What ever happened to the wood backs?

[livetoride4666]

I have a nexus 5 on order, but if Motorola ever puts out the wood backs I might be tempted to return to the almighty X.

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[Haalcyon]

Wood?! Look, I don't know if you've been keeping up with current events or not but trees are in extremely short supply. Why heck, they're practically extinct. ...and you want Motorola to use wood? Real wood? Good luck with that. /s

 

[Rocketsaucev2]

^not sure if serious

I'm curious how the feel is. My instincts tell me the wood is probably more slippery than my woven black and I love the feel of it soo much. But those dark mahogany ones look siiiiick

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[benhmadison]

I've always wondered how a wood back phone would age with it getting hot then cooling down repeatedly every day. I think they look awesome I just wonder how long before the wood starts to expand or shrink.

 

[grooks]

Wood?! Look, I don't know if you've been keeping up with current events or not but trees are in extremely short supply. Why heck, they're practically extinct. ...and you want Motorola to use wood? Real wood? Good luck with that. /s

What if they used bamboo?

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[grooks]

I've always wondered how a wood back phone would age with it getting hot then cooling down repeatedly every day. I think they look awesome I just wonder how long before the wood starts to expand or shrink.

I'm sure they would seal it to counter the effects of heat, cold, dry and humidity.

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[Ry]

Didn't they say by the end of the year?

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[Haalcyon]

/s = sarcasm


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[Gunnyman]

What happened to engraving?

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[Convert2]

I have two snowboards made of koa wood. If they can make snowboards that can take a beating on the mountain, surely they can make wood backs of a phone.

 

[JungleLarry]

Here's a picture of the wood backs sitting in the Moto X factory, taken almost two months ago:

With Verizon's Moto Maker launch coming up within the next week or so, I would expect to hear more soon. I've surmised in the past that Motorola will pour on the heat for the holiday season. A reasonable assumption (in my mind) will be that you'll have your answer around Thanksgiving.

 

[stameyryan]

Haven't seen very many wood backs at the factory lately. We are ramping up for the verizon moto maker. The wood backs I have seen do look sick and they are real wood so I don't know how well they will stand up in real world.

 

[sunburned]

Calvin Harris sports a wooden Moto X — we wouldn't turn one down, either | Android Central

They are out there.

 

[davidnc]

I wonder if the wooden backs would have termite protection ?? haha

 

[lbaxter]

All I can think about when seeing the wood Moto X:

But, I DO like it.

 

[Postoid]

Haven't seen very many wood backs at the factory lately. We are ramping up for the verizon moto maker. The wood backs I have seen do look sick and they are real wood so I don't know how well they will stand up in real world.

Thanks for the report. Keep us posted

I'll stay with chalk/black... Curious as to how the wood back will affect receiving radio freq's.

 

[livetoride4666]

I've ordered a N5,but once the wood comes out in thinking I'll jump back to the Moto x.

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[Postoid]

I wonder if the wooden backs would have termite protection ?? haha

Could open up a whole new busine$$...

 

[JungleLarry]

Right on cue, @evleaks posted this on Twitter.

https://twitter.com/evleaks/status/397395910029635585/photo/1

 

[phew]

I wonder if it's just a wood veneer over a regular plastic back, or if the wood is structural. The latter would be pretty cool.Thickness measurements would tell the tale.