Totally agree! I can't wait to put that granite-cased phone with wood-backed PCBs in my pocket.

I understand what you mean, but I disagree, there are places where it isn't necessary, needless use of plastic is a problem. But for the back of a phone, it can avoid buying an even bulkier plastic cover, it can extend the lifetime of the phone, in both cases it reduces waste.

There are plastics that aren't oil derived. Some of them are even compostable in an industrial setting.