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How to pwn phones with shady replacement parts

bazza Silver badge

Re: Error 53

I sometimes wonder if people ever stop and think about why phone manufacturers like Apple are fond of sleek, smooth materials like glass, used in places where glass is not required.

Looks nice? Sure. Breaks easily? Fairly easily. Encourages you to buy a new one when the back of your old one is trashed? Yes.

They're certainly not made for durability, which plastic is actually much better at.

Not that durability requires plastic. When Apple had the opportunity to move over to sapphire glass, which is nigh on indestructible, they decided not to. Part of that decision might have been the motivation to not make a phone that really would last forever.

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