band around device actually plastic not aluminum?

[ttxzee]

Hi, i saw a vid on youtube by phonearena stating the band around the device is plastic, unlike the 930 which uses aluminum.
​Can anyone confirm this?

at 0:57 he says it's plastic:

 

[The Lard]

Hi, i saw a vid on youtube by phonearena stating the band around the device is plastic, unlike the 930 which uses aluminum.
​Can anyone confirm this?

at 0:57 he says it's plastic:

That's OK, my 920 is made of plastic and I think it could survive a nuclear winter.

"With the Lumia 830, an eye-catching blend of metal and polycarbonate come together beautifully..."

Nokia Lumia 830 - Slim Stylish Smartphone with Windows - Nokia

 

[loganweaponx007]

Then what would be the point of the antenna bands on the top and bottom like my 925? Just for the hell of it? I highly doubt it!!

 

[Keith Wallace]

"With the Lumia 830, an eye-catching blend of metal and polycarbonate come together beautifully..."

Nokia Lumia 830 - Slim Stylish Smartphone with Windows - Nokia

That could mean polycarbonate back and metal center or polycarbonate all around with metal as the top layer of the center only. Nothing is explained with that.

With all of the other quality sacrifices made on this thing, I'd hope that for the premium price it holds, we'd at least get full metal around that band, and not a cheap coating that could look really ugly (exposed plastic) if chipped.

 

[Daan412]

I hope it's not! =(

 

[tanyet]

He was simply wrong. Look at the responses from WP fans. They let him have it and rightly so.

 

[Darthbobcat]

Y'know, seeing it in action, I'm liking the looks of it more and more.

I seem to be the only one.