Apple's new iPhone expected to be 18% thinner than iPhone 4S

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  • Reply 101 of 110
    tallest skiltallest skil Posts: 43,388member


    Originally Posted by ljocampo View Post

    The iPhone now looks like I have a boner when it's in my pants pocket.


     


    Maybe don't put it in your pocket horizontally, then? Or cut the skin-tight spandex out of your wardrobe? image


     


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    "Is that an iPhone in your pocket, or are you just wearing a zentai suit?"


     


    But seriously, my first-gen is thicker than any modern iPhone and it doesn't even show up at all in my pocket. My LG VX5300 does, though.

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  • Reply 102 of 110
    cameronjcameronj Posts: 2,357member

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    Originally Posted by Gazoobee View Post


     


    Well, now your changing the grounds on which we were debating, so I've kind of lost interest.  I would point out however, that 1mm of extra thickness on the battery wouldn't add up to 25% in any case.  


     


    Odds are the battery in the new iPhone will be either just as efficient what's in the current iPhone (typically/habitually the leading/best battery in the business), or it will be better.  


     


    I just don't see what you are complaining about.  


     


    Apple's battery is always the best or near best in the industry and gets better every year.  Next year's iPhone will be the same in that the battery life will either be the same or better. Asking them to make it super-duper, "extra best" (just for you!), and to the detriment of other features/aspects of the device just doesn't make any sense to me as a request.  



     


     


    From the very beginning, my complaint is that my iPhone battery life is not good enough.  I'm sorry you joined in mid-stream, but that's what I was talking about all thread.


     


    Why do you think 1mm in extra thickness, TOTALLY DEVOTED TO BATTERY, wouldn't give 25% more life?  Have you done the math?  It's not a straight proportional thing - adding 1 mm to the total thickness of the phone would add far more than (1mm/9mm)% to the total battery size, because the phone is not currently totally made of battery, so adding some size to the phone that IS totally battery would have an outsized result on the battery itself.


     


    I am complaining about THE FACT THAT MY PHONE DIES AT ABOUT 5 PM EVEN THOUGH I USE IT LESS THAN I WOULD LIKE TO ALL DAY.  Is that clear enough?  I don't CARE how that compares to other phones.  I want a phone that doesn't die on me before the sun goes down.  And I sleep until 830 AM!  When I hear that they are making the phone THINNER instead of adding battery life, that upsets me.  Does that make sense to you?  Do you really need a phone that.s 1.5mm thinner?  Wouldn't notice, would you?  Well I'd notice if that 1.5mm was spent on battery, and a lot of other people are just like me.


     


    You can read through this thread and find plenty of other people who want more battery life "just for them".  That makes it not "just for us" but for everyone.  So go screw.

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  • Reply 103 of 110
    jason98jason98 Posts: 768member

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    Originally Posted by AppleInsider View Post





    an elongation of the design by 8.63mm (~7.5%) to accommodate a 4-inch screen;


     


    It still has uber-huge bezels at the top and the bottom. Even the older case could fit 4.5" screen needless to say about the new one which could fit 5" easily. 


     


     


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    Originally Posted by AppleInsider View Post


    The changes are expected to deliver the thinnest iPhone yet, though Apple will still fall short of reclaiming the title of the world's thinnest smartphone it achieved with the inaugural iPhone back in 2007. Though the uniformity of several rival smartphones has made pin-pointing the thinnest smartphone a topic of debate, Chinese manufacturer Oppo is currently believed to hold the title with its 6.65mm thick Oppo Finder.


     


    Oppo's 6.65mm claim is BS. I am not sure but visually I think it is at least 1mm or more in its thickest camera point:


    http://www.engadget.com/2012/05/26/oppo-super-skinny-finder-smartphone-gets-many-more-details/

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  • Reply 104 of 110

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    Originally Posted by cameronj View Post


    Ugh, I hope not!  Keep the thickness, and give me 50% more battery life!



    that's also what I want to say.

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  • Reply 105 of 110


    That phone in the Corning Glass youtube vid looks interesting.


     


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  • Reply 106 of 110
    jason98jason98 Posts: 768member

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    Originally Posted by alcstarheel View Post


    That phone in the Corning Glass youtube vid looks interesting.


     


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    That's how iPhone-5 would have looked like if Apple managed to fit a screen of the same dimensions as the center back panel :(

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  • Reply 107 of 110
    rabbit_coachrabbit_coach Posts: 1,114member

    Quote:

    Originally Posted by alcstarheel View Post


    That phone in the Corning Glass youtube vid looks interesting.


     


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    Yeah, really intersting how the right side of the display extrudes the divice's case. ;-)


     


    But yes I see what you mean. I thought this display without a frame would be possible some day.

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  • Reply 108 of 110

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    Originally Posted by kimys1022 View Post


    I love the design, but a part of me hopes that this is some kind of controlled leak...


     


    I think the design is a little on the similar side with the iPhone 4/4S. Again, don't take me wrong - I love this unibody design with the supposed aluminum back. 


    But I think it should be a little more different than this... there should be a big change every two generations.


    Although, a larger screen is a huge improvement, which Apple might consider a big change.


     


    Anyhow, I love the design, but I can't wait to see what Apple reveals on September!



    Oh great. Change for the sake of change. A wonderful strategy that has sunk countless American companies. 

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  • Reply 109 of 110
    tallest skiltallest skil Posts: 43,388member


    Originally Posted by jason98 View Post

    That's how the 6th iPhone would have looked like if Apple managed to fit a screen of the same dimensions as the center back panel :(


     


    Except that's physically impossible first and a terrible idea second.

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