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Poll: With new tech for both all-metal and all-glass designs, which should Apple use for 2017 iPhone?

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<p>A KGI report last month suggested that Apple could be headed back to an <a href="http://9to5mac.com/2016/04/17/kgi-apple-to-drop-aluminum-iphone-casing-in-2017-in-favor-of-new-all-glass-enclosure-with-amoled-screen/" target="_blank">all-glass iPhone[/url] after a succession of metal-bodied models. Different people will have different aesthetic preferences, but there have also so far been practical considerations at play.</p>
<p>Glass backs allow for a clean design, but are vulnerable to smashing if dropped. Metal is more robust, but requires antenna cutouts which are not to everyone’s tastes.</p>
<p>However, new tech could overcome both issues, so we thought it would be interesting to find out which way you’d like Apple to go if the drawbacks of each could be eliminated from the equation …</p>
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