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[–] IcedRaktajino@startrek.website 118 points 1 day ago (29 children)

This perfectly illustrates my gripes with whatever is driving the trend of these super thin phones.

First, is anyone even asking for phones to be thinner? Then there's the camera bump sticking out like a wart. And beyond that, it gets put into a bulky case anyway which negates the super thin thing entirely.

[–] dotslashme 9 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

I actually like thin phones. I find them easier to hold, but I would gladly sacrifice the camera hump for a completely flat back.

[–] monogram@feddit.nl 7 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Before looking for thin phones, look for phones that don’t have a glass back so that not having a case is an actual option.

[–] wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 18 points 1 day ago (1 children)

They still have glass fronts man. Five-ish feet drop onto the screen against concrete with no case? Doesn't matter what the back is.

Glass backs mean that almost any fall will damage it, but non-glass backs only eliminate cases if you can somehow ensure it never lands face down or on a corner.

[–] __nobodynowhere@sh.itjust.works 23 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Glass backs have very low friction. Set the thing down in bed and its natural floor seeking instincts kick in.

[–] cm0002@piefed.world 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

But we just HAVE to have glass backs it's the ONLY thing that makes phones feel PREMIUM! 😤 ~phone companies

[–] ButteryMonkey@piefed.social 2 points 1 day ago

It’s the best way to ensure the resale market sucks, at least. As well as getting people to pay up for replacement parts/devices or upgrade sooner.

I have a perfectly good phone, babied all to hell, lives in a case and never comes out, the works.

Well it must have fallen at some point and caught the camera bump. The lenses are fine, thankfully, but it caused spider webbing of the back glass. I didn’t even know it happened until I saw cracks through my liquid case. Possibly months later.

Resale value now significantly lower for essentially no reason. Almost like they designed the whole thing to be as fragile as possible.

[–] Inaminate_Carbon_Rod@lemmy.world 1 points 23 hours ago

Been rocking my iPhone 11 Pro Max with no case for a long time.

It’s fantastic.

[–] Hawke@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

That’s not an option anyway. Metal scratches and dents too easily for that to be viable.

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] egrets@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

Introducing the new pinePhone: wooden back, wooden buttons, wooden battery, wooden mainboard, and a revolutionary screen made of gorilla wood. You'll never need a screen protector again!

[–] Jumuta@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 day ago

If you're optimizing for circumference with a fixed volume, I feel like a thinner phone is worse?

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