The iPod touch form factor would be amazing on the iPhone. How far away are we technologically for this to come true? I bet battery technology is the one thing that is holding back devices from getting even thinner. Any other thoughts/opinions?
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When can the iPhone become as thin as the iPod touch?
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The battery life on the new iPod touch is quite good but its also not running on LTE and it doesn't have a cellular radio. Both of those take up some room. Even halfway between the iPhone 5 and iPod touch would be great.
I might be an exception, but I don't understand the craze with making things thinner. When do you say enough is enough? I think it's fine.
As someone who has a iPod touch, I find it pretty uncomfortable to hold for a long period of time. Because it is so thin, the edges are quite sharp. I just don't know if I would want my phone that I use all the time that thin. Once it is that thin, there is no way it can be made comfortable to hold.
Agreed. I'm quite happy with the thickness of my iPhone 4S. I doesn't need to be any thinner.
I second this. In fact, I say make it as thick as the 4/s and give us more battery.
I agree. The iP5 is about the perfectly level of thickness in a phone. I wouldn't want it be iPod sized. Too uncomfortable for using frequently.
It will never happen as long as the iPhone is a phone. It needs more space for more parts, so it will never be exactly as thin as an iPod touch of the same generation.
I find the new iPod Touch very nice to look at. But IMHO, I find it very uncomfortable to holdmostly because of its thinness. Honestly, I'm at the point where I don't want the iPhone to be thinner than the 5 
Thin seems to be the "thing" these days. Personally, I think these phones are thin enough and honestly you cannot tell the difference between .001 whatever after a week of using any phone.
I'm more focused on OS, screen size/quality and call quality.
Considering how much phone components have decreased in size, it is not inconceivable that you could make a phone as thin as the touch in a few years. So sure, maybe they can't make it as thin as a current generation touch, but they could make it that thin eventually. However, I don't see that happening.
I think that's what we said for the iPhone 4/4s, but Apple still managed to do it. But yea, I agree, the iPhone 5 seems perfect right now.
Am surprise the big screen people haven't jumped in here and go, you %#^%* kidding me, we want to go bigger, not smaller still!
The chauvinist in me says a Touch phone will look good for the female, but surprisingly am finding women around me are the ones getting the huge Sammy phones... go figure.
The chauvinist in me says a Touch phone will look good for the female, but surprisingly am finding women around me are the ones getting the huge Sammy phones... go figure.
That was my point. If Apple is really engineering to make both devices as thin as possible, I don't see a way in physics to cram cellular, GPS, etc. into the same casing as an iPod touch, especially if you need a larger battery to get the same 8-10 hours from an iPhone.
But yep, pick a generation of iPod touch and Apple could probably hit that mark in a few years. Go find an original iPod touch and I'm guessing the iPhone 5 is probably pretty close. If fact, I just looked up both numbers. The original iPod touch was 0.31" thick. The iPhone 5 is 0.30" thick. But the current-gen iPod touch is 0.26".