What do you think of these new Lumia 950 metal bumpers?

Summer_Moon

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Anyone with this case notice the cellphone signal being affected by the metal bumpers? I think it is on mine.

Yes, I have noticed the same. It does affect signal, sometimes drastically. I assume the metal is blocking the signal more. However, I still rarely, if ever, not have LTE (Cricket).
 

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Re: What do you think of these new Lumia 950 metal bumpers

Mine arrived broken. 😒 Sending it back asap.
 

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Re: What do you think of these new Lumia 950 metal bumpers

Nonsense, the leather is leather and smells and feels like leather. There also seems nothing wrong with the gold band on the side. It's not metal of-course and it could be that it wares off, but mine still looks like new. Nope, fine cover, although expensive.

Not nonsense sir, cheap Chinese crap sold at 4000% markup. It's junk and I have proof as I owned one. You can defend it all you want but its fake leather made in China. The end.
 

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I know perhaps i'm asking a bit too much, though it would be cool if someone of you who has this metal cover could post a little video review, just to see better how these things are and look
 

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Beginning to think the signal fluctuation is from the latest Redstone build. Giving it another try
 

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Anyone could post some picture of the silver version? would like to see how it looks like, besides the photos on the shops which i don't trust that much
 

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I only have the Gold version, though I do like the metal frame as it makes the phone feel premium and sturdy. The only thing I don't like is the plastic back. I was considering making the back out of aluminum or something else as the plastic back feels super cheap when you feel metal sides and then the cheap plastic back cover.
 

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Making the back out of aluminium means that you can probably not do wireless charging any more. Or call. Or Wifi. ;)
It could seriously degrade the signal.
 

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Making the back out of aluminium means that you can probably not do wireless charging any more. Or call. Or Wifi. ;)
It could seriously degrade the signal.

Perhaps you're overreacting a bit, though that's true, the Lumia 950XL antennas aren't designed for full aluminum back cover, but i guess they could have make the back of plastic glass, or something similar to that, like the old iPhone 4 and 5, that shouldn't impact the signal and would definitely feel way better than that cheap plastic, but of course we are talking about a 3$ chinese cover, we can't ask them to do that
 

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Perhaps you're overreacting a bit, though that's true, the Lumia 950XL antennas aren't designed for full aluminum back cover, but i guess they could have make the back of plastic glass, or something similar to that, like the old iPhone 4 and 5, that shouldn't impact the signal and would definitely feel way better than that cheap plastic, but of course we are talking about a 3$ chinese cover, we can't ask them to do that
Those chinese covers should have Acrylic back, that is a sort of "glass-plastic" (that's why it seems so light-reflecting in these covers).
Old iPhone 4 had real glass at the back, but real glass would have killed the Qi wireless charging of 950/XL. Does it feel so cheap compared to the stock 950s plastic back cover?

Anyway, I still waiting my silver one too before judging myself.
Could someone that already received it (even different colours) upload more images/videos about it?
Thanks ;)
 

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Those chinese covers should have Acrylic back, that is a sort of "glass-plastic" (that's why it seems so light-reflecting in these covers).
Old iPhone 4 had real glass at the back, but real glass would have killed the Qi wireless charging of 950/XL. Does it feel so cheap compared to the stock 950s plastic back cover?

Anyway, I still waiting my silver one too before judging myself.
Could someone that already received it (even different colours) upload more images/videos about it?
Thanks ;)

I didn't receive mine yet too, i ordered two silver covers...i'm pretty curious to see them on a video too, though nobody has done that yet, on youtube i only find the lumia 640 ones
 

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Re: What do you think of these new Lumia 950 metal bumpers

Actually like the plastic/glass back. If it was a tad thinner I would love this case.
 

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