Samsung Galaxy S6 Design Confirmation?

[creativename]

At least read the entire article before trying to argue.......

 

Edit: Also by "Deformation" they mean permanent deformation, my definition of deformation would also include temporary deformation, of which plastic will easily deform at the slightest use of force, by design. 

Look at the numbers. They stopped putting pressure on the aluminum phones are 90-110, the g3 was given up to 130 and the note 3 took 150. The obviously conclusion is that those phones were built alot more durable than the M8, iP6 and iP6+.  Also the iPhone 5, they claim to have put 150pounds of force onto the phone, and the case started separating, I don't see them doing that in the video. I'm gonna all results that they don't show testing on with a grain of salt.

[Mew]

Look at the numbers. They stopped putting pressure on the aluminum phones are 90-110, the g3 was given up to 130 and the note 3 took 150. The obviously conclusion is that those phones were built alot more durable than the M8, iP6 and iP6+.  Also the iPhone 5, they claim to have put 150pounds of force onto the phone, and the case started separating, I don't see them doing that in the video. I'm gonna all results that they don't show testing on with a grain of salt.

 

Unless you can find me a more scientific and more reputable result, I'm going to take their word for it. The point of CR's tests were to prove that bending wasn't much of an issue at all. Their results also happened to show that not all aluminum phones are weak, in fact, some, such as the 5/5s is incredibly strong. 

 

My point about plastic being harmful to the environment still stands. 

[BloodySinner]

Yup. Looks like a phone.

[hassanul]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but the S6 has a non user replaceable battery right?

[LAwLz]

Unless you can find me a more scientific and more reputable result, I'm going to take their word for it. The point of CR's tests were to prove that bending wasn't much of an issue at all. Their results also happened to show that not all aluminum phones are weak, in fact, some, such as the 5/5s is incredibly strong. 

 

My point about plastic being harmful to the environment still stands. 

Something you have to remember is that the 5 and 5S are a lot smaller. That gives them an advantage in this 3 point flexural test. Changes are the 5 and 5S would have fared a bit worse if they were let's say 5.7 inches.

Anyway you were wrong. You claimed that the iPhone 5 and 5S were the most durable phones they tested and that was not the case. The Note 4 was.

I don't think anyone here said that aluminum is weak. As for plastic or aluminum being the strongest, it depends on what kind of strength and environment you are comparing. There are many ways of measuring durability. Some measurements are more important for certain things, so you can't really go "it's used in airplanes so therefore it will be good in phones".

 

 

As for plastic being harmful to the environment, you're right. Plastic is definitely bad for the environment. You're very wrong if you think aluminum is harmless though.

First of all, the mining process is not exactly clean (deforestation, ruining waters nearby the mining area, disturbs the wildlife etc). Secondly, the process of turning bauxite into usable aluminum involves lots of chemicals (sodium hydroxide) and is a very power hungry process (smelting ore requires lots of heat) which is often powered by coal.

Thirdly, the process of turning that aluminum into the final product is also more energy consuming than using plastic because of higher melting points and more machinery needed.

 

All this is also before you count all the worse environment offenders that are present in both plastic and aluminum phones. I would be more worried about the environmental impact of the batteries and the LCDs than the case material.

If there is an environmental benefit to using aluminum then it's very small.