Search for “Word 10 chrome steel” or “Word 10 aluminum” on Google and also you’ll discover articles from varied tech web sites giving conflicting claims over what Samsung’s new telephone is produced from. Some say it’s aluminum whereas others say chrome steel. Even a Galaxy Word 10 megathread on the Android subreddit claims it’s chrome steel.

The issue? It’s not.

Samsung’s Galaxy Word 10 and Word 10 Plus have aluminum frames, not chrome steel. The confusion might have stemmed from Samsung itself, which printed a promotional video on YouTube the place a narrator mentioned, “Stainless-steel and glass meld seamlessly to reduce bezel.”

We seen the video has since been unlisted, so you may solely discover it should you click on this hyperlink. We’ve downloaded and uploaded it to our personal server in case Samsung takes it down.

One other video has since changed it, and the part the place the narrator talked in regards to the chrome steel body within the authentic video (about 15 seconds into the video) is now silent. The unique video had 2.eight million views, whereas the brand new one sits at greater than 238,000 views.

However the video isn’t the one place Samsung listed inaccurate data. The corporate’s personal product web page initially claimed the Word 10 and Word 10 Plus had a “high-polish chrome steel” body, in accordance with an archived copy discovered within the Wayback Machine. The present product web page for the Galaxy Word 10 has been up to date — it now says, “high-polish metallic.”

Samsung confirmed to Digital Developments the Word 10 and Word 10 Plus are each made from aluminum and never chrome steel.

Most smartphones have aluminum frames as a result of the metallic is cheaper and simpler to work with; however costly telephones just like the iPhone X, iPhone XS, and iPhone XS Max make use of chrome steel, which is far stronger, with the power to withstand scratches and dents higher than aluminum. The iPhone XR is notably made from aluminum, which is certainly one of many causes for its lower cost.

Few Android smartphones match the luxurious metallic on the newest flagship iPhones. The Important Cellphone had a titanium body, and the Nokia eight Sirocco utilized chrome steel. However the Word 10 and Word 10 Plus price simply as a lot as Apple’s newest iPhones, but use aluminum as an alternative of chrome steel.

Innocent mistake or not, it’s loopy to suppose a megacorporation like Samsung printed not only a advertising video, but additionally an official touchdown web page for its flagship product with incorrect data — with out correctly vetting it.

It additionally suggests there have been inner discussions to make use of chrome steel within the newest Word vary as an alternative of aluminum, however plans modified (that is pure hypothesis). Maybe we’ll have to attend for the Galaxy S11 subsequent yr to see a Samsung telephone with chrome steel.