I've been hoping for Apple to return to "thin" and it's nice that they're trying. I don't know whether I would buy this, but my current iPhone 14 Pro feels like a brick — thick stainless steel
When I go for a run, it's uncomfortable to have in a pocket depending on what running clothes I am wearing. The heaviness makes it feel far more likely to break all the times I have dropped it (and I have dropped it many times, without a case)
What do you need battery life for?
Aren’t you in your house or office or car near a charger most of the day?
Do you spend 90% of your waking day in the middle of an open field far from any sort of charging capabilities?
Why would I add more weight to a phone so I don’t have to put it on the charging MagSafe puck that is inches away from me at all times
Battery life isn't just about runtime it's also about the number of cyles you will be able to do before you have to deal with the bullshit that is iPhone battery replacement.
There is objectively no good reason to prefer that compromise appart from the "feeling" factor, which is not a reason by definition.
If get the battery compromise in the mini iPhones (even thought they could have just made them a bit thicker without changing much of the feel/functionality) because that's part of the deal with the form factor but going with a very large display only to make the phone thinner is beyond stupid.
And it's more expensive when most of the specs sheet is equal or worse.
I don't think the average person sits at home for 90% of the day doing nothing but using their phone and resting it on a magsafe.
But I could be wrong!
Either way, I'm pretty sure that's not the lifestyle Apple wants to market their phone to.
But I could be wrong there, too!
but yeah, everywhere around all day there is charging options easily even in many public transports here around europe, battery life is simply not a convern anymore for most people at all. the only time i even thin kis when I forgot recharging over night for some reason, but then in the office theres plenty of options to recharge too
Those who commute to and from work by car can charge in the car
Those who work in an office can charge at the office
Those who are at school can charge at school
Seriously?
Where are people consuming so much content that they need more than 10 hours of screen time per charge
Just doom scrolling in the middle of a field for 600 straight minutes until their phones die?
It's when you need the phone the most that battery life matters and it's usually when you are very far from your common routine/habits.
When you are in holydays in a foreign city, constantly taking pictures, looking up stuff, using GPS to find places, this is when battery life is the most needed and relevant. Inconveniently, it's exactly the times where it will be hard to find a convenient power sources, exactly when you don't have time to wait in a single spot to let your phone charge and precisely when it's a pain in the ass to have to deal with external batteries and other half-assed inconvenient "solutions".
It makes a huge difference.
But Apple doesn't sell useful technology anymore, they are in the business of selling high end luxury fashion, that sometimes cosplay as technology, so whatever I guess...
When travelling how? By car you have a cable charger or wireless charger in 99% of cars I’ve been in
Planes have plugs Trains have plugs Ubers have plugs
It seems like that is a once in a while occurrence for you
In which case you’d be better off with a thin phone the vast majority of other days and pack a thin MagSafe charger for those once in a blue moon travel days and it would just be slightly thicker than a thick phone while the vast other days you’d have a thin phone
For the people who are at home 90% of the time, they're probably not using a phone the whole time. They'd be better served by a desktop.
the small battery won't affect me much. web browsing is the most demanding workload on my phone, which is not a problem on this a19 soc unlike the 13 mini whose soc struggles to keep up. i also charge my phone every night before i go to sleep and these phones do a great job at not draining overnight.
