But the plastic housing adds quite a bit of bulk to what is already relatively thick device.

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If Apple were to offer a iPhone model that returns to a plastic housing, that could boost demand for plastic suppliers such as Eastman Chemical (EMN), Dow Chemical (DOW) and Cytec Industries (CYT), to name a few.

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To protect your Impulse Controller while it is tethered to your keychain it comes wrapped in a very clever plastic housing that doubles as a stand for your phone while playing a game in either portrait or landscape mode.

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He had brought out two large plastic bins filled with the artifacts of his research, and he spread the contents on the table: a metal octagonal disk, sketches on lab paper, a black plastic laser housing that served as the innards for one of his printers.

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Chlorine is a big component of PVC plastic, so the housing bust has cut demand a bit.

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American Locker apparently has no patent protection for its meal ticket -- the virtually indestructible plastic postal cluster boxes for housing developments and apartments.

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And in one of the week's more unusual stories, we reported on a public housing extension in Italy that was made from plastic shopping bags and other bits of non-renewable packaging.

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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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