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iPhone 18 Pro Max's Thicker Design Could Make It Heaviest iPhone Ever
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Make it even heavier. Encourage less phone use. Like this: Solid Steel case
15PM was my favorite phone in ages, because it actually went down in weight. Now they are firmly moving away from what I want.
hope some Air DNA survives in the rumored Fold…
hope some Air DNA survives in the rumored Fold…
“You don’t like my thin light iPhone air , I make your phones thick and heavy “ Tim
I don't need my phone to be Air light, but I *finally* talked my GF into trying an iPhone a few years ago. She got an iPhone 13 Pro, which was the current phone at the time time, and nope - the thing was too heavy. I bought it from her and noticed it was heavy. Big difference when I got my 15 pro. If the 18 is as heavy as the 13 or heavier (I know the article was talking about Max versions, but I would be interested in the Pro not Max version) then it would need some other killer benefit for me to switch from my 15 Pro. If the 18 is noticeably heavier, I might even get a 17 instead.
When I first got the 14 Pro to replace iPhone X I had to tighten my belt slightly. It literally pulled down my pants.
Rather suddenly out of nowhere, because of the Air, are we now seeing posts bashing the Pro and Pro Max iPhones as "bricks". Prior to the advent of the Air, these were the best of Apple and performed in an exemplary fashion.
I own both the Air and Pro Max, each has its pros and cons like any other smartphone.
The absolute truth is the Pro Max has served me very well for personal and work usage.
My Air has also performed well despite its shortcomings.
It’s rather fascinating that the new thin and light Air as well as my S25 Edge have done so poorly in the marketplace. I believe in variety and expected this category to perform better than it has.
Time will reveal more.
It’s supposed to be pro, so it’s fine.
Glad they’re less afraid to make pro products thicker (see newer MacBook Pro)
Glad they’re less afraid to make pro products thicker (see newer MacBook Pro)
Not surprising to me at all. Removing features for the sake of thinness, especially at at higher price?😑 Would you pay an extra $10,000 for a Tesla that is 1000lbs lighter, but has half the range of a standard Tesla? At the same price, I might consider it, since my commute is less than 50 miles round trip. But for extra $10,000? Hail no!
It’s probably just to prevent the iPhone Fold from being the heaviest iPhone in the lineup.
Given fold is said to be 9mm and 4.5mm when open the fold should be pretty light weight
This.
I've had all of the biggest iPhones. Never going back to a Pro Max. Even the regular Pro feels like a brick.
They're going backwards for incremental camera and chip upgrades every year.
They have never "wanted" to be anything like that - they just purport to be "conscious" so they can save money in packaging, chargers and cables while at the same time convincing naive customers that they are helping reduce waste.
Just like "bio" food which costs almost twice as the normal one with zero real benefits, health- or otherwise.
Stereo speakers vs mono speaker. Dual camera vs single camera; no ultra wide camera. Lack of macro photography, cinematic mode and spatial video. Less battery life and slower charging.
4.8mm was also rumored. Given its width and height, total volume should be roughly 90% of the iPhone Pro Max. Yes, my comment was a bit hyperbole, I would expect the iPhone Fold to be around 200–210 grams.
Passed by the Apple Store today to check out the 17 line along with the Air, and frankly, it's appalling how ugly the Pro phones are. And I am not even talking about the colours, which add to the ugliness. The whole phone is just hideous. Of course, this is purely subjective. But boy, if 18 continues this same trend, I guess I will be waiting it out too.
Furthermore, the metre is defined in length by reference to the speed of light in metres per second. The Second, by the frequency of caesium 133 and the humble Yard, by reference to the metre, 0.9144 metres to be precise.
Not really condescension, more just facts really.