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> "Thinner phone" is a stupid requirement. You may think that the current iPhones are thin enough, but almost nobody actually uses the phone on its own. You ne
by Camillo 10y ago
> "Thinner phone" is a stupid requirement.
You may think that the current iPhones are thin enough, but almost nobody actually uses the phone on its own. You need to take into account the thickness of the case, and now that people are playing Pokemon Go, it really needs to be a battery case, which is even thicker. So the base phone needs to be thinner.
(They can't just make the phone a little thicker and put the extra battery inside it because reasons.)
- x1798DE 10y agoDoesn't need to be a battery case if they design a phone with a replaceable battery, like every phone I've ever owned (after iPhone 3G, which was more or less the only option at the time).
- xkcd-sucks 10y agoOh oh and the battery case can have a built-in bluetooth audio module with a headphone jack on it!
- pvdebbe 10y agoOther manufacturers seem to be able to design devices that have the sturdiness and the battery such that extra cases aren't required in everyday use.