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

• SapphironZA@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  But their thickness can accomidate todays cameras.

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  • fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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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    • SapphironZA@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Damn, I keep forgetting that the iphone X was already 5 years ago. 10 years ago then. There has been so little improvements in phones in the ladt 5 years, it all just blurs together.

      I think the point is, we used to have phones that were 9mm+ thick. Iphone 4s and iphone 5c from Apple and Samsung Galaxy S3 and motorola G phones were all that thickness. They even had replacable batteries and expandable storage. Some of those were even waterproof despite all of that.

      I think the main driver of impractical thinness has been marketing, planned obselecence and cost savings.

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