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Who actually wants a thinner iPhone?
by StephenSmith 1y ago
Who actually wants a thinner iPhone?
- browningstreet 1y agoIt's half a folding phone.. they did the R&D, might as well offer it as a halo product.
- jerlam 1y agoThe folding iPhone will just be two iPhone Airs taped together with Apple Sidecar / Handoff enabled.
- JBiserkov 1y agoIt's 1/3 of a folding phone, the Huawei XT / XTs is the benchmark to beat ;-) https://www.gsmarena.com/huawei_mate_xt_ultimate-review-2808.php https://www.gsmarena.com/huawei_mate_xt_ultimate-review-2808...
- breadwinner 1y agoRight, thinness doesn't help with anything. I want smaller width and height (i.e., a iPhone 17 mini) so that the phone will fit better in my jeans pocket.
- bobotowned 1y agokeeping my short 13 mini for as long as possible
- SG- 1y agoeveryone.
- xutopia 1y agoA lot of people who put their phone in their pockets do.
- gigatree 1y agoPeople who want to show off that they have the latest iPhone
- drdaeman 1y agoThinner makes sense if it's consistently thin. I don't get what's the value of thinner with a giant bulge.
- apparent 1y agoThinner anywhere means less weight, which is good.
- drdaeman 1y agoI'm not sure about this. I think that if the weight balance is weird (esp. in the heavy top light bottom scenario - I sincerely hope it's not a thing with this new iPhone), it'll act as a lever and put more strain on your fingers to hold the phone.
- apparent 1y agoI have wondered about this also. It may require holding slightly higher up on the device, especially when reading in bed.
- supportengineer 1y agoI'm going to put a chunky Otterbox case around it no matter what.
- JumpCrisscross 1y ago> Who actually wants a thinner iPhone? I'm considering it. I'm not particularly married to the thinness. But I like the lightness. I'm not an avid photographer. And I don't put a case on my phones. The only real tradeoffs I need to look into is processing and battery life.
- hx8 1y agoI specifically want an iPhone with less mass. I view my phone primarily as something I'm obligated to carry on myself at all times to function in modern society. The easier it is to carry the better. When I need to upgrade my phone, I'll always choose the smallest iPhone by weight.
- valine 1y agoSame. There are really only two features I care about in a phone: a high refresh rates and weight. At 165 grams the iPhone air is by far the lightest 120hz phone apple has ever made. Second place is the iPhone 15 Pro at 187 grams. Getting ready to ditch my 15 pro.
- foltik 1y agoMe too, and I’m planning the same upgrade. Always wanted to downsize but 60Hz was a deal breaker for me. Been using 120-144Hz+ displays exclusively since the VG248QE in 2013. I was quite surprised to see this entire thread full of HN users who apparently want some brick phone to doom scroll lying flat on a table all day until the battery dies.
- cfn 1y agoI do, I've been waiting for thinner iPhones to retire my iPhone 11.
- huvarda 1y agoi'd take a phone 5 times thicker if it meant i got a week of battery life instead of a 5 hours
- asadotzler 1y agoNot sure you'd like the weight. All the major phone makers have consumer research saying they've reached the limits of weight comfort and many makers are working hard to pull back from those limits.
- nurumaik 1y agoWell that's what magsafe battery pack is for
- baby 1y agoNot me, I was hopping for a folding iPhone
- zhobbs 1y agoI'd like to hold it, it seems like it might be more one-hand grippable in this form factor.
- ergocoder 1y agoSupermodels who wear really tight jeans. We care about minority here sir.
- Theodores 1y agoYou have hit the nail on the head. HN is mostly male. We need the opinion of the women that put a lot of effort into their appearance. Not wishing to over-generalise, but they need a thin phone that takes awesome selfies and shows that they are higher status than those with old fashioned bulky phones. Apple have ticked the boxes and they have probably booked out all the prime advertising spots to reach this demographic.
- ergocoder 1y agook I was going for sarcasm but this works too
- dakiol 1y agoI want it smaller. iPhone mini was the best.