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In what world do you live in that flexibility is a bad thing? Hard, heavy materials like metals and the like don’t mean it’s safer. The fact that the plastic is flexible means that when the phone is dropped, it absorbs a lot of the shock from the fall. I can’t believe this community has gone south so quickly. I knew it was possible since a lot of readers here are from Engadget, but come on guys.

This idea that the phone is ugly based only on the material used and that the backplate is soft plastic is ridiculous. Because yeah, every time I show off my phone, I remove the back cover. /s

This phone does a lot of things that HTC didn’t do with the One X; removable battery, expandable memory, and a half decent skin. It’s such a shame that it’s getting flack for something as silly as materials used. We’ve been through this already with the drop test comparisons between the SII and the 4s. Please stop and think about what you’re saying.

But I must say, even with all that said, it doesn’t make this article useless. The people who are susceptible to these scams can certainly benefit from something like this.

Exactly. If you find anything that gives you north of 8% of your money and it claims to be a guarantee, don’t buy it. It’s a scam. If it’s not a scam, it might not be legal. If it is legal, it probably won’t last long.

The richest people in the world, who have the money to pay the best financial advisers or go to the best financial institutions can’t get that kind of return on your money. When you practically give your money to the bank for 10 or 20 years in a CD, you can’t get that kind of return. Bernie Madoff is a crook, but it takes a few idiots for him to succeed along the way. Greedy idiots at that.

Thanks for messing up my recommendations for the week.