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I agree with you, you're still going to put it in a fat case to protect the camera. Personally, I think thin is just "omg look at my engineering". blah blah.
by m463 1y ago
I agree with you, you're still going to put it in a fat case to protect the camera.
Personally, I think thin is just "omg look at my engineering". blah blah.
I found the (expensive!) bullstrap case to be helpful - thin and slippery enough to slide out of a pocket easily, well engineered to protect the camera.
But really, I think the iphone 13 mini was the most useful/practical application of apple's engineering.
I think a mini-sized 3-camera bulge phone would be great.
- kccqzy 1y agoI've only broken the iPhone camera once in more than a decade of using iPhones. And that's when I was in IKEA and a box of unassembled furniture fell onto it. If you really want protection, the screen is still more fragile than the camera.
- thehappypm 1y agoYou escaped the infinite IKEA?
- mcv 1y agoYeah, super thin phones that require bulky cases have never made sense to me. Why not make tough phones that don't require a case?
- badc0ffee 1y agoThey're sort of doing that with Ceramic Shield, and the new bumper case for the Air.
- humpty-d 1y agoBecause if the case gets damaged you can easily replace it. People would still put a case on a bulky phone to protect resale or trade in value. A super thin phone doesn't require a super bulky case, it requires just as much case as a person would normally use, resulting in a smaller overall profile. I'd probably still go pro because I care more about the camera than the size.
- jrockway 1y agoI think the reality is that your phone will always encounter something that can damage it (unless it's made out of diamond), and a case lets you easily replace the damaged part. Just subjectively, I remember having a super scratched iPod and it just felt kind of ratty every time you looked at it. Meanwhile, a phone in a leather case gets kind of a patina that improves with age. It is kind of sad though, I got a really pretty blue iPhone and you wouldn't even know it because it's completely covered by a case.
- Pxtl 1y agoI'd rather see phones that aren't perfectly flat but instead have proper built-in mounting things. Give me some screw holes to attach a set of 4 bumpers to the corners, and a camera mount thread hole in the bottom.
- gensym 1y agoHonestly, it sounds really compelling to me. I do a lot of stuff outside - search and rescue, climbing, etc, and I need a rugged case for that, but having a thin, light phone when I'm at home or doing something with less chance to damage the phone is pretty nice, so thin phone + case is the best of both worlds.
- psyclobe 1y agoiPhone 13 mini pro was the best phone they ever made.
- ChrisMarshallNY 1y agoThere was never a "Pro" version of it. I have the Mini (13). I plan to ride it into the sunset.
- smm11 1y agoI'm going with the iPhone 5.
- NetMageSCW 1y agoI’d go with the 5S - the 5 with the first 64-bit phone CPU and some other improvements (especially TouchID). In black, of course. (I think I still have one somewhere.)
- cogogo 1y agoNever once used a case in 12+ yrs of iphone ownership and only cracked a screen once. Think there are a lot of people out there like me. Many people are way too anal about an every day utilitarian device.
- jmtulloss 1y agoI'm the same way but that makes the bulge even more annoying. They're designing it to put a case on it. The thickness should be from the front to the back of the camera lens, not to the thinnest point they can find.
- ashdksnndck 1y agoHow often do you drop your phone on the ground? For me it’s probably once a week.
- jdprgm 1y agothat is wild. are you just very clumsy? i drop mine maybe once a year.
- animal_spirits 1y agoThis is a characteristic mostly of the clothes people wear. I wear athletic shorts often and my phone slides out of those pockets all the time.
- brailsafe 1y ago> that is wild. are you just very clumsy? i drop mine maybe once a year. "Wild" seems like a stretch. I feel like it shouldn't be too hard to believe that some people drop their phones occasionally, and it's a reasonable concern when it's likely to be with you everywhere you go.
- jdprgm 1y agoHearing someone drops their phone on average 50 times more often than i do i find wild. Good points in the other comments though as I have never used cases on phones before so i'm likely subconsciously more careful with them. Also typically in slim fit jeans pockets which are nearly impossible to accidentally drop out of.
- crazygringo 1y ago> you're still going to put it in a fat case to protect the camera. But a thinner phone still means the end result is thinner in a case. I didn't understand the appeal of thin phones until I used them in cases. Average thickness phone + case = bulky phone. Thin phone + case = normal thickness phone. That's what makes them great. It's normal thickness with all the protection.
- the_other 1y ago> I agree with you, you're still going to put it in a fat case to protect the camera. The Apple cases aren't flat on the back. They have a rim around the camera bump (and they create a rim around the front of the phone, too). The rear rim is slightly taller than the lens bezels (not sure if I used the right word there), so they don't touch the surface the phone rests on. I place my phone+case on the desk face-down because the camera bump and the wobble it creates when resting the phone back down triggers some minor irritation for me. The slight rim around the front of the phone keeps the screen from touching the surface. All of this would be nicer if the phone were flat across the back. The metal case and toughened glass mean I don't really need the case most the time. I once dropped an older model onto a concrete floor such that it landed on a corner, shattering the screen, so I'm more risk averse with them now.