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The iPhone 6s and the iPhone 7 are exactly the same thickness. There is even a big gap where the headphone jack was, that the author used to retrofit his own. T
by dTal 9y ago
The iPhone 6s and the iPhone 7 are exactly the same thickness. There is even a big gap where the headphone jack was, that the author used to retrofit his own. The decision to remove it was not driven by here-and-now technical requirements.
- coldtea 9y agoThat's one consideration. The other consideration is what they DO with that thickness (e.g. re: battery, other electronics taking the extra space, etc).
- djrogers 9y ago> There is even a big gap where the headphone jack was Not really, there was a little bit of space near the old jack, and he removed a critical part of the barometer to make the rest of the space. If you're removing parts you can't exactly claim that it was empty space.
- jsjohnst 9y agoSee my reply[0] above and point out on the image where this big gap is... [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15193211 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15193211