I wanted a small phone, not a thin phone. 😭
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Camera bump madness!
By the way, for everyone that says you're supposed to buy a case for it, well hear me out...
Being expected to buy a case in addition to the separate purchase of the phone, well that means the phone itself isn't even complete. And it was literally engineered that way, some extra parts and assembly expected on your part.
But if you do opt for a phone case, well that case also holds in heat and makes it get even hotter while charging or in use, which itself is also not good for the device.
A properly designed device shouldn't have a camera bump, but should rather have a flush uniform and sturdy enough screen and shell that you shouldn't particularly even need a separate phone case in the first place.
on the iPhone 16 Pro (ofc I haven't seen the new phones so cannot yet say), even the case had a camera bump

I searched way harder than I should've needed to find a case that had a flush camera cutout for my 15 pro. Like, fuck me for not wanting to let the camera lens touch the table when I put it down lol.
Yeah it’s been this way for a while, even my 13 mini has one
Bendgate 2.0
I really wanna see how successful this model will be. I’d never accept thinness as a trade off.
I'm interested. Thinness isn't as much of a draw as weight to me. I have a 16 Pro now and am kinda tired of how heavy it is. As long as the battery gets me through a 16 hour day that's all i need.
Also if I need extra battery life, they brought back the magsafe battery which i can keep in a backpack. Best of both worlds.
Also brought back bumper cases which I loved.
Can't wait for this to get into the hands of JerryRigEverything
Ultra-Thin
but why
They ran out of ideas when Steve Jobs died of ligma
Because Samsung did it.
Ok now make it twice as thick and half as tall.
Only twice? How about 4 times as thick?
If I could have a phone that lasts 4-6 days without a recharge, take my money!
Only twice? How about 4 times as thick?
I just measured my iPhone 16 Pro’s thickness with a caliper, too lazy to read the actual specifications, got around 8-8.5mm. If we multiplied 5.6mm (iPhone 17 Air) by 4 that would be 22.4mm which is nearly 7/8” thick.
That would be an absolutely brick to lug around personally, I can barely fit my current phone with its otter box in my pocket as is and comfortably sit down.
I meant four times as thick as that new ultra thin design, but I'd even that that one you just said.
If that means I only need to charge once a week, I'm in
I meant four times as thick as that new ultra thin design,
Yes, to which I responded in my original comment with:
If we multiplied 5.6mm (iPhone 17 Air) by 4 that would be 22.4mm which is nearly 7/8” thick.
You’re talking almost a full inch.
Only the 1 camera? And still the full width camera bump? And it's a full width camera bump that won't sit flat

That camera bump contains the camera and the phones logic board. It’s basically the entire phone minus the battery and screen.
But Apple said it’s a special new hybrid camera that has two cameras in that one camera!
i can’t believe the pro iphone has 8 cameras in 3 cameras!
Leave it to Apple to put a small phone battery, to sell another battery for you to stick it outside the case, and kill the inside battery faster by using the most inefficient energy transfer technology. This must check all the money related boxes for their accountants. Bravo.
Who wants this?
people who think owning apple is a status symbol. that's who.
and it's the majority of consumers. apple has a very high attachment rate/image for the US consumer. especially among the upper middle class where not having an apple product/iphone is considered a mark of poverty.
It features a 6.5-inch OLED display
Not even sub 6. 😞
They are making stupid big phones to set themselves up for when they invent the folding screen models in 2026. Folders are great, but others have been making them for years.
so smaller battery (meaning you will need to replace it earlier, which is bad), larger screen than the base model while having a smaller capacity (making battery life even worse…) compromised cameras (no ultrawide and no telephoto, “optical quality” crop in does not count…), compromised speakers (only the amplified earpiece speaker?), possible durability issues (which may be partially remedied with a case, but that defeats the point of a thin phone…), worse thermals (esp. with the “Pro” chip, albeit one less GPU core, also will make battery life extra worse. iOS 26 is sure to make the thermals worse too…), and more expensive.
For what, a phone that’s a few mm thinner?
For what, a phone that’s a few mm thinner?
so you drop it faster, so then you have to buy a thick rubber case. Smart phones are stupid.
To me the only purpose of this is to beta the thin design before a folding phone. Other than that, it’s kinda dumb.
Like the blue colour , but don't understand appeal of ultra thin phones
Remember my 1st reaction to macbꝏk airs I think , my very 1st thought wasz "unbelievably fragile , who would use this , what if you drop it"
IMHO there's sweet spot of phone thickness
- Just thin enough to be comfortable to hold without feeling like shattering into zillion pieces if you drop it
- Just thick enough to (feel solid in hand|lay flat on table|have all necessary ports) without being tꝏ uncomfortably heavy to hold in 1️⃣ hand
After seeing this model was getting the A19 Pro, I was half expecting the Pro to get the M5. Honestly, depending on thermals and size, that could work.
Thin... is this their definition of thin? That fucking camera will be a balancing problem.
Thin = more battery swap services anyone who says otherwise is Apple shill


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