the display from scratch and endure the mechanical shake. However, glass is fragile. Not only that, the display will be blurred by fingerprint or sweat. And glass is not as malleable as metal.

Plastic is the first material used in smartphone design. One big advantage of plastic is the quite low cost. However, there are still some cons of plastic smartphone design. In contrast to metal, plastic is not good at conducting heat. Therefore, it holds the heat inside which made the processor and other features easily broken. In addition, a smartphone with plastic body somehow renders a non-premium feeling. That’s why there are many smartphone companies has shifted from plastic to glass and metal. However, there are still some smartphones comes in plastic design. For example LG G4 or Samsung Galaxy Note 4.

Smartphone design: a combination of many aspects

With three most common materials, which are metal, glass or plastic, smartphone makers can solely use one kind of material or combine them. So, each company would come with specific strategy based on their design and aiming customers.