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"But it's thinner!" Meanwhile, everyone seems to want a more durable phone / more battery life. The result is cases which can easily double the total thickness

"But it's thinner!" Meanwhile, everyone seems to want a more durable phone / more battery life. The result is cases which can easily double the total thickness of the phone just to protect it. I personally miss the OG Droid / HTC Windows Mobile phones that could take 2 years of beating and still be going strong. I'd gladly take an iPhone 7 twice as thick as the 6 if it was waterproof, droppable from 10ft, and could last 16 hours of heavy use after the battery had been abused for 2 years.

bitserf 12y ago
If everyone wanted more durability and better battery life we'd still be using Nokias that were indestructible and lasted 7 days on a charge.
- nilliams 12y ago
  Nope your argument doesn't follow from parent's point. Parent is saying people want durability and better battery life and would gladly sacrifice thickness for it, not sacrifice all the things that iPhones have and those old Nokia's didn't.
- IkmoIkmo 12y ago
  It's a false dichotomy, either an iphone 6 plus or a nokia? Give me a break. I'd happily take the iphone 6, add 20-40% in thickness and weight, make it more durable and have a bigger battery, and let the phone sit flat on a table (as opposed to the camera sticking out like now) without having to mess with a case.
- silon5 12y ago
  My HTC hero was pre-bent and more durable than any plastic Nokia... I'd love 40% magnification of it, it'd last a week too.
XorNot 12y ago
Actually I want a more reparable phone. I'll sacrifice thickness if it means that the LCD, digitizer, motherboard and chassis could be separated by just undoing screws and cutting a seal (iPhone 3g's I took to repairing bby remaking the seal with polyurethane each time).
ssmoot 12y ago
I don't think this is very in-tune with the actual buyers. iPhones always outperform Androids in battery life in the real world IME (there are exceptions that probably break the rule, but with compromises elsewhere I'm not willing to make so I haven't bought those devices). My 6+ is living up to the "2 days" claim. I absolutely wouldn't trade thinness, and more importantly, weight, for longer battery life. The battery life is fine. The weight is good. The thinness allows me to add a case and still only have it be as thick as an iPhone 5. For me, someone who actually paid for an off contract 6+, they made the right call.

bitserf 12y ago

If everyone wanted more durability and better battery life we'd still be using Nokias that were indestructible and lasted 7 days on a charge.

nilliams 12y ago
Nope your argument doesn't follow from parent's point. Parent is saying people want durability and better battery life and would gladly sacrifice thickness for it, not sacrifice all the things that iPhones have and those old Nokia's didn't.
IkmoIkmo 12y ago
It's a false dichotomy, either an iphone 6 plus or a nokia? Give me a break. I'd happily take the iphone 6, add 20-40% in thickness and weight, make it more durable and have a bigger battery, and let the phone sit flat on a table (as opposed to the camera sticking out like now) without having to mess with a case.
silon5 12y ago
My HTC hero was pre-bent and more durable than any plastic Nokia... I'd love 40% magnification of it, it'd last a week too.

XorNot 12y ago

Actually I want a more reparable phone. I'll sacrifice thickness if it means that the LCD, digitizer, motherboard and chassis could be separated by just undoing screws and cutting a seal (iPhone 3g's I took to repairing bby remaking the seal with polyurethane each time).

ssmoot 12y ago

I don't think this is very in-tune with the actual buyers. iPhones always outperform Androids in battery life in the real world IME (there are exceptions that probably break the rule, but with compromises elsewhere I'm not willing to make so I haven't bought those devices). My 6+ is living up to the "2 days" claim. I absolutely wouldn't trade thinness, and more importantly, weight, for longer battery life. The battery life is fine. The weight is good. The thinness allows me to add a case and still only have it be as thick as an iPhone 5. For me, someone who actually paid for an off contract 6+, they made the right call.