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Once iPhone 6 comes out, that'll be the last time they need to make it thinner, yeah?
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It is plenty thin enough. Let's put THICKER BATTERY in the darn thing so I can use it all day.
No, get the iWallet Air - the iWallet Pro is apparently out the FOLLOWING year.. constraints, yield issues, lack of pro air..
This is probably the biggest point that Apple seem to forget (or just don't care about).
If you're shrinking components to fit in a smaller form factor that's fine but if you used the same smaller components in the same form factor and with a larger batter it would certainly be popular.
My thought is that once you get as thin as the 6 is, you don't even really *want* it thinner.
Even if it was indestructible, a 3 mm phone would just be a pain in the ass to hold. Not to mention too thin for headphones, buttons, etc.
So once we get to that point, we might as well just start adding stuff like battery life or whatever else you can cram in. Right?
Even if it was indestructible, a 3 mm phone would just be a pain in the ass to hold. Not to mention too thin for headphones, buttons, etc.
So once we get to that point, we might as well just start adding stuff like battery life or whatever else you can cram in. Right?
Much thinner and you'd need to slide it to the edge of a table to pick it up. If it was in a box you'd need to invert it or use a knife to pry it up.
The upcoming Galaxy Alpha is supposed to be thinner than the iPhone 6. I wonder how they're approaching the battery?
Hopefully it will uphold the fine traditions of the Galaxy range and be removable. That way genuine replacements are cheap as chips and people can own two. I doubt it will be too low powered for comfort anyway.
Much thinner and you'd need to slide it to the edge of a table to pick it up. If it was in a box you'd need to invert it or use a knife to pry it up.
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Much thinner and you'd need to slide it to the edge of a table to pick it up. If it was in a box you'd need to invert it or use a knife to pry it up.
Lol. Make sure you wear plasters on your fingers when picking it up too, you wouldn't want any nasty cuts.
Amen to this! I think the thinness thing is more about differentiation, which while a shame, I do kind of get. It's hardly like they're not selling as a result! I still don't have massive issues with the life of my battery, but I do sometimes get the electric car equivalent of "range anxiety"!
I know of no one in my vicinity who carries an extra battery for their Android phone. I think it's an overhyped marketing point.
If you need to, you can though. If the battery was anything like my iPhone then I know I would.
The battery is easily replaceable, whether you swap out batteries to keep a charge going, or if yours declines in capacity and you simply want to freshen your phone up - the facility is there. Genuine Samsung batteries can be purchased in retail packaging from proper shops, there is none of the bother that iPhone owners experience. Surely you can't see that as anything but a positive?
Sure, the facility is there, but in real life, statistically, no one avails themselves of it. I don't have bad battery experiences on my iPhone 5s.
The 5s is already thin enough. Just make it the shape of the 5c with a slightly larger screen and the shell in alluminum and its done.