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How many high-selling phones do you see that have the thickness of an iPhone 4? The trend is towards thinner and lighter. Maybe the phone manufacturers are wron
by hyperpape 12y ago
How many high-selling phones do you see that have the thickness of an iPhone 4? The trend is towards thinner and lighter. Maybe the phone manufacturers are wrong, but in general we expect our technology to get thinner and lighter.
That said, it has reached the point where I'd be ok to have slightly more weight and thickness for sturdiness and battery life. I just think thin and light are things people want.
- personZ 12y agoThe trend is towards thinner and lighter. The trend is towards a comfortable size, beyond which thinness stopped being a big selling point. The Galaxy S5, for example, is thicker than the Galaxy S4. The Note 4 is thicker than the Note 3. Contrary to common notions, Apple occasionally chases specs, and the thin and light thing seems to be one of them (just as unobtanium type materials often make a big presence in Apple devices -- material specs -- regardless of suitability for purpose). Apple makes fantastic devices, but just as some other manufacturers chase irrelevant things like octal core processors and truly absurd pixel densities, Apple does the same "not for your benefit, but for our bragging" pursuits.
- hyperpape 12y agoHuh--I think I've been sniped by the larger screens and curves of my coworkers' Android phones. They look thinner than my 5S, but they're about the same thickness--sometimes even more. My assumption was that Apple had been playing a game of leapfrogging vs Android phones on thinness.