razor512
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What ever happened to the time with PDA's where the there was an outer case and inner case where the PCB and other components had a buffer area between the internal components and case, allowing a drop to not kill the device.
Also what happened to using quality plastic. Instead of glass and other random shiny materials, if they were to use quality plastic, you would have a smartphone that you can chuck at a wall and not have it break.
All it takes is having a partial inner case that is very rigid (either shaped plastic or metal) then a buffer zone of empty space, then A outer case made up of strong flexible plastic
eg think the plastic on the original gameboy.
Gorilla glass is basically tempered glass that is slightly flexible with a thin bonding layer to stop it from shattering into a ton of tiny pieces that will take forever to clean off of the floor.
The glass cannot take direct impact, it is also not designed to take direct impact, it is designed to have a buffer zone between the screen and the case.
so if the device is dropped, the case can flex slightly and absorb the impact and not send it directly to the glass on the screen.
Also what happened to using quality plastic. Instead of glass and other random shiny materials, if they were to use quality plastic, you would have a smartphone that you can chuck at a wall and not have it break.
All it takes is having a partial inner case that is very rigid (either shaped plastic or metal) then a buffer zone of empty space, then A outer case made up of strong flexible plastic
eg think the plastic on the original gameboy.
Gorilla glass is basically tempered glass that is slightly flexible with a thin bonding layer to stop it from shattering into a ton of tiny pieces that will take forever to clean off of the floor.
The glass cannot take direct impact, it is also not designed to take direct impact, it is designed to have a buffer zone between the screen and the case.
so if the device is dropped, the case can flex slightly and absorb the impact and not send it directly to the glass on the screen.