Daring Fireball
Perhaps the New Ultra-Thin iPhone Rumored for 2025 Is in Addition to, Not Replacing, the iPhones Pro
https://daringfireball.net/linked/2024/05/20/perhaps-iphone-17-ultra-in-addition-to-iphones-pro
Perhaps the New Ultra-Thin iPhone Rumored for 2025 Is in Addition to, Not Replacing, the iPhones Pro

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Daring Fireball
May 20, 2024 at 10:57pmDF Tootbot
Show threadMartin the paranoid androidMay 20, 2024
@daringfireball @gruber rid of* #dftypo
Show threadJake ZienMay 20, 2024
@daringfireball Wish they'd play with the idea that upmarket doesn't have to mean bigger. Some of us still wish for a one-handed iPhone, and we'd pay pro/ultra prices for it. Imagine: thick enough that the cameras are flush, with multi-day battery. I know it won't happen, and we represent a fraction of a fraction of the user base, but we can dream.
Show threadChris HamiltonMay 20, 2024
@hova414 @daringfireball
Show thread(ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ*:･ﾟ✧*:･ﾟ✧May 20, 2024
@hova414 @daringfireball I hope to think a model specifically focused on thin profile might allow the pro models to gain some heft
Show threadJohn GruberMay 22, 2024
@hova414 They’re not speculating. They’re going by what customers choose.
Show threadGreg KaplanMay 20, 2024
@daringfireball I won’t buy another iPhone until a new mini or equivalent sized phone is released. I’ll just keep buying used mini for years. Killing the mini is was a mistake. People who want big phones have plenty of options. But killing the one phone that even just barely held onto to the idea of a device built for human enamatimy was a poor decision. I’m sure it wasn’t profitable enough for them but it’s still a horrible thing there’s no option for it.
Show threadJohn GruberMay 22, 2024
@kaplag You think they should engineer, market, and sell unpopular phones? I wish the Mini had been popular but it wasn’t.
Show threadGreg KaplanMay 22, 2024

@gruber Is popularity/quantity really the best way to decide to keep products around?

I'd wonder if Apple Vision Pro or Mac Pro are popular? The Mac mini is the worst selling iPad by a long shot and surely sold less than the iPhone mini in the same period.

The mini solves a need no other phone does. People who buy them adore them. I think maybe it wasn't profitable enough but I'd spend more to buy a new mini because I value it that much. They needed to find the right fit but gave up instead.

Show threadswingerofbirchMay 21, 2024
@daringfireball Plus they have an updated iPhone SE on the horizon that will take its place among the less expensive phones and if history repeats itself will for a while have processor parity with the current gen and will have a larger screen that may make redundant one of the regular line iPhones (such as the Plus).
Show threadDamon FergusonMay 21, 2024
@daringfireball “…and we’re calling it: iPhone Thini”. ☺️
Show threadDennis MadridMay 21, 2024
@daringfireball Playing off your spitballing: What if they incorporated the MagSafe elements into the titanium back, so that they’re visible? I.e. not behind a solid piece of titanium but titanium formed around them? I think Apple would be able to come up with a mix of materials and coatings that is functional and stylish; a complimentary blend of shapes and colors that makes the back unique and visually distinct. It would also allow it to be even thinner.
Show threadAndy GalletlyMay 21, 2024
@daringfireball if they’re going futuristic and expensive again, and I don’t think they’ll stop supporting Qi. How about a ceramic back, or a circular ceramic/glass window for charging (like the watch?), titanium for the rest of it?
Remove the port entirely, it’s already on the limit of thickness for the iPad.
Show threadJohn GruberMay 22, 2024
@Agsystems The port is used for pro camera features. They’d need Thunderbolt-speed data transfer of some sort.
Show threadAndy GalletlyMay 23, 2024
@gruber you’re probably right, I was thinking nice-expensive-pro rather that useful-pro.
Those pro phones would still exist right?