Thin... is this their definition of thin? That fucking camera will be a balancing problem.
this post was submitted on 09 Sep 2025
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I wanted a small phone, not a thin phone. 😭
For every person who likes small phones, there’s a thousand people who’d rather buy a 7" behemoth. I’ll be using my 13 mini for as many years as I can, but we’ve lost the battle :(
At least the Air is probably more comfortable to use than the others
They tried for a few years and it obviously didn't sell very well. People want large screens.
Personally, as much as I like the idea of it and missing my iPhone 5, I couldn't bring myself to buy a Mini.
The mini was quite a compromised phone. And I get it, they have to make it look good. They don’t want some thick ass small phone with an apple logo on the back. Unfortunately, that’s exactly what I want.
Bendgate 2.0
Zach from JerryarigEverything is gonna snap this like a well tempered Hershey bar.
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I really wanna see how successful this model will be. I’d never accept thinness as a trade off.
I'm interested. Thinness isn't as much of a draw as weight to me. I have a 16 Pro now and am kinda tired of how heavy it is. As long as the battery gets me through a 16 hour day that's all i need.
Also if I need extra battery life, they brought back the magsafe battery which i can keep in a backpack. Best of both worlds.
Also brought back bumper cases which I loved.
I feel they'll sell less in quantity, but make money on the accessories? They did mention them specifically during the presentation of the iPhone 16 Air.
Ultra-Thin
but why
They ran out of ideas when Steve Jobs died of ligma
Who’s Steve Jobs?
Who is ligmar?
Because it looks impressive
Because Samsung did it.
Samsung did it because it leaked Apple was always doing this.
It’s likely a test case for their upcoming foldable. If they make it this thin they can Cana decent idea of some of the failure modes of the foldable that they may not have predicted.
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Leave it to Apple to put a small phone battery, to sell another battery for you to stick it outside the case, and kill the inside battery faster by using the most inefficient energy transfer technology. This must check all the money related boxes for their accountants. Bravo.
but next year they will invent the folding phone.
Camera bump madness!
By the way, for everyone that says you're supposed to buy a case for it, well hear me out...
Being expected to buy a case in addition to the separate purchase of the phone, well that means the phone itself isn't even complete. And it was literally engineered that way, some extra parts and assembly expected on your part.
But if you do opt for a phone case, well that case also holds in heat and makes it get even hotter while charging or in use, which itself is also not good for the device.
A properly designed device shouldn't have a camera bump, but should rather have a flush uniform and sturdy enough screen and shell that you shouldn't particularly even need a separate phone case in the first place.
What is "APR"?
on the iPhone 16 Pro (ofc I haven't seen the new phones so cannot yet say), even the case had a camera bump
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Only the 1 camera? And still the full width camera bump? And it's a full width camera bump that won't sit flat
That camera bump contains the camera and the phones logic board. It’s basically the entire phone minus the battery and screen.
But Apple said it’s a special new hybrid camera that has two cameras in that one camera!
That « optical quality telephoto » garbage makes my blood boil
it has three cameras..two are invisible.
Believe it or not, I love this design.
I'm glad there's one person out there at least. Will you buy it though?
No, I have an 15 pro which I will not be replacing anytime soon. But if I was to buy a new phone now, I would consider it.
Can't wait for this to get into the hands of JerryRigEverything
the folding iphone is finally here!
Hahahah love it
haha it's an old meme
Ok now make it twice as thick and half as tall.
Only twice? How about 4 times as thick?
If I could have a phone that lasts 4-6 days without a recharge, take my money!
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so smaller battery (meaning you will need to replace it earlier, which is bad), larger screen than the base model while having a smaller capacity (making battery life even worse…) compromised cameras (no ultrawide and no telephoto, “optical quality” crop in does not count…), compromised speakers (only the amplified earpiece speaker?), possible durability issues (which may be partially remedied with a case, but that defeats the point of a thin phone…), worse thermals (esp. with the “Pro” chip, albeit one less GPU core, also will make battery life extra worse. iOS 26 is sure to make the thermals worse too…), and more expensive.
For what, a phone that’s a few mm thinner?
For what, a phone that’s a few mm thinner?
so you drop it faster, so then you have to buy a thick rubber case. Smart phones are stupid.
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finally got 120hz in the base model too
Camera bump
After seeing this model was getting the A19 Pro, I was half expecting the Pro to get the M5. Honestly, depending on thermals and size, that could work.
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