jayhoz said:
That assumes that a thicker iPhone 6 would not have sold as well. I don't think we can say that is true.
The success of the iPhone 6 is due in large part to the 4.7" screen size. Something Apple notoriously fought against for years because they thought they knew better than consumers how to balance tradeoffs.
I don't necessarily agree that a thicker phone would have sold as well because thinness is actually a selling point for me at least and I imagine others feel the same, but I guess we'll never know. You are right, however, that the biggest reason for the popularity of this iteration is the screen size.
jayhoz said:
You guys understand that it only takes longer to charge because it gives you more use time right? You could charge an iPhone with a bigger battery for the same amount of time you do now and get the same use time out of it, It just wouldn't say 100% charged.
I'll defer to you on that. I may have mistakenly inferred from Schiller's comment that smaller batteries charge at a faster rate.
jayhoz said:
I mean...does it piss you off that it takes 6-7 hours to charge an iPad? Do you want a thinner one that lasts 6 hours instead of 10?
I find the iPad (I have the first retina version) fairly useless and hardly use mine, but if I were going to use it more I would definitely trade off thinness for shorter usage.
I guess my bottom line is that battery consistently lasts me a full day so I'm personally fine with the thinness. It seems clear I'm not in the upper percentile of power users, though, because I am aware of the complaints that are out there.