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Iphone 5 design

There are plenty of smartphones that are bellow 7mm so it's definitely NOT the world's thinnest smartphone. It's pretty thin though....

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What are we talking about?
 
Sure, they could've made it thinner.

Did they forget about the hardware that they had to fit inside of the case?
 
Geckotek said:
Huh, where?
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The power button.

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batting1000 said:
Except the camera hump isn't a button.
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It doesn't disprove my point, though. The bottom line with the RAZR is that an essential part of the body of the phone is thicker than 7.6mm. If Motorola wants to talk averages or volume, that's one thing, but it is disingenuous to say the phone is thinner when it wouldn't fit through a 7.6mm slot.

To be fair, Apple has changed the wording on the site to say "thinnest phone we've ever made." I'm guessing the "4G" iPad flap overseas has their attorneys doing their best to rein in their advertising department.
 
batting1000 said:
Except the camera hump isn't a button.
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yep. Folks dont realize how hard it is to make something compact especially camera lenses. There are real physics constraints and is one of the hardest parts to make thin AND perform well. If you want to tick all the right boxes in regards to aperture, aspherical elements, distortion control, coatings etc the thing is gonna get big. So yea camera "bump" totally counts

Im sure some of you more knowledgeable photographers can chime in

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this is dilemma with new iPod touch. it is 6.1mm thick, yet the camera sticks out. i am sure if there were sensible way apple would have made it flush
 
Geckotek said:
Thinner is not innovative...everyone is doing thinner.

Designing your own processor that blows away the competition and is still power efficient is innovation

Designing a new connector that is "direction agnostic" and requires no center pin is innovation

Designing an all aluminum unibody chassis is innovation
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This times a million.
 
WindWaker said:
Isn't the Oppo Finder in the 6mm range? Or maybe that was just a concept that never hit the market?
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I think 7.1 at it's thickest.

iPhone is not the thinnest people, so please stop touting that. But the design is still great.
 
Tech198 said:
Ya.....


Invoovation?

Thats still thw word here.

The facts are there. Eliminate the round buttons, and make then like look like the slide/lock switch..... Look at all that space ? Thats what i mean...

Straight buttons waste less space than round ones do anyday
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Buttons round or straight are constrained by finger size, they still need to be big enough to press. Buttons are not the only issue, still have speakers, microphone, and charging connector to worry about as well. Ultra thins a bit tougher than you think.
 
WindWaker said:
Ahh, didn't know that.

But yeah, the iP5 is definitely one of the nicest phones out there in looks.
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I know because every freakin time an iPhone fan calls the iPhone 5 the thinnest an Andriod fan throws out the Oppo Finder. I've never even heard of the damn thing until a few days ago. I really wish everyone would just drop it already. :rolleyes:
 
aDRock1154 said:
This times a million.
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Yes.. hardwares more important.....

Who cares what the phone looks like anyway.....:apple:

I bet it can be the fattest phone even and people would STILL buy it because of better hardware,
 
Tech198 said:
im just curious about the "innovation" side.
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I think that making a phone a good deal thinner than most other phones is pretty damn innovative. Remember, they had to reengineer everything inside of the phone. If there was just one part they couldn't figure out how to make thinner, the entire phone couldn't be slimmed down.

Personally, I think they achieved a feat very similar to the feat of designing the thin Macbook Pro Retina. That's pretty astonishing, if you ask me.
 
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JBuff88 said:
I think that making a phone a good deal thinner than most other phones is pretty damn innovative. Remember, they had to reengineer everything inside of the phone. If there was just one part they couldn't figure out how to make thinner, the entire phone couldn't be slimmed down.

Personally, I think they achieved a feat very similar to the feat of designing the thin Macbook Pro Retina. That's pretty astonishing, if you ask me.
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True..

I'm just on the side of .... "well all technology is getting smaller now-a-days, kind of augment, rather than the "its not impossible to do anything"
 
Tech198 said:
True..

I'm just on the side of .... "well all technology is getting smaller now-a-days, kind of augment, rather than the "its not impossible to do anything"
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So, you're thinking don't slim down the phone, and in turn add cutting-edge technology that may or may not be ready for the lime light? I don't think that's a terrible opinion, just not what I think they should/will do. I prefer measured responses to technology changes.

With that said, if technology (cutting edge or not) comes out to increase the battery life further, I'd want Apple to implement that asap. That's my biggest irk with tech.
 
The thinner it is, the more likely it is to break. I've only broken 3 iPhone 4's by sitting on them, how many more must I break?
 
Ok, back to the original post... the iPhone 5 is already thinner than the Galaxy 3. So, how is making the iPhone even thinner going to "trump" the G3??
 
mateo124 said:
The thinner it is, the more likely it is to break. I've only broken 3 iPhone 4's by sitting on them, how many more must I break?
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I dreamt that I sat on my 4s and crushed both the front and back. It was basically curved. So glad I woke up. :eek:
 
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