S7 home button plastic?

[megalow]

I have played with my S7 edge roughly 2 days, got it all protected and covered up except the home button. I also have yet to drop the phone or anything. However I realise there are some micro bumps on the home button which I think possibly appearing due to slotting it into the Gear VR. Also there are some tiny tiny air bubbles on the edges of the surface of the home button which is annoying me a little. It seems as though the fingerprint sensor is a plastic film glued on top of the home button.

I also notice that the home button is not seem to be covered with glass and is just purely having a exposed plastic surface which I think would develop scratches after some time.

Thoughts?

 

[Brava27]

Scratches or not fingerprints still work. Happened on my note 5 before

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[megalow]

Im just concerned over the quality of material used for the home button for it is possibly the most used button and lends itself easily to wear... yet plastic is used?

 

[fastmike]

Same here! very careful with it and after only a day with it can see a little spot on that button... looks very poor quality!!! Just shiny but plastic... at that price, comme on Samsung!

 

[h3ck]

They have done this with every iteration of the Galaxy. I have had quite a few of them and never had a home button that degraded. And I'm pretty OCD with my tech. That being said, you have a valid point. $800 phone, they should have sapphire home button and camera lense. No excuse.

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[Brava27]

Can't believe we're complaining about plastic. We're talking about plastic.

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[rawandroid]

for that price we should demand ceramic or aluminium! plastic is cheap.

 

[ijat91]

Aluminium is not durable, plastic doing better job for it although ugly with micro scratch after prolong usage. My samsung s4 home button still fine till now, need to take proper care though.

 

[xMGWx]

Yea the home button and camera lens would be nice to have gorilla glass/sapphire glass on.
But at least we get glass on camera lens cover unlike the Sony Z5 that got plastic.......

 

[cerbsium]

Yea the home button and camera lens would be nice to have gorilla glass/sapphire glass on.
But at least we get glass on camera lens cover unlike the Sony Z5 that got plastic.......

Well, as far as I know the camera lens has gorilla glass. Same resistance class as the display.

 

[xMGWx]

Well, as far as I know the camera lens has gorilla glass. Same resistance class as the display.

Good to know, though it was plain glass or at best harden glass.

 

[megalow]

oh well theres nth we can do about the plastic home button but to live with it =(

 

[chippyuk]

Here you go guys!

http://forum.xda-developers.com/s7-edge/accessories/finger-print-home-button-screen-t3337085

 

[George_uk]

Using strong lenses I use at work, the camera glass has no scratches after 6 weeks of use. The glass with the LED and the HR sensor has loads of microscopic scratches suggesting that the glass used in front of the camera is reinforced / gorilla glass.

 

[lvnatic]

The home button is my biggest complaint about this phone. I treat this device like a baby, and yet I have a very noticeable scratch on this damn button. The back glass is also of poor quality, Samsung claims it's gorilla glass but it's definitely not the same type used on the screen. If you compare scratch tests with the s6 on YouTube you will see that the s6 is much more resistant.
The build quality on the S7 is garbage. It's not necessarily bad, but for almost 1000€ that I payed at launch, it's garbage.

 

[Simone]

I immediately looked for this thread after seeing some micro-peeling on my gold SGS7E. Its visible when you look at it in bright light.

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[Pilz]

Mine has been holding up fine so far, but I take good care of my phones. The HRM/LED flash is covered with plastic not glass, and yes the home button is also plastic.