Styling vs design in phones

[anon(5384869)]

I like the trend of getting rid of the buttons - saving more space for the screen. Though, I'm not sure about the "Edge" and rounded corners. I feel that rounded corners are quite useless, but, they might save the phone if you drop it (anyone tested yet? )

I remember my undergrad structures class and the lesson that a circular cross section can withstand a higher stress load than a prism (aka rectangular) cross section. It's probably the only damn thing I remember from that class...

Basically the rounded corners distribute the stress on the phone in a fall as opposed to a hard corner that focuses the stress which means the body around it will yield (aka break) to the force.

#sciencereasons