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minus-squaretahoe@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·9 months agoPhones have stopped getting thinner like 10 years ago
minus-squarekrashmo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·9 months agoNot in any practical sense of the word but that didn’t stop them from removing headphone jacks in order to shave an additional 1/16 of an inch off.
minus-squaredual_sport_dork 🐧🗡️@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·9 months ago in order to shave an additional 1/16 of an inch off. In order to sell more of their “premium” wireless earbuds.
minus-squareunalivejoy@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 months ago“Think differently” Which is why they designed their wireless ear pods as if they cut off the cord for the wired variant.
minus-squareabhibeckert@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·9 months agoUm, you know you can use any bluetooth earbuds right?
minus-squareeclipse@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·9 months agoI’d prefer they make it fatter if the battery would last more than a day as consequence.
minus-squareabhibeckert@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-29 months agoThey literally have done that. For example iPhone 15 Pro Max is 12.5mm thick. The iPhone 6 (thinnest iPhone ever made) was 7mm. There are several iPhones with different batteries but the largest one is 17Wh. The iPhone 6 had a 7Wh battery.
minus-squaretahoe@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·edit-29 months agoThat’s what they do. Compare an iPhone 6 to the current ones, you’ll see they’ve gotten fat
Phones have stopped getting thinner like 10 years ago
Not in any practical sense of the word but that didn’t stop them from removing headphone jacks in order to shave an additional 1/16 of an inch off.
In order to sell more of their “premium” wireless earbuds.
“Think differently”
Which is why they designed their wireless ear pods as if they cut off the cord for the wired variant.
Um, you know you can use any bluetooth earbuds right?
I’d prefer they make it fatter if the battery would last more than a day as consequence.
They literally have done that. For example iPhone 15 Pro Max is 12.5mm thick. The iPhone 6 (thinnest iPhone ever made) was 7mm.
There are several iPhones with different batteries but the largest one is 17Wh. The iPhone 6 had a 7Wh battery.
That’s what they do. Compare an iPhone 6 to the current ones, you’ll see they’ve gotten fat