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Anyone else want smartphones to get heavier and sturdier and not lighter and thinner?

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NoHo

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I'm sure I'm in the minority here, but is there anyone else who wants iPhones and other smart phones to get heavier and sturdier instead of lighter and thinner?

There is always so much emphasis on portability, but when something it too portable and weightless, it just feels cheap and flimsy and feels like it could break at any moment. Not to mention easier to lose.

I think the 4 and 4S were just the right weight and thickness. They have a mass to them and aren't wafer thin, which is a plus. I would like them to have a bigger screen, but not if it means the phone will be even lighter and thinner and I can't operate it with a single hand using only my thumb.

I'm sure I'm in the minority, but was just curious if anyone felt the same way.
 
I want phones to be big.

Imagine two iPhone 4/4Ss stacked ontop of each other. That's what I want. Why? More battery. A HUGE extra battery. Just think about how nice that'd be.... You could leave tethering on all day, game, watch movies... Ohhhh baby
 
NoHo said:
I'm sure I'm in the minority here, but is there anyone else who wants iPhones and other smart phones to get heavier and sturdier instead of lighter and thinner?

There is always so much emphasis on portability, but when something it too portable and weightless, it just feels cheap and flimsy and feels like it could break at any moment. Not to mention easier to lose.

I think the 4 and 4S were just the right weight and thickness. They have a mass to them and aren't wafer thin, which is a plus. I would like them to have a bigger screen, but not if it means the phone will be even lighter and thinner and I can't operate it with a single hand using only my thumb.

I'm sure I'm in the minority, but was just curious if anyone felt the same way.
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I agree, that's why the Samsung SGS2 feels like its a really cheap phone. All plastic and too light to my liking. I'm not saying its a crappy phone but it just feels like it is.
 
Sturdier, yes, heavier, no. Lighter is better because it won't break easily. If it's heavy, it will break easily.
 
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I think they're near the "sweet spot".

I want a thin/light phone with durability. As long as the battery is on par with usage then I don't need it to last 3-4 days on a charge with decent use. I throw it on the charger when I go to sleep anyways. 2 days, maybe, at the most if I forget.

I like the size/shape of the 4/4S and keeping it in that sort of dimension with a larger screen is what I'm looking for.

I don't want it to get any thinner, really. I owned the RAZR for a week, and the thin nature + slightly wide sides just was weird to me.
 
The only reason I would put up with a thicker/heavier phone is for a bigger battery...
 
I think the iPhone 4/S is already a good mix of thin and solid/heavy. (at least in comparison to my 3GS).
 
I would not want a phone to be thick a heavy. I love that the iPhone is thin and light. I use to have a nextel phone that was really thick and it was annoying because I could only use it with a belt clip and it would get caught on everything.
 
Seriously OP...if you don't like how small/thin your iPhone 4 or 4s is...put a bumper on it and it'll feel WAY bigger, more solid in your hands...

I never put a bumper on the black 4 I had...couldn't deal with it, just didn't like it that much. Ever since my white 4s, I can't live without having a bumper on it, it just feels WAY too tiny in my hands. I know they're the exact same size, except a .1 of gram in weight difference (or whatever the actual figure is) but I just can't go back to holding a naked iPhone anymore...it has nothing to do with wanting to protect it (not that I actively try to hurt it lol) it just has to do with the way a naked iPhone feels in the hands these days.
 
A phone should be as light as possible without compromising durability. You get used to a light phone, even if you at first think things like flimsy etc. It's all in your mind.
 
The plastic in the Samsung phones is lighter and more durable than the glass on the iphone4.

OP can always use this phone as a holder!
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Give me lighter and thinner!
 
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