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Thin phones are good. This is a thing you carry around in your pocket all day, you’ll notice almost every millilitre thicker and gram heavier it gets.
by argsnd 2y ago
Thin phones are good. This is a thing you carry around in your pocket all day, you’ll notice almost every millilitre thicker and gram heavier it gets.
- j_maffe 2y agoBut don't people use phone cases anyway to protect these fragile devices? what's the point then?
- bubaumba 2y agoThey are not that fragile if you don't drop hard. Never used case for A50, it still looks almost new after years of active use. But for iphone I got a thin case, to protect popping out cameras and to make it look cool. Main concern is thieves if I travel somewhere, not the physical damage.
- elzbardico 2y agoUnless you drop them very hard, cases are not needed anymore. Been using a Iphone 12 pro max for 4 years without a case, I don't even look twice and I drop it from the table.
- meindnoch 2y agoX mm phone + Y mm case < (X + 1) mm phone + Y mm case
- j_maffe 2y agoX+Y+1~=X+Y when X,Y>>1. Does it really matter if you have a 16mm or 17mm phone + case?
- throwaway81523 2y agoThicker, stronger phone = not need protective case.
- meindnoch 2y agoCases protect against scratches and dents, not breaking the phone in half...
- throwaway81523 2y agoThat's what Steve Jobs used to say and that's why Apple phones were 3.5 inches until he died. Who uses a 3.5 inch phone now? In fact small phones basically don't exist anymore. There were credit card or cigarette lighter sized phones that weighed under an ounce but they were 2G GSM, so now they are e-waste. There is nothing to replace them. Meanwhile the Unihertz Tank 2 weighs about a pound (22,000 mAH battery) and it's imho attractive, except too expensive.
- argsnd 2y agoI think it’s important especially because phones have gotten larger on the x and y axes that they remain light and small in the z axis in order to maintain pocketability. There are very thick phones with giant batteries out there for people who want that, but I think Apple has been striking the perfect balance.
- birksherty 2y agoWhat? Phones are getting bigger and bigger that people can't put them in pocket now.