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I imagine I'm in the minority but I'd rather have a phone a fraction of a millimeter thicker that has a flush back. At this point it's getting out of hand.
by 63 5y ago
I imagine I'm in the minority but I'd rather have a phone a fraction of a millimeter thicker that has a flush back. At this point it's getting out of hand.
- ThaDood 5y agoProbably not the minority. I know I would appreciate a flush back but lets be real consumers really don't have a ton of influence on a design choice like this.
- xnx 5y agoI'm the opposite. I'm happy to have a camera bulge if that means better optics and images. I think the idea is that this phone will have the same thickness for most people who use a case.
- paxys 5y agoThe current generation of smartphones is designed with the expectation that people will use a case. Pixel 6 cases will no doubt account for the camera shape, like all the rest.
- 63 5y agoI actually hadn't considered that. I don't usually use cases because they make buttons too mushy and take away from the look and feel of the phone and I (so far) don't drop it anyway. I might look for a good thin case or something.
- lvs 5y agoThe sharp edge looks like it will catch on a pocket. The Nexus 6 also had a flawed camera bump, causing the phone to spin freely on flat surfaces.
- vmception 5y agoGoing to snag a bunch of tampons out of purses too.
- handrous 5y agoI had an early Nexus phone (I forget exactly which one) that had a seemingly physics-defying ability to slooooowly (over the course of minutes) slide off apparently-flat-but-actually-slightly-not surfaces, when laid on its back. Not due to alert vibrations, either, but when entirely idle, or even turned off. I think Google accidentally made the back out of some kind of sci-fi ultraslick material or something.
- blacksmith_tb 5y agoCan't phone cases 'mind the gap' though? I suppose they might still leave a little notch across the top of the camera bulge, but I would think that wouldn't bother people too much.
- crazygringo 5y agoWhy? What's the useful advantage to a flush back? I don't really see any. As long as I can hold the phone, and it can lie on a table or stand without wobbling, it seems to do what it needs to. It's not like you're stacking phones on top of each other the way you do books or magazines. (And heck if you work in repair or provisioning and actually do stack phones, it's easy enough to turn every other one 180°.) Also I don't know where you're getting "fraction of a millimeter" from. Camera bumps are significantly more than a whole millimeter. And their function is depth, not volume -- you can't redistribute it across the whole case or anything. You'd have to make the entire phone thicker, and then heavier as well if you're putting anything into the new extra space.
- nicoburns 5y agoLess annoying in your pocket
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- mdoms 5y agoIt feels and looks better. That's it.
- 63 5y agoI just think it's nicer honestly. There's no rational thought behind it, it just feels cleaner. I don't really mind extra weight or thickness, it's not like I'm struggling to pick up my phone. I actually have exceptionally large hands so if anything a bigger phone might be better, though I'm not terribly concerned about it.
- brundolf 5y agoYou can set it flat on a table or desk without a weird rocking effect
- skavi 5y agoThis design solves that as well. If anything, it orients the phone in a slightly more convenient angle.
- dgudkov 5y agoIf that extra millimeter went to extra battery capacity, it would give an extra day of life to the phone. I would appreciate it more than just a flush back.
- brokensegue 5y agoI'd like to see the math behind this
- fomine3 5y agoAnd better heat spreading
- handrous 5y agoThe design makes sense if your assumption is that approximately everyone's going to put a case on it, whether or not the back is flat.