The shape and material are the main factors that affect the hand feel of the phone, and the back cover is the largest part in the contact area between the phone and the palm. In order to improve its hand feel, the first generation of moto X used a wooden back cover, followed by Yijia and Xiaomi 4 also have their own wooden back covers.
After waiting for half a year, the solid wood back cover agreed at the Xiaomi 4 press conference finally came, and six different types of wood back covers were launched at one go, all priced at 69 yuan.
The package is a uniform white paper box for Xiaomi accessories, with a hanging hole ear on the top Disposable easy pull seal packaging.
The back cover 3D is 67.8 * 138 * 1mm, and the material is PC plastic base+solid wood veneer. because The bottom layer is PC plastic, so it is flexible to some extent.
The workmanship is even a little better than the original rear cover, with a slight increase in thickness.
The top is longitudinally arranged with noise reducing microphones, camera openings, and built-in flash lamp shades.
There is only a slightly protruding millet logo at the bottom, and the product information on the original back cover has been cancelled.
The internal layout is the same, surrounded by a cluster of dense clips, a ring of sponge dust pad around the top noise reducing microphone, and graphite heat insulation/heat dissipation patch in the middle.
Replace the cover with a suction cup. When installing the cover, align it and press back all the clips (including the middle two).
Because it is made on the plastic base plate, the wooden back cover can also be closely fitted, and the gap between the camera and the frame is extremely small (the picture above shows the acid wood back cover).
The thickness will be a little higher than the original rear cover. The height difference of the frame that was a little higher than the original rear cover has been smoothed out, and the edge feel has been improved to a certain extent.
There are original wood lines on the back cover of sour twig wood, and you can feel the longitudinal stripes when you touch it. The varnish is very light, the surface is matt, the friction of wood is just right, and the body is dry to prevent hand sweat, which is easy to take care of. However, I don't know whether there will be wood silk on the edge of the wooden back cover after a long time of use, which needs to be tested.
In addition, there are walnut, white oak, Bangkok bamboo, black apricot wood, but the iron wood version has not been obtained. Their color and grain depth are different. The surface is uniformly protected by varnish, and each back cover has unique wood grain (which is technically difficult to control).
The bamboo back cover of our house is finely textured, and Bangkok bamboo is used. The plastic base plate has become similar to the color of bamboo characters.
The Bangkok bamboo version also fits very closely, but the varnish coating is not as smooth as the sour wood version, with a little bulge, which may be an example?
The walnut version also fits well, but its lighter color match seems to be out of proportion to the silver frame of the white version of Mi4
In terms of color matching, the matching of metal frame with wood is very high, and the rest is aesthetic. The black coating of the black version with a light back cover, or the frosted silver edge of the white version with a dark back cover, are also good color contrast options.
After taking it into the water, I found that the back cover of sour twig wood had good water discharge performance (the role of the surface varnish?), and the wood cover could not be wetted by normal scouring, so the wood was not afraid of water absorption and deformation. In addition, even if the wooden cover is wet, the feel is still very happy.
Durability cannot be verified, but it can be seen that there is a very fine fitting seal on the side. The upper and lower sides are relatively obvious, while the wood wrapping on the side is relatively comprehensive. This is the place where the wood is most vulnerable to adhesion (the most vulnerable to wood silk). However, after the cover is closed, they are just hidden inside the metal frame. Normal wear has little effect on their appearance, but you should be careful of hard objects.
Compared with the price of 300 yuan for Yijia bamboo back cover, 69 yuan for Xiaomi 4 wood back cover is the cheapest wood back cover by visual inspection. When the original back cover is 39 yuan, even if you need to change the shell, you should give priority to the wood grain to install it.
