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Re: iPhone Air

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post #187

Can someone that is actually interested in this explain the appeal? Thin on its own I get but thin with a giant bump 100% defeats the whole point for me. Seems clear at this point there is little hope of them engineering their way into thin cameras.

This phone has the highest screen area to weight ratio except for the Galaxy S25 Edge.

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Re: iPhone Air

#302

The bumper is back! I was one of the weirdos who liked it unironically for the iPhone 4 back in the day, antennagate prevention aside. https://www.apple.com/shop/product/MH004ZM/A/iphone-air-bump... It's $39, but if it's indeed rigid as the description implies, then it may be a legit option for drop protection without compromising the thinness.

...unless it lands on the big protruding camera lens.

Re: iPhone Air

#303
post #187

Can someone that is actually interested in this explain the appeal? Thin on its own I get but thin with a giant bump 100% defeats the whole point for me. Seems clear at this point there is little hope of them engineering their way into thin cameras.

This phone has the highest screen area to weight ratio except for the Galaxy S25 Edge.

And this is good or matters to customers because?

Re: iPhone Air

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post #187

Can someone that is actually interested in this explain the appeal? Thin on its own I get but thin with a giant bump 100% defeats the whole point for me. Seems clear at this point there is little hope of them engineering their way into thin cameras.

iPhone status symbol without having to haul around a huge bulky phone. Most users probably use/need 10% of what a max pro iPhone offers, but they want 100% of the max pro status. Now they can keep the status without needing to carry a chonker.

I bought a new iPhone 13 for $200 a few months ago and I love it. It does everything I need by far. Newer iPhones take better pictures, yes, but the 13 is still no slouch in that regard.

Re: iPhone Air

#306
Once you start rocking case accessories, profile of phones can definitely get thinner, i.e. phone loops, those suction cups. I'm fine with going thinner with the trend and I think we're going to get some pretty slick phone cases/accessories that makes actual thinner flusher carrying profile.

At the end of the day, I want future phones to be a A4 piece of paper that I can fold up like ... a piece of paper. If it means dumping stupid billions to shave sub millimeters of generations... then I guess that's the price to pay.

Re: iPhone Air

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post #174

All I want is a 4-5 inch phone :( bring back the mini!

People get old. Old people cannot see small text. Big text requires bigger screen to fit. One could argue that a lot of 50-ish people have pro max with iphone 5-ish screen estate. Small screens ain’t gonna happen

Things that we called "feature" phones nowadays and iPhone 3 worked alright with all sorts of people. Maybe phone manufacturers shouldn't opt for putting so much bullshit into the screens. Reading news, video calling people, audio calling, recording voice, messaging. They all work alright with small screen estate and good UI design.

The only thing I see a possible issue is dealing with camera features. But, you know, tech companies should actually innovate stuff... I know radical.

Re: iPhone Air

#310

Imagine putting the phone on the table and seeing it rocking side to side when you press it, the nightmare. Somebody needs to change this stupid trend urgently, we don't need thinner phones.

The iPhone 17 will rock less than previous iPhones with the bulge since this new bulge goes across the entire phone width.
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