Comment on Leaker Who Apple Is Suing Says 'Screw It,' Here's the Foldable iPhone Early

• SapphironZA@sh.itjust.works ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  No thicker than very popular and successful phones from just 5 years ago. They can use the extra space for a larger battery, so they dont have to nerf performance to maintain stability in older phones. They can also use the space to restore repairability.

  But probably not for a folding phone, since making both sides that thick will probably be too much.

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  • fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Phones 5 years ago have lightyears worse cameras than phones today.

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    • SapphironZA@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      But their thickness can accomidate todays cameras.

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      • fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        …no they can’t. Do you realize just how thick modern camera bumps are? Even not including the bump phones nowadays are thicker than phones 5 years ago.

        The iPhone X was 7.7mm thick. The iPhone 17 pro excluding the bump is 8.7.

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• 0x0@infosec.pub ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  making an extremely thick phone

  lol how is 11mm extremely thick

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  • acosmichippo@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    how is it not?

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• Warl0k3@lemmy.world ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  The marketing about it being an incredibly thin phone was a misstep - it just looked absurd to have such a chunky lump stuck onto it, and it felt very much like they were attempting a have cake / eat cake situation by claiming incredible camera stats (which werent very good) and an amazingly thin phone, and then that giant electronic bump had an external lens on it too.

  Had it just been an ugly phone, I doubt it would have mer with anywhere near the dame criticism, but all the adcopy about how thin it was overtop of photos where you could see it had a giant lump on it felt really dishonest, and if this article is accurate it may count among the biggest apple flops ever.

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  • SARGE@startrek.website ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    What elegance might even an extra millimeter of chassis space produced?

    People really don’t seem to understand that in the electronics world, one single millimeter can make worlds of difference.

    You absolutely can cram so much more stuff in “dumber” electronics, but phones are even more constricted in design, because they need to send and receive signals of different types, so feedback and signal noise are concerns.

    Adding in even slightly more space allows for much better design, because you have more tolerances to reduce signal noise. It allows dozens of wires for camera sensors to route better. A 20% longer battery life. Heck, just being slightly more ergonomic and less droppable is a bonus to slightly thicker phones.

    I didn’t even consider signal noise until I got into fpv drones and rc stuff, it can mame a ton of difference if you have a single wire 2mm out of place. (and crash your drone because the motor interfered with your antenna)

    Thiner≠better.

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    • Warl0k3@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      wildly appropriate username here.

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  • acosmichippo@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    are you talking about the Air? last time i checked all iphone models have a camera bump.

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  • QuarterSwede@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    The marketing had nothing to do with it not selling. Pick one up, yeah it’s thin but it’s also a bar of soap to hold. Plus a ton of deal breaking trade off like less battery life and poor camera system compared to the alternative iPhone 17s/Pros.

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• frizzo@piefed.social ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Lol “extremely thick phone”. Get that apple boot, you got it to your gills this time. Only when it’s razor thin and cuts the hands of the unworthy will then your lust be satisfied.

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