The black-painted metal unibody case feels fantastic, with just a small bit of plastic at the bottom to allow the aerial to do its job.
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Located directly on the strip nestled between the top and bottom plastic pieces, the power button and volume rocker are set incredibly close to the body of the phone, which makes it more difficult to press.
White molten plastic is then pumped on to the top of the disk, and black plastic on to the bottom.
While the recycling numbers at the bottom of plastic items "are not meant to provide health information or risks, " Dr. Halden says, they can sometimes provide clues to the chemicals in them.
But first, the phone: in our hands, it really just feels like an enlarged version of the original PadFone, especially with the ripple pattern on the back, as well as the plastic chin at the bottom along with the slightly tapered aluminum bezel.
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Both machines use black plastic for the top and bottom surfaces and for the area surrounding the ports.
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Under the plate rack on the draining board and at the bottom of the plastic pot for the cutlery was a murky gray sludge.
There are some nice flourishes to its design, such as the silvery plastic grill along its back bottom, but that's about as impressive as this one gets.
The micro-USB port is on the bottom under a tiny plastic door while the headphone jack is similarly protected at the top of the device.
"My husband teases me that I'm too vigilant when I buy turkey and put it in a plastic bag and put it on the bottom shelf of the grocery cart, away from everything else, " Undurraga said.
On the bottom you'll find a plastic material that allows for better reception without worrying about interference.
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Unfortunately, the bottom feels like it's made of plastic, though Samsung tells us it's made of a powder coated aluminum.
The unit is packaged in a magnesium alloy top-and-bottom case that is 20 times stronger than ABS plastic.
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The matte plastic covers the entirety of the back, while both the top and bottom have a glossier finish.
But the bottom line is that the future is more than just metal, plastic, and silicon.
The filter feeder fish at the bottom of the food chain then ingest these nano-particles of plastic.
The screen and bezel work well with each other (and the UI does require a touch of bezel to work well with all the swiping fingers from the side), although the glass does not reach right up to the top and bottom of the Z10, this is occupied by two strips of plastic.
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On the bottom are the three means of connectivity -- two ports and a tiny plastic window through which this thing's Bluetooth 4.0 antenna talks.
Between the plastic and the display is a flush black bezel that gets a bit thicker on the top and the bottom, housing the trademark "n" home button -- a signature, the company explains, that helps people orient the device even when the screen is off.
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