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Originally Posted by khalleron
My guess is that plastic bodies and hinged covers don't mix - remember the problem with the Kindle hinged covers causing the Kindles to crack?
A hinge makes a stress point - it was OK with the older Sonys which had metal bodies, but with new 'lighter' bodies, hinges are out.
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The other thing people are forgetting re: the plastic housing is that this also contains wifi now. Yes you can design around the RF issues of a metal housing but it does become trickier and likely more $ (base cost of metal vs. plastic aside).