Can future iPhones ever be thinner than the iPhone 5?

[nlkccom]

You didn't think they can make it thinner than iPhone 4/4S, did you? And sure enough they did. So, of course they can make it even thinner than iPhone 5 for future iPhones. Just a matter of will they do it.

I'm sure they can make a wider iPhone 5, but they decided not to because we all have stubby thumbs.

 

[mtneer]

Yes. At some point it will just be an implant in your brain. I am guessing - 20 years from now.

 

[deannnnn]

I'd prefer they stop worrying about how thin the phone is and start worrying about battery life a bit more.

Agreed. It's thin enough. It's to the point where making it thinner has little to no benefit. What's next, a flexible iPhone?

 

[SomeDudeAsking]

There already is a thinner iPhone, it's called the iPod Touch 5th Generation.

 

[rovex]

There already is a thinner iPhone, it's called the iPod Touch 5th Generation.

The boffins at Apple just need to figure out getting all the antenna bits to fit inside.

 

[Zaft]

Ditto for the iPhone 3G/3GS.

The thing is the 3g didn't feel thicker due to the curved back.

 

[SomeDudeAsking]

The boffins at Apple just need to figure out getting all the antenna bits to fit inside.

There are already Android phones as thin or thinner than the iPod Touch 5th Gen so it is doable.

 

[appleguy123]

If I have to carry an extra adapter to use headphone I have to question the thinner phone.

What if it was something that you connected to your headphones instead of your phone?

 

[irDigital0l]

Honesty...I dont want it to be any thinner.

Theres a certain weight and depth that makes it feel good in your hand.

 

[iRetired]

I read something on one of the major blogs that the next gen iPhone will not have a headphone jack - it will be Bluetooth instead. Also, if Apple moved away from the mechanical silent switch and volume buttons and replaced them with capacitive touch on the front panel, they would lose a couple more mm.

 

[JayLenochiniMac]

The thing is the 3g didn't feel thicker due to the curved back.

Maybe not in terms of feel, but it definitely looked thicker compared to the original iPhone.

 

[Breitling65]

I was thinking about one of the reasons Apple ditched the 30 pin connector for the lightning port was because of size limitations. This makes since that the port was holding them back from a thinner design. But what about the headphone jack? Do you guys think that they would be willing to redesign the headphone jack to make the phone thinner, and piss everyone off by making them buy an adapter, or is the headphone jack going to keep the phone from becoming thinner in the future?

It is enough thin right now, it took some time until I hold iphone5 well with my hands. If they will make it thinner I will change to the Google world.

 

[Spectrum Abuser]

There will eventually be a barrier that cannot be crossed without a work around. A silicon-based computer processing chip for example cannot be clocked higher than 4GHz without the chip frying itself. The work around was to add more cores. For a phone I'd imagine the work around will continue to be making bigger screened devices for more internal layout while at the same time reducing overall thickness.

 

[617aircav]

Apple doesnt always make the next product thinner. The iPad 3 for instance was thicker then the iPad 2

It can, after all the iPhone 5 is not the thinnest smart phone in the world.

 

[GoSh4rks]

There will eventually be a barrier that cannot be crossed without a work around. A silicon-based computer processing chip for example cannot be clocked higher than 4GHz without the chip frying itself. The work around was to add more cores.

You have no idea about the technical issues you are referring to. There are tons of silicon CPUs running at speeds greater than 4ghz

 

[megapopular]

Apple doesnt always make the next product thinner. The iPad 3 for instance was thicker then the iPad 2

Yep, and the 4S was a little heavier than the 4.

 

[Lilly Helen]

The thin profile of the phone was not the attraction for me - in fact, I find a very thin phone quite scary as they might be more fragile and apt to get lost, but the main reason I ordered one is the 4G LTE speed.

 

[FieldingMellish]

I'd prefer they stop worrying about how thin the phone is and start worrying about battery life a bit more.

Agreed. I've remained skeptical regarding the 5 thinness, as a phone can eventually be too light and thin to be useful; though the science buff in me thinks that battery technology will improve to keep pace in smaller form factors to keep it juiced regardless its physical utility. I recall the time when a 500 megabyte hard drive was around 8 x 8 x 6 inches; replete with cooling fan; AC cable; and SCSI interface. We now know what form factor gigabytes occupy.

 

[SomeDudeAsking]

Agreed. I've remained skeptical regarding the 5 thinness, as a phone can eventually be too light and thin to be useful; though the science buff in me thinks that battery technology will improve to keep pace in smaller form factors to keep it juiced regardless its physical utility. I recall the time when a 500 megabyte hard drive was around 8 x 8 x 6 inches; replete with cooling fan; AC cable; and SCSI interface. We now know what form factor gigabytes occupy.

Battery technology does not improve at the same rapid pace that microelectronics do.

 

[scapegoat81]

It has to get thicker if they plan to squeeze an NFC chip in there

 

[Tiptizzle]

It can, after all the iPhone 5 is not the thinnest smart phone in the world.

I could have sworn apple claimed it was when they announced it. Have things changed since then?

 

[SomeDudeAsking]

I could have sworn apple claimed it was when they announced it. Have things changed since then?

That was false advertising, there are several Android phones that are thinner.

 

[MJD Dawg]

The iPhone 4 was thin enough for me. I just don't understand why the brilliant designers at Apple just didn't keep the same thickness for the iPhone 5, and use the extra room for a bigger battery. A phone I could use all day and night on a single charge would have been the killer feature...forget about unibody aluminum or Siri or passbook.

 

[Oppressed]

That was false advertising, there are several Android phones that are thinner.

Yes, but these phones have parts that stick out. The Motorola RAZR might be thinner at its thinnest point, but it is thicker at the thickest point. Also the headphone jack is at the thicker part.

 

[617aircav]

Yes, but these phones have parts that stick out. The Motorola RAZR might be thinner at its thinnest point, but it is thicker at the thickest point. Also the headphone jack is at the thicker part.

It's not even the rzor.