![]() “Oh, a mute switch!” you say with surprised joy. On the left of the Priv is a power button, it’s fine, and on the right you have three keys - volume up, mute, and volume down. But given the weight and slightly flimsy feel, I certainly wouldn’t consider this worth the girth if you don’t plan on using that keyboard extensively - if you’re happy with just a touchscreen, this phone is not going to be some kind of text input enlightenment from on high. For people who really want a physical keyboard, the tradeoff here is probably nothing to worry about. Reinforcing the back portion for the sake of “solid” feeling would make it even heavier yet. I can all but guarantee this basically comes down to the “g” word: grams. The whole plastic back portion is easily pulled off its hinges by hand, and my review unit even has a slightly uneven gap where those hinges meet on the right side versus the left. In the closed position, you can feel the display portion pressing into the back portion, which then flexes, if you touch with more than moderate force on the screen. But there’s a lot of depression flex in the back of this phone. I realize that without the glass display acting as a giant stiffening brace, it’s hard to make a big plastic rectangle feel especially solid. The quality of the lower portion which houses the keyboard, camera, and likely several other components, is a bit flimsy. The quality of the screen portion of the phone seems good, probably as it’s encased in an aluminum surround frame.
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