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'iPhone 7' Thickness Likely to Approach iPod Touch
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Because they are otherwise underspecced and/or come with outdated and/or horrible custom UI that never sees updates? If someone made a waterproof and thick (stock) Android with great battery life, good camera, wireless charging and NFC, I'd be interested in that.
Are you saying there only a few good Android phones and among these none has a three-day battery life? Or that there only a few Android phones with a three-day battery life (and none of those are good)?
And what does this say about user demand for three-day-battery-life phones?
I'm interested in the 6S, but only as a spectator. My 6+ will last me another year, so the iPhone 7 will be my next phone purchase.
But the truth is, the 6S is rumored to be slightly thicker than the 6. No click-bait potential there. Rumors about the 7 being thinner were a cheap way to generate page hits and comments on the Labor Day holiday. They probably sat on this rumor a few days so they'd have something to post on Sunday and keep the revenue flowing in while they grilled some brats on the back deck overlooking the swimming pool.
I'm saying that so far I haven't run into any Android phone that would have all the features I'd like. They may have two or more, but never all of them. If hardware-wise everything is included, it's ruined by the software (I'm looking at you, Samsung). I don't mind charging my phone every night, but I'd really like to make it through the day, even on those occasions when the day extends closer to the next morning and may involve travelling in areas with bad signal.
Those phones are usually mid range and not flagship also ugly.
Sony are the closest as they are the only manufacturer which offer 2 day battery life and flagship specs including waterproof.
They aren't squeezing anything out of you. In fact that extra money you spent gives you far superior post purchase warranty and service than any company I've ever dealt with. They also don't "screw" you over like other companies that shovel bloatware down your throat like there is no tomorrow.
If Apple wanted to REALLY squeeze money out of you they'd just drop the 16gb tier all together and make everyone start with the 64gb at $749. At the 16gb tier and even lowering the price of previous generations so it becomes the "starter iPhone" or one that is for a lighter user.
All you're still doing is complaining that Apple won't give you more free stuff because... what? you bought 2 iphones and a Macbook over the last decade? All for the sake of being a "loyal customer".
Go run a successful business and come back and tell me how much you love lowering your bottom line for "loyalty".
I imagine they do indeed have an idea, but I am surprised they haven't chosen to go that route yet.
With the modern iPhone being a practically solid state unit, a very small percentage of customers would be bothered by not being able to disassemble their phone quite as easily, but a much larger percentage of customers would welcome not having to worry about their daily companion getting soaked and damaged in a surprise rainstorm.
Plus, the Lightning port is already certified waterproof, so they simply need to purchase one of the companies that owns an established electronics waterproof coating process.
wow.... just goes to show... the best iPhone design we will ever have was the 5/5s folks. it's all downhill from here. interesting how steve was influential with the design of the 5 series but the 6/6s and beyond is Ive's thing. not saying steve wouldn't have gotten addicted to making things thinner, but....
why would they? more money from out of warranty water damage replacements
How thin they will go? Here’s the specs of iPhone 103S:
-Credit card size and thickness (Johnny is laughing manically from Heaven).
-Simple, magical design.
-Battery life: 83 years on standby, 1 day of active usage. Self-recharge.
-Waterproof, shockproof. Flexible.
-Apple A187 chip.
-Unlimited memory capacity (or 16 GB base storage for entry model).
-Revolutionary, lensless Retina Hologram projection (Samsung will call it sHologram in their next year's Galaxy S184 Fringe+).
-SIRI, rebranded SELMA - finally a truly useful digital assistant, with motherly personality (or you can download more flirty Cortana from the Appstore).
Available September 19, 2193 (or slightly sooner, if you are police Captain of Fugitive Retrieval Section).
-Credit card size and thickness (Johnny is laughing manically from Heaven).
-Simple, magical design.
-Battery life: 83 years on standby, 1 day of active usage. Self-recharge.
-Waterproof, shockproof. Flexible.
-Apple A187 chip.
-Unlimited memory capacity (or 16 GB base storage for entry model).
-Revolutionary, lensless Retina Hologram projection (Samsung will call it sHologram in their next year's Galaxy S184 Fringe+).
-SIRI, rebranded SELMA - finally a truly useful digital assistant, with motherly personality (or you can download more flirty Cortana from the Appstore).
Available September 19, 2193 (or slightly sooner, if you are police Captain of Fugitive Retrieval Section).
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How thin they will go? Here’s the specs of iPhone 103S:
-Credit card size and thickness (Johnny is laughing manically from Heaven).
-Simple, magical design.
-Battery life: 83 years on standby, 1 day of active usage. Self-recharge.
-Waterproof, shockproof. Flexible.
-Apple A187 chip.
-Unlimited memory capacity (or 16 GB base storage for entry model).
-Revolutionary, lensless Retina Hologram projection (Samsung will call it sHologram in their next year's Galaxy S184 Fringe+).
-SIRI, rebranded SELMA - finally a truly useful digital assistant, with motherly personality (or you can download more flirty Cortana from the Appstore).
Available September 19, 2193 (or slightly sooner, if you are police Captain of Fugitive Retrieval Section).
For the parts of the post that aren't obvious attempts at humor, I would expect similar specs in the next 20 years, not by 2193.
Hopefully this isn't accurate. At some point the big goofy home button needs to go so that the iPhone no longer has the largest bezels of any phone. For phones of their size, the 6 and 6 Plus actually have small screens.
At this point all I really care about is battery life. An extra millimeter of space in my pocket is meaningless. Why doesn't Apple understand this? Must be a marketing thing; however, if they could increase the battery life by 50%, for example, imagine how well they could market that against their competitors? I know of many people who would be more inclined to purchase an iPhone if this were the case.
You know what the hardest thing to do in sports is?
Hitting a MLB baseball
Why? Round bat vs round ball. Not good surface area to contact one another.
The curved edges on the iPhone 6 vs my curved fingers definitely make it more slick and slippery.
If the iPhone kept the same flat edges as the iPhone 4 and 5, the bigger size of the 6 and 6+ would definitely be compensated by that
Hitting a MLB baseball
Why? Round bat vs round ball. Not good surface area to contact one another.
The curved edges on the iPhone 6 vs my curved fingers definitely make it more slick and slippery.
If the iPhone kept the same flat edges as the iPhone 4 and 5, the bigger size of the 6 and 6+ would definitely be compensated by that
Good point, not being facetious.
The headphone jack is a huge limiter for how thin a phone can be.
How long til this is removed or an adapter is needed for the lightning port? iPhone 7?
I wonder how many of the people here wanting more battery life in a thicker package actually walk their talk and get battery cases for their iPhones ...
I'd be all for a battery case if it didn't hide the backside of my pretty iPhone. If Apple made one with the same color as my iPhone with the nice Apple logo on the back, sign me up.
I'd actually be okay with it being considerably thicker if it meant my kids would have a harder time breaking it.
#ThinEnough!
#ThinEnough!
I guess Apple knows pretty well how much more they could sell with the 50% more battery offer and how much more they could sell by making the phone thinner. And the thinner phone won out that contest. How many people compare battery life when purchasing a phone and how many people just look at the device and how it feels in the hand?