This is why you spend much money for name brand phone protector!
Not to make phone tough..
...but so..
.. it can sit level on flat surface!
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I for one would love a cheaper option without a ridiculous camera. Or even no camera!
The next iteration will be a cheese wedge, 1mm thin on one side and 1cm thick on the other.
I'd rather have that. it'll actually stay stable when you put it down, plus the screen would be slightly tilted upwards so you can see it better when it's just there on the table.
Actually razor blade sharp. One atom thick iPhone
People slicing their hand are just holding them wrong
Yeah, but if it's an iPhone.. you probably have to pay Apple a proprietary fee; due to becoming injured by their patented technology.
you need mechanical stability a bit too, so if it's too thin, it just breaks too easily.
IMO the perfect size for a smartphone should be the weight of an apple (fruit) or some other snack like croissant, something that you can comfortably hold in one hand.
Check it,
Fresh fruit & a hand written letter!
Next version isn't even going to have a camera. You'll just generate the image
i fucking hate tech companies
the phone will just generate shit all the time - texts, voices, images, music - all to post on AI-gen only social media. And it doesn't even need human interaction to do that but you are legally obligated to buy 12 of these per year or you will be deported to Moldova.
As somebody who extensively travelled to Moldova for the wine, food, and the parties I say, not too bad. I'll be in the first train
hey, don't spoil the party for everyone! Repeat after me "they are going to deport me to Moldova! oh shit! damn!"
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Apple got rid of the headphone jack but not the camera bump..
Not just Apple...
No, but hell no
Give me a chunky phone with a week long battery
It will weight more than kilogramme
Uhm IIRC typical battery is 2000 mAh/day, so one week battery is 14 Ah/day, which is 50 Wh assuming 3.7 V.
A typical sodium ion battery (which i very much like btw) typically holds 0.2 kWh/kg, so 200 Wh/kg, so to store 50 Wh, you'd need around 250g of battery.
For reference, i think smartphones should be about as heavy as an apple (fruit) which is 100g average. And the battery makes most of that weight (like, 80%). So the battery could be about 80g, which would store 16 Wh of energy. That would make about 4000 mAh. Which is what many phones today already have. Which lasts for 1-2 days.
Okay but the iPhone air is 165 grams with a 3036 mah battery, so what are you gonna remove to make it 100g?
I have a motog5 if I load a non google OS like lineageOS, or use Googles Android with a TrackerControl app that let's you turn off app tracking, then I would get 3 days between charge, with regular use. A few weeks if it was just standby for phonecalls
Apple: here is your phone with a weak, long battery.
Regular sex will make your day.
But anal sex will make your hole weak.
Better yet, week long replaceable battery
You're describing rugged phones
I had an Oukitel that I ran for almost 4 weeks. Had to charge it for a trip off grid. Talk about chunky!
Might buy another model, but had to drop Verizon to get it working and T-Mobile took a week to figure out how to activate it. PITA, but it was solid once working. Great BT speaker, couldn't kill the battery, everything worked great. Carrying the thing was a pain, even with a pack. Not sure I want all that mass again.
If you want a phone you can beat a man to death with, Oukitel it is!
With its ability to produce an 8D sound effect
Wow. They cracked string theory.
More seriously, does it have a 3.5mm jack?
Cheaper than I thought it'd be
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Kill the bump! Give me better cooling and battery life with replaceable battery.
and battery life with replaceable battery.
You mean a $99 magsafe powerbank that only fits on this specific phone doesn't satisfy you as a replaceable battery?
/s
Wait... the magsafe battery is tied to a specific phone serial? I can't get the magsafe battery and lend it to my buddy who is low on battery at the moment?
No, I meant it only fits on the iPhone 17 Air, not other iPhones. If your buddy also has an iPhone 17 Air he can borrow yours
Oh. At least that, I guess. But if it's just a magsafe battery pack, shouldn't it be compatible with any other models that accept wireless charging with a magsafe?
No.
-Apple
I can understand people wanting “smaller" screens cause they don't have huge hands/pockets
But slimmer phones when the cheapest ones (< 200€) already are like 8mm, I don't really get it, at this point it's just a structural weakness, like the geth would say
The only advantage would be to have a bulky phone case while still maintaining a 6 or 8 mm width, but still it wouldn't prevent your phone from bending
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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.
And beyond that, it gets put into a bulky case anyway
Speak for yourself
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Do phones really need to be so skinny? Part of the reason I always get a case is not only for protection, but also to deliberately make it a little thicker.
No, they're just desperate for some kind of differentiator at this point because phones haven't meaningfully changed in five years. Hell, maybe ten.
Only Essentials brand had something new a while back. Two magnetic power pins on the back and Wireless USB protocol so you could attach add on devices like the 360 video camera, and the Pro audio DAC. It's too bad they closed up after a few years. The phone was great. Cermamic and Titanium body.
Yeah they have. They removed a bunch of features so they can sell more dongles and cloud storage. You know, "innovation".
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