Eh, my 8820 has similar silver plastic on the sides. I've dropped it a few times, and sure it's got scratches---i mean, what do you expect when you drop it on pavement? Even metal is going to scratch---or dent. Thin metal is arguably going to deform faster than plastic.
Essentially it comes down to whether you want a sexy slim phone in a "modern style" or you want a phone that's going to take a beating. My older 8700 was bigger and clunkier looking, but you could toss it around and it just felt like it could handle anything you threw at it. Or threw it at.
OTOH, despite the relative feeling of fragility of the 8820, it's still continued to function fine after a few drops. If the BB Bold is even more fragile this won't be terribly surprising. I'll probably be getting a protector for this one.
I didn't realize that that bezel wasn't aluminum or some other lightweight metal! That is STUPID! And just to remind all the haters, the iPhone was drop tested three times onto concrete from ~5 feet and hardly had a scratch, although the fourth cracked the screen.
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ah yes, a fake metal bezel...all the looks of real metal without the completely unnecessary physical qualities like hardness...
Eh, my 8820 has similar silver plastic on the sides. I've dropped it a few times, and sure it's got scratches---i mean, what do you expect when you drop it on pavement? Even metal is going to scratch---or dent. Thin metal is arguably going to deform faster than plastic.
Essentially it comes down to whether you want a sexy slim phone in a "modern style" or you want a phone that's going to take a beating. My older 8700 was bigger and clunkier looking, but you could toss it around and it just felt like it could handle anything you threw at it. Or threw it at.
OTOH, despite the relative feeling of fragility of the 8820, it's still continued to function fine after a few drops. If the BB Bold is even more fragile this won't be terribly surprising. I'll probably be getting a protector for this one.
Gravity Kills.
That's funny I've had my HTC Dash and dropped it hundreds of times, dropped it in a puddle, fell on top of it and it is all one piece working great.
I didn't realize that that bezel wasn't aluminum or some other lightweight metal! That is STUPID! And just to remind all the haters, the iPhone was drop tested three times onto concrete from ~5 feet and hardly had a scratch, although the fourth cracked the screen.
@Marco
That's nothing. I was rididng my bike with my iPhone in my pocket and crashed....
My cheapy Nokia 6120 Classic has real metal bazel too
why is it so hard for BB to do so?
... but will it blend?