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I think it is mostly so we can have bigger batteries. The iPhone SE has a tiny battery by today's standards.

by pooper 4y ago

MereInterest 4y ago
Except that could easily be achieved by making the phone slightly thicker, instead. When phones are so thin and fragile that a rigid case is practically mandatory, I don't know why "thin" is a selling point.
- pooper 4y ago
  I completely agree with you. We could solve two problems at once: get rid of a camera bump and make the battery bigger at the same time by using the extra space of the camera bump to house a bigger battery. Not sure why it hasn't happened yet or if it has I don't know if it.
  - MereInterest 4y ago
    My guess is the same reason glossy screens won out over matte screens for laptops: because they look slightly better on the showroom floor, despite the worse real-world performance.
  - dr_spicy 4y ago
    The pixel 1 had a wedge shape for this reason
2OEH8eoCRo0 4y ago
Why does the battery size matter? Do we compare car fuel tank sizes? We typically care about how it affects our use of the product. How long can the iPhone SE last on a charge? How does it compare to other iPhones?
- JustSomeNobody 4y ago
  > Do we compare car fuel tank sizes? I mean, we kinda do when it comes to EVs.
  - alias_neo 4y ago
    This is the key difference. It takes 60 seconds to fill and fuel tank, it takes 60 minutes (if you're lucky) to fill an EV. One is an insignificant amount of time, relatively speaking. The person you're replying to isn't making the right comparison; do we care about waiting/wasting 1 minute vs 60+ minutes? I sure as shit do.
- craftkiller 4y ago
  > Do we compare car fuel tank sizes Yes. I can't tell you why they thought it was important, but in my childhood I've heard multiple adults talk about "My car goes <x> miles before a fill-up". Never made sense to me, gas stations are everywhere and filling up is quick.
  - hammyhavoc 4y ago
    The conversation was probably more relating to how economical it is to drive rather than the size of the tank.
  - dragonwriter 4y ago
    > Never made sense to me, gas stations are everywhere and filling up is quick. Gas stations are not everywhere, and can be few and far between on certain routes, and more to the point filling up being quick may be the normal conditions, but if you are old enough (or have lived in the right–or maybe wrong would be more accurate–places even without being that old), you have experience of times when filling up has not been quick, or even, on any given day for any given car, necessarily permitted.

I think it is mostly so we can have bigger batteries. The iPhone SE has a tiny battery by today's standards.

by pooper 4y ago

I think it is mostly so we can have bigger batteries. The iPhone SE has a tiny battery by today's standards.

Except that could easily be achieved by making the phone slightly thicker, instead. When phones are so thin and fragile that a rigid case is practically mandatory, I don't know why "thin" is a selling point.

pooper 4y ago
I completely agree with you. We could solve two problems at once: get rid of a camera bump and make the battery bigger at the same time by using the extra space of the camera bump to house a bigger battery. Not sure why it hasn't happened yet or if it has I don't know if it.
- MereInterest 4y ago
  My guess is the same reason glossy screens won out over matte screens for laptops: because they look slightly better on the showroom floor, despite the worse real-world performance.
- dr_spicy 4y ago
  The pixel 1 had a wedge shape for this reason

2OEH8eoCRo0 4y ago

Why does the battery size matter? Do we compare car fuel tank sizes? We typically care about how it affects our use of the product. How long can the iPhone SE last on a charge? How does it compare to other iPhones?

JustSomeNobody 4y ago
> Do we compare car fuel tank sizes? I mean, we kinda do when it comes to EVs.
- alias_neo 4y ago
  This is the key difference. It takes 60 seconds to fill and fuel tank, it takes 60 minutes (if you're lucky) to fill an EV. One is an insignificant amount of time, relatively speaking. The person you're replying to isn't making the right comparison; do we care about waiting/wasting 1 minute vs 60+ minutes? I sure as shit do.
craftkiller 4y ago
> Do we compare car fuel tank sizes Yes. I can't tell you why they thought it was important, but in my childhood I've heard multiple adults talk about "My car goes <x> miles before a fill-up". Never made sense to me, gas stations are everywhere and filling up is quick.
- hammyhavoc 4y ago
  The conversation was probably more relating to how economical it is to drive rather than the size of the tank.
- dragonwriter 4y ago
  > Never made sense to me, gas stations are everywhere and filling up is quick. Gas stations are not everywhere, and can be few and far between on certain routes, and more to the point filling up being quick may be the normal conditions, but if you are old enough (or have lived in the right–or maybe wrong would be more accurate–places even without being that old), you have experience of times when filling up has not been quick, or even, on any given day for any given car, necessarily permitted.