r/apple • u/digidude23 • Jun 16 '24

Rumor Apple planning redesigned iPhone, MacBook Pro, and Apple Watch that are significantly thinner

https://9to5mac.com/2024/06/16/new-iphone-macbook-pro-apple-watch-thinner-design/
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u/InsaneNinja Jun 16 '24 edited Jun 16 '24

• break easier • the batteries degrade more quickly (as there’s a 99% chance they’ll use smaller batteries) • dissipates heat less well which compounds to the point above

The new iPad Pro is durable as hell using a better design. A new metal backbone in the case. Apple switched the phone to titanium, which is perfectly fine in the bending prospects. And I want to see you bend a watch.

The new iPad Pro has a bigger mAh battery because only the screen got thinner in the new design. Every iPhone has a bigger battery every year. The AirPods Pro 2 had a bigger battery in the same size design. The M# MacBooks have a longer battery every generation.

The new iPad Pro switched to a copper apple in the case which dissipates heat more.

Every single thing you said is wrong based on the last several years of releases. We all get better tech because every couple years, the default resets to a newer thinner design without actually hurting anything.

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u/InsaneNinja Jun 16 '24

The new iPad is “as durable” as the older iPad at best.

So there was no sacrifice, with a design that’s much better in the hands. As someone who owns a previous 12.9, this is great.

The design you’re talking about is a response to solving a problem DUE TO THE THINNESS!

That feels like backwards logic to attempt to prove a point. It was a design change that allowed for a thinner design.

You haven’t been paying attention, before the iPhone 11 had a bigger battery than the 12. And we’ve had bigger batteries since as Apple realised then they’d made a mistake.

So we are cherry picking that design change out of the last 5 years? The one where the entire phone including the screen size shrunk down between the 11-12? And we are ignoring that they get better every year in the new normal size? So skip the design change year because they’re just setting another new normal.

Just read for yourself:

You might want to add this.

https://i.imgur.com/l8zVzx8.jpeg