I've been under the impression that the Chord case will be (very nicely) made out of ordinary plastic.
Sometimes simple materials can be used classily, if time & care are taken with the execution.
The big corporations know this, too.
It's only very recently that smartphones have gone all-alloy, for example.
Well said.
I do not see Chord putting out anything less than quality befitting what they do. I love leather and was surprised to see Beyerdynamic T1 go to "pleather" which they said improved the 'sweaty factor' and Mercedes Benz also to use artificial leather in some of their models. I enjoy treating good leather, but trust Chord knows what it is doing here, and if it is plastic, I expect it to be almost 'old school' plastic that is very durable.
There was a German company, decades ago, that put out wonderful computer chess games (Mephisto), of which now are made, also in plastic, but are cheap, brittle, and easily broken, while these old school plastic (or wood) models from Germany that do not play 1/2 the chess that the moderns play, go for many times the cost on eBay. Circa 1985, they were built in Germany and built to last.
I look forward to the Chord case, but especially the modules and what choices we will have.
I hope that we will be able to adjust to whatever plans Apple has with its rumors of getting rid of earphone ports entirely. They seem to be consistent, over the years, of designing things that deliberately make obsolete what we may already have.
Anyone else concerned about what happens when our iPhone 6's kick the bucket?