alt Hacker NewsIf small phones are difficult, why are phones getting larger as battery and semiconductor tech continues to improve?
Advances in tech should allow phones to be smaller than ever for the same capabilities, or more capabilities for the same size than ever before.
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DrBenCarson • last Wednesday at 10:24 PM
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foldr • last Thursday at 1:41 PM
Expectations have changed. You can't ship a phone now that has the same capabilities as the iPhone 3GS.
> why are phones getting larger as battery and semiconductor tech continues to improve?
I don't doubt that the average phone has grown in size, the base iPhone has stayed roughly the same size for 7 years at this point. The 16 is only 0.15"x0.03"x0.01" larger than the iPhone X from 2017 and the base iPhone peaked in height and width all the way back in 2019 with the iPhone 11.
I think the simple answer is that they've pretty much found the sweet spot and even if there are people out there who want a smaller phone, most of them would still rather have the same size phone with more capability.