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This new iPhone model is said to be “significantly thinner” than current iPhone models, and may align with a discontinuation of the iPhone Plus line. Though according to The Information, it is expected to be more expensive than the Pro Max model.

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[-] Xavienth@lemmygrad.ml 32 points 5 months ago

Is anyone actually asking for thinner phones or is this just engineers jacking themselves off

[-] LENINSGHOSTFACEKILLA@hexbear.net 15 points 5 months ago

Pretty sure the last few iphones were already so thin you could accidentally snap them in half. Not sure what the thinking is here.

[-] peppersky@hexbear.net 13 points 5 months ago

The latter. Gotta do something to pretend the wheels of technical progress are still spinning

[-] GrouchyGrouse@hexbear.net 6 points 5 months ago

They will probably have to start introducing unpopular features just to remove them in the next model. Innovation!

[-] crispy_lol@hexbear.net 10 points 5 months ago

Apple is taking advantage of our monkey brains. We see someone else using a phone that’s sleeker, thinner, lighter, brighter, has a “cooler” color/design, has more cameras, etc etc and start to think we’re missing out despite having almost the same thing. They’ve made phone upgrades and payment plans so accessible that people don’t see it as unaffordable.

[-] Xavienth@lemmygrad.ml 7 points 5 months ago

Guess I'm just built different. I used my last phone until it offed itself and my current phone is 4.5 years old. I'm more or less content with it.

[-] BGDelirium@hexbear.net 4 points 5 months ago

Same. Rocking the same galaxy s9 I got used off backmarket for a couple of years now

[-] plinky@hexbear.net 6 points 5 months ago
[-] EmmaGoldman@hexbear.net 7 points 5 months ago
[-] plinky@hexbear.net 4 points 5 months ago
[-] chungusamonugs@hexbear.net 4 points 5 months ago

The newer phones are dense AF. They may get thinner but they are noticeably heavier.

[-] plinky@hexbear.net 2 points 5 months ago

they couldn't become much denser, my working assumption is the processor and screen will become slightly more efficient, so battery can get smaller shrug-outta-hecks

[-] ClimateChangeAnxiety@hexbear.net 3 points 5 months ago

I’m with you, like I don’t think we need to go thinner than we have before but could we return to like, iPhone 6 thickness?

My current phone is an enormous brick

[-] pressurized@hexbear.net 4 points 5 months ago

gotta make the phone less resilient to snapping for some fucking reason

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