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11.5 cm was the height of the first iPhone and iPhone 4. That old(!) tablet fits that, it is a little narrower and a little more than twice as thick. Imagine,
by acqq 9y ago
11.5 cm was the height of the first iPhone and iPhone 4. That old(!) tablet fits that, it is a little narrower and a little more than twice as thick.
Imagine, Steve Jobs at al. chose the size that matched that almost 4000 years old tablet, just went to twice as thin.
- njarboe 9y agoBut by making it so thin one could not write on the edge of the tablet[1]. Imagine the complaints from removing such functionality for the sake of mere thinness. [1]http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details/collection_image_gallery.aspx?partid=1&assetid=1613004127&objectid=277770 http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/coll...
- acqq 9y agoNever thought about that, did anybody analyze if the "thou shalt" tablets from the Bible were also inspired by the Babylonian cuneiform ones? From the debt receipts and complaints, to that.. Regarding side writing, yes I'd really hated broken compatibility. Not to mention that they'd break more easily!