Slim phones are coming, but most of you don't want them

I want a small screen (about 5"), headphone jack, and unlockable bootloader. That's all.

SD Card also. dont forget the SD Card.
- Hotswappable batteries and an option for a keyboard would be nice too. Virtual keyboards seem like they're getting shittier (at least on Android) and they never matched the accuracy of a regular keyboard.
- And removable battery. This will be coming for EU soon, hoping for the rest of us too.
  Absolutely bonkers that a company can claim to be environmentally friendly despite their phones being practically disposable once the battery gets under 70% health.
- For my own use, I don't care much, but I agree in theory. My 128gb Pixel 4A has 32gb free and I do not actively manage space on it. Android's handling of SD cards is kind of terrible, making them mostly useful for media files. If I did much photography or videography with my phone, I'd want this more.
And a material you can actually grip. Pixel 9 be slippery af
- Almost all the modern flagships have this garbage glass panel on the back that's slippery and can break when dropped. I just don't get it.
Replaceable screen and battery. Actually being able to drop in a new radio would be nice too. I only gave up my op7t because no 5g.
- What benefits are you seeing from 5g? It's obviously faster, but I rarely find myself bandwidth constrained on my phone.

I don't need a paper thin phone. I need a phone with a battery that lasts all day when actively using my phone non-stop with everything on and the screen at maximum brightness.

and (I'd like to add) the ability to change said battery when it, inevitably dies, and the I also want a minimum of 6 years of security update.
- Also, I absolutely do not need the newest shiniest hardware. I want something that can handle WhatsApp/Signal encryption. YouTube playback would be nice, doesn't need to be 1080, 720p is absolutely enough on a phone. And frigging security updates for more than a few years. Can we please figure this shit out.
I would also like a phone that doesn't fall out of my hand because there's not enough of it to actually hold on to, and what there is is polished completely smooth.
Agreed. Make the phones ⅛ in - ¼ (3.18mm - 6.35mm) thicker and use all the extra space for a bigger battery! Virtually everyone throws a case on their phone anyways, so it's not going to be a very noticeable size difference anyways.

I want a battery that lasts a week, a headphone jack, and an eink screen.

That's what I don't get. If they can make a phone that is thinner but lasts 2 days, why not double the battery and make it last 4??

People are still gonna bolt a protective case, screen protector, popsocket, magnifying glass, and a hairdryer to their phone so what does it matter?

Same thinking here.. who can afford a phone without proper case. That case adds bulk and provides option for whatever thickness.
With that being said why not make battery biggers. I don't think i ever heard anyone say they needed thinner phone...
- Manufacturers want them - they break more easily
Desgustang. Naked phone is the only way.
- nudist phone gang 👍
- I make mine wear clear latex.
0.5 + 0.3 < 0.8 + 0.3
what kind of argument are you making, wtf
Let's just make all phones 5cm thick, obviously it doesn't matter?
Obviously thinner is better if you don't have to compromise on anything else
- I'm kidding. I thought it was obvious when I added the hairdryer bit.

Yup just what I want: giant, wafer thin, easily cracked garbage phones that cost $1600. /S

I've seen the light and I'm not going back. From now on I don't care how chunky the phone is, I don't want it to not fit in my pocket due to its stupid phablet dimensions.

I want a phone that stops falling out of my hands man...

True. Everytime I get a new phone I go through around 6 different cases trying to find one that's somewhat comfortable to hold.
This here! 🤣 😅 😆

Just want a phone with more RAM and less AI

True. I want a bulky ass phone with more power, more storage, more battery life, and more accessory compatibility. I want a BRICK

Not very impressive when you also make it longer and wider. You're just pancaking the phones.

Were in desperate need of a small thick, emovable battery / sdcard pocket rocket.

My Oneplus 6, Oneplus 9, and Pixel 8 Pro are all around the same size. The best one from feel alone is the OP6 because it feels solid and it's a bit heavier. Lighter and thinner are way less interesting to me compared to the possibility of 3 day battery life, a headphone jack, or modular construction.

Let's see, decreased durability, decreased battery life...what are the advantages again?

That being said AA should (and probably does) know better. Their audience is not representative of the typical consumer.

Plus it means they’ll definitely have an inaccessible battery. More of that is the last thing many people want.

But it's what certain fruity company and its Dieter Rams wannabe designer in chief made into a trend (along with soldered memory slots and other abominations) because aEsThEtIcZ - despite its implications not only on repairability but sustainability.
- Well yeah and it’s why I’ll never buy a phone that isn’t sustainable. These companies are a poison to our world. It’s just very disappointing to me how few of us have a shred of integrity. It’s so sad and sickening.
  The two big leaders Apple and Samsung they’re leading the way in the poison the earth brigade. And in these times all the assholes who talk about climate change yet use a ton of non-sustainable tech because it’s enjoyable…. They all sicken me and I have no respect for a single one. I’d just as soon they all drop dead.

I don't fucking care of having an even slimmer addictive machine in my pockets. Give me a phone that weights 400g but that has a fucking replaceable battery (that lasts 2/3 days), a good OS, doesn't track me and I can set up as I want.

I've got the newest Samsung and it's already so slim that the cameras are sticking out.
And so slippery that I don't dare use it without a case, defeating the entire purpose.
I'd rather have a thicker phone with more battery life and space for more than just a USB-C port.

I recently upgraded my Pixel, and the old one is sitting on my desk. I took the case off and put it down, and without it, it just slides right off the desk and hits the floor! It's ridiculous!

Slim phones are coming, but most of you don't want them
Our polls show that, if anything, you want thicker phones.

Yeah, some poll on a site for tech nerds is not really representative of the general public. Thick phones with huge batteries exist and they sell like shit, it’s a super niche market.

Expect these thin phones to sell like hotcakes.

That's because everytime I see a thick phone it's the size of my arm. In the same way a wafer thin phone is shit, so is 13 bricks glued together vertically.
- A wafer thin iPhone won’t be shit though. It will be slick as shit. Sure, there will probably be compromises and it won’t be suitable for the most demanding users, but most people aren’t that demanding of their phone. As long as it manages to get through one day it’ll be good enough.
  Don’t underestimate how important the size, weight, build quality and design is to the user experience. I have a 13” M4 iPad Pro which is also crazy thin yet feels absolutely solid and that makes it look and feel like a magical piece of technology. It has a huge impact on how it feels and that is ultimately what matters to people. Not the specs or the benchmarks, but how it feels to use it.

I want something between 'feature phones' and smartphones. A little bit like what Nokia had to offer with Symbian and Maemo but more modern. If you want a rectangle of glass that requires wireless proprietary everything and replacing every time the battery starts packing up, more power to you, I'm a fan of choice and options.

But I want to be able to buy a music phone with great speakers and toys like FM transmitters thrown in. Or a gaming phone with a d-pad, a, b, x, y and shoulder buttons. But like, with Firefox instead of Opera Mini. And social media apps and shit.

The E63 was the peak.

I just want this with modern security updates, unlocked bootloader and enough performance. That's it. Small screen FTW!

The xz1 compact was a favorite for me. Little bit newer, slightly smaller.

Iphone 6 "Bend-Gate" 2: Electric Boogaloo

If the slim phone has a camera bump then is not longer slim and I’m not interested.

My phone is already slim. Most of it is a quarter inch thick. It makes it hard to hold already.

I'm going on 9 years with this current phone. I want my next phone to last double that, at least.

Wow, what phone is still working fine after 9 years????
I feel like 5 years is generally the upper limit of usage due to battery issues, spontaneous hardware failure, slowness due to advancing tech standards, etc. A user serviceable device would be able to help with some of these things but still...
- Not parent poster but my LG G2 just works(tm), been going for 12 years now.
- It's a Samsung A5 (not Galaxy). I didn't really think much of it when I got it, and it started to slow down a few years ago, but I just keep clearing space to speed it up and it just keeps working. Would probably last 2 full days on the battery, so never have to think about that as long as I charge it over night. Not to shill, but at this point I'm rightly impressed. It just works.
  Some apps like Slack have stopped working on it, but nothing that would make me switch to a newer phone.

I want a headphone jack, removable storage, and a grandma leather s view case ....... wait a minute, i already have one, it's my Galaxy S10, and it still runs flawlessly and has saved me multiple thousands of dollars replacing it with something that doesn't have any of those things, thanks Samsung, you made a helluva phone 6 years ago, and I'm runnin this back bitch until the wheels come off

I'm still rockin an S9+! The only issue is that my headphone jack is now gaped and will no longer retain any headphones. I'm currently using a USB-to-3.5mm adapter, but it was nice to be able to distribute the load when they were both available. I'm not sure a single USB-C port would have held up for 7 years if it was doing both jobs full-time.
I actually just repleace mine. I found that it was actually getting pretty slow at browsing the web. Websites have so much garbage code running on them these days. Funny that the new Samsung phones have the same amount of RAM and storage.
Also, the security updates thing was getting to me. I have way to much banking info exposed on my phone to keep using it out of security update window.

Also. Stop doing fucking sloped edge screens...

Yeah. Y'all can keep that.

Haven't phones been getting slimmer and slimmer for the past 10 years or so?

They're working on making them so fragile they cannot even be shipped without breaking.

I'll keep my thicc redmagic with a headphone jack and cooling fan that most likely costs 40% less

Damn I just checked this phone out. This is most likely gonna be my next upgrade.
- I absolutely love it a lot.
  However be aware the under-display selfie camera is pretty bad on the Redmagic 9, and the phone is not waterproof because of the fan and headphone jack. The rain won't kill your phone but submerging it most likely will.
  The battery life is amazing, the fast charging is pretty fast. I think I got 90% battery in less than an hour. And with the fan, it won't overheat when charging, or at all lol
  Also buy a case from Amazon, the case that comes with it is bad lmfao

I like my fat Pixel 9. The edges are satisfyingly grippy!

I use 2 phones. Far better than foldables, can upgrade independently.

I absolutely would want the lightest/thinnest phone possible that is god enough for phone calls/texting, and then my other phone is gaming, and mostly home phone stuff.

I just got a new phone on Friday. There were like 50 kinds, various sizes and thicknesses, foldable, not foldable. The one I got is pretty slim but I'm guessing if people want thick phones someone will keep selling them.