I remember discussions of laptops in the 1990s -- "who needs a laptop under 10 pounds? 10 pounds is nothing! Look at the full features you get... color, stereo speakers, a 486DX/2!"
Anybody selling a 10 lb laptop today would go broke faster than RIM.
The whole point of a mobile device is something MOBILE. If it's big, thick, heavy, and loaded with features, it might as well be a tablet (or gawd-help-us, a "phablet"... that word should be banned from the English language).
I understand that people obsessed with tech specs will want the "biggest and best," but the vast majority of users will want something "with plenty of room to grow" that isn't thick, heavy and clunky when compared with other handsets.
The Lumia 920 is not physically massive compared to the SIII and One X. 60g is not comparable to 4kg, unless you're suggesting that we as a species will become incapable of lifting a fifth of a kilogram in the near future.The whole point of a mobile device is something MOBILE. If it's big, thick, heavy, and loaded with features, it might as well be a tablet (or gawd-help-us, a "phablet"... that word should be banned from the English language).
What is this sorcery?My preteen daughter's Pantech Swift is 177.5g.
The same would happen to a Nokia 920, smartphones were not made to be dropped...Google galaxy S III drop test and see for yourselves what happens.
We are in 2012... the iPhone was thin at the time...
We are in 2012... the iPhone was thin at the time...
It's almost like saying, "Nobody complained about the Samsung Instinct being thick" it was fine at the time... technology moves fast, nanotechnology is around the corner...
Sure but Android and iPhone users don't like thick devices, if you want people to switch you gotta offer what people want with a little extraSo we're just going to keep "progressing" and making phones thinner until their thin enough to give you a cut? I mean, seriously, there has to be a limit somewhere.
Take screens for example, they seem to keep getting larger. Why? My hands aren't getting any bigger tomorrow. If phone screens keep getting larger, they're going to become tablet sized (which is what someone on this board wants, but I don't).
How about cars? Up until recently, every time a model is redesigned, it's dimensions get larger. So the car becomes heavier, sometimes slower, less nimble, harder to park, and less fun to drive. So what used to be a fun car, is sometimes ruined!
Just to show you that the extremes of more/less isn't always better, read this:
Is The iPhone’s Biggest Setback Its Lightweight Form Factor? These Folks Think So - TodaysiPhone.com
Not everyone likes the lightness of the new iPhone.
Yes it does make a difference with regards to pocketability.
There are heaps of people still uses the 3G/S. None I have met complain about its thickness.We are in 2012... the iPhone was thin at the time...
I think that Nokia should have redesign the camera sensor to make it smaller, it is a poor excuse on my point of view. Apple would have find a way to make it smaller to make sure that it don't adds any unwanted thickness