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> Here’s the thing: it’s really light.... The glass of the 4/4S feels great, but it’s fragile and, compared to aluminum, heavy. I find it truly fascinating how
by zmmmmm 14y ago
> Here’s the thing: it’s really light.... The glass of the 4/4S feels great, but it’s fragile and, compared to aluminum, heavy.
I find it truly fascinating how magnificently Apple can spin anything it wants any way it wants and have people buy it. For years people have told me how their iPhone's were made of better quality materials and you could feel it in the weight. It was the sign of quality. It's awe inspiring to witness now how after spending so long as a sin, lightness has transformed in the space of 24 hours into a virtue.
- guelo 14y agoWe've always been at war with Eastasia.
- bkorte 14y agoShame on Apple for building something light. Why is it a bad thing that they've innovated to the point where they can get the level of quality they're happy with and lowering the weight?
- mayanksinghal 14y agoI don't think that is what GP is commenting about. He is stating that previously one of the arguments for iPhone was that the weight was just right. Any less or any more would have destroyed the form factor. While I had not seen this argument with weight, I have seen it multiple times with Screen Size. And now that it has changed I am pretty damn sure that 4inch screen will not be the only form factor that is perfect and everything else will be 'not-for-the-masses'.
- untog 14y agoAlso: Almost weirdly light, to my oh-so-utterly-accustomed-to-the-heft-of-the-iPhone-4(S) hands. I think the thing that bugs me is the tacit admission that he hasn't even tried any other devices. I own (although no longer use) a Samsung Focus S- a 4.3" Windows Phone. Weight? 110g. At this point the Focus S hardly a new phone- Apple was behind the times and is just catching up, it's not blazing ahead. But then, Gruber is only reviewing this for people that have already decided they want one, so the bar is lower.
- sedev 14y agoPoint of information: he's reviewed several Android phones in the past, and he's talked about them on the podcasts he's on. He does in fact try other devices.