Everything we’ve heard about the Galaxy S5 makes it sound like it’s going to be an amazing device… but we still don’t know whether Samsung will upgrade the materials it uses for its casing or if it will stick with the cheap-feeling plastic that has graced its last two flagship smartphones. A new report from Digitimes claims that while Samsung is indeed experimenting with making metal phone cases for future devices, it’s likely sticking with its tried-and-true plastic for the Galaxy S5. The reason that Digitimes suspects the Galaxy S5 will be a plastic-only device is that no Taiwanese chassis makers “have started mass production of metal-alloy chassis for Samsung,” which you’d expect to see by now for a device



More...