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Oppo Teases 'World's Thinnest Foldable' With Apple Device Comparisons

A few Macrumors commentators once said you cant make anything thinner than iPad M4, it is technically impossible, if Apple could they would have done it already. Well not only was that wrong, we now have it even thinner.

A few Macrumors commentators once suggest you dont need lightning's thinness and USB-C is thin enough. We will never make the devices so thin as Lightning Port anyway. Well Oppo has suggested that the obstacle to making it any thinner is now "the limit of the charging port."
 
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ksec said:
A few Macrumors commentators once said you cant make anything thinner than iPad M4, it is technically impossible, if Apple could they would have done it already. Well not only was that wrong, we now have it even thinner.

A few Macrumors commentators once suggest you dont need lightning's thinness and USB-C is thin enough. We will never make the devices so thin as Lightning Port anyway. Well Oppo has suggested that the obstacle to making it any thinner is now "the limit of the charging port."
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Do you have links to those comments?
 
Let me present to you the all new, thinnest port in the world – USB-Y! It's so thin it's hard to see.
Here it is in highres:
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jlc1978 said:
I don't get all the fascination with foldable phones. Sure, it may be marginally smaller in one dimension; but to do anything I have to unfold it, I can't just glance at it to see the time or that I have a notification. Unless, of course, they add a screen to the back.
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I'm not sure what you mean when you say this. Be it a flip style (which I personally didn't like) or a book style foldable, you can see the time and notifications on both the inner and outer displays via the always on display.
 
ksec said:
A few Macrumors commentators once said you cant make anything thinner than iPad M4, it is technically impossible, if Apple could they would have done it already. Well not only was that wrong, we now have it even thinner.

A few Macrumors commentators once suggest you dont need lightning's thinness and USB-C is thin enough. We will never make the devices so thin as Lightning Port anyway. Well Oppo has suggested that the obstacle to making it any thinner is now "the limit of the charging port."
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neuropsychguy said:
Do you have links to those comments
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I do find it funny that people ask for links about comments on MacRumors. If you've been on this site for two minutes you would see these comments. No links needed.
 
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No Camera? No tele bulge? No speaker? No battery?
Such images are deliberately misleading.
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spartan1967 said:
I’ve always wondered why Apple doesn’t increase the thickness of the iPhone to get rid of those hideous camera bulges & put in a battery that could probably last a couple days for your average user.
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Or even keep the overall thinness, and opt for a wedge at the camera lens module.
We could have Apple Doorstop memes as another benefit, but no.
 
What OS does it run? Android.. Bummer. Hard pass. I’m open to trying a new OS but not Android. Android is unbelievably bad.
 
Ctrlos said:
Oh we'd be here all day of who-copied-who. The iPhone 4 is both heavily influenced by the work of Dieter Rams and kind of looks like a stack of playing cards which were originally invented in ancient China so its all largely swings and roundabouts.
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Bro you have a strain or something? Thats a big time reach.
 
klasma said:
We need micro-USB-C. Lightning would allow for thinner devices than USB-C.
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Lightning would in fact not allow thinner devices. The female end of lightning and USB C is essentially the same thickness. If you make USB C any thinner it will become weak and unreliable. If we want weak and unreliable, we can just use micro USB that already exists.
 
Joshuaorange said:
Lightning would in fact not allow thinner devices. The female end of lightning and USB C is essentially the same thickness. If you make USB C any thinner it will become weak and unreliable. If we want weak and unreliable, we can just use micro USB that already exists.
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The inner (open) height of the USB-C female connector is 2.56 mm. The height of the Lightening female opening is 1.7 mm, and the male connector is 1.55 mm. I’d be surprised if this wouldn’t allow an additional 0.5–1 mm to be shaved off the overall device thickness.
 
klasma said:
The inner (open) height of the USB-C female connector is 2.56 mm. The height of the Lightening female opening is 1.7 mm, and the male connector is 1.55 mm. I’d be surprised if this wouldn’t allow an additional 0.5–1 mm to be shaved off the overall device thickness.
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What does the opening have any relevance to how thick a device can be? The size of the connector housing on the outside is what matters. USB C has a tiny board in the center. It is barely any bigger overall than the male plug. Now lightning on the other hand has connectors on both sides top and bottom that take up space. Also lightning ports are plastic and need more bulk to be strong. I’d bet lightning ports are probably even bigger than USBC. Source: I owned an electronics repair company for over 10 years.
 
Joshuaorange said:
What does the opening have any relevance to how thick a device can be? The size of the connector housing on the outside is what matters. USB C has a tiny board in the center. It is barely any bigger overall than the male plug. Now lightning on the other hand has connectors on both sides top and bottom that take up space. Also lightning ports are plastic and need more bulk to be strong. I’d bet lightning ports are probably even bigger than USBC. Source: I owned an electronics repair company for over 10 years.
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Both connectors need housing in order to securely hold the male connector. In the case of Lightening, the contacts are needed in addition. In order for Lightning to be as thick as USB-C, the housing with contacts would have to be at least 0.46 mm thicker on both sides than the USB-C housing. It isn’t plausible to me that this would be necessary. I believe you that existing housing may be as thick.
 
klasma said:
The EU allows updating the standard if the manufacturers can agree on a new one.
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Imagine all competing companies needing to agree on one standard. If that could've been done we wouldn't have needed the legislation to begin with.

The real thing is that the EU will periodicly update the legislation, however that happens once every 5 years. So either they will need to be moving really quickly into the next standard, or we'll be stuck AT LEAST 10 years with USB-C.
 
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