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The ultra-thin bit is mighty convenient when you're taking your laptop all over the house, to the coffee shop, to work meetings, and so forth. And it becomes a competition with rival vendors. "Our new Apple ____ is 1.7 mm thinner and 4 grams lighter than the ultra-light laptop from our competitor Dell!" (or whoever)
So I understand why they do it. On the other hand, the lack of removable batteries and storage on so many flagship tablets and smart phones is a disaster. I would have thought consumers would flock to vendors that only offered both... but I would have thought wrong.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 16 2018, @07:40PM
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by Anonymous Coward
on Tuesday January 16 2018, @07:40PM (#623250)
Yes, my iPad Mini (which I like a fair amount) was so thin I went out and bought a centimeter of black plastic Otterbox to surround it for the inevitable occurrence of bouncing it off my tile floors.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday January 17 2018, @06:28PM
by Anonymous Coward
on Wednesday January 17 2018, @06:28PM (#623699)
And i have seen fanatics from both the iPhone and Android camp claim that it is a good thing that the phones are so thin that they can fit bulky cases on them.
Sorry, but i will take a bulky phone that i can switch batteries on and that can take a fall without a case, thank you very much...
(Score: 1) by bobthecimmerian on Tuesday January 16 2018, @12:06PM (3 children)
The ultra-thin bit is mighty convenient when you're taking your laptop all over the house, to the coffee shop, to work meetings, and so forth. And it becomes a competition with rival vendors. "Our new Apple ____ is 1.7 mm thinner and 4 grams lighter than the ultra-light laptop from our competitor Dell!" (or whoever)
So I understand why they do it. On the other hand, the lack of removable batteries and storage on so many flagship tablets and smart phones is a disaster. I would have thought consumers would flock to vendors that only offered both... but I would have thought wrong.
(Score: 2) by DannyB on Tuesday January 16 2018, @04:00PM (2 children)
Don't get me wrong. I'm not knocking thin. I think Apple has merely done it to excess. Now they're just trying for absurd.
People today are educated enough to repeat what they are taught but not to question what they are taught.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 16 2018, @07:40PM (1 child)
Yes, my iPad Mini (which I like a fair amount) was so thin I went out and bought a centimeter of black plastic Otterbox to surround it for the inevitable occurrence of bouncing it off my tile floors.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday January 17 2018, @06:28PM
And i have seen fanatics from both the iPhone and Android camp claim that it is a good thing that the phones are so thin that they can fit bulky cases on them.
Sorry, but i will take a bulky phone that i can switch batteries on and that can take a fall without a case, thank you very much...