I agree on phones. I'd love it if instead of making it 1mm thinner, they made the components in it 1mm thinner and added a bigger battery. For laptops, I think

I agree on phones. I'd love it if instead of making it 1mm thinner, they made the components in it 1mm thinner and added a bigger battery. For laptops, I think what Apple et al are trying to do is thin them down until they are tablet sized. So far, Microsoft managed to make a usable tablet/laptop hybrid in the form of the Surface family. Nobody else really has pulled it off: battery life sucks, ergonomics are terrible (those Lenovo monstrosities with the swivel screen!), OS is all wrong. My bet is that Apple is using it as an opportunity to develop next gen tech. Just like they did with touchpads that became phone touchscreens, etc.