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iPhone 15 Pro Why do Apple keep making products bigger?
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Suits usually have an abundance of pockets (without even getting into the matter of pockets in the lining). And most slacks in my experience have pockets equivalent to jeans pockets. Skinny jeans, I have no experience with, but those might make it hard.
I've been getting the large iPhones since they were first available with the 6 Plus. I'm an average sized dude (5'10", generally pretty fit) and my phone would have to be significantly larger than the current 15 Pro Max to have to sick out of my jeans pockets. Front left pocket, always. This way I don't, ya know, sit on it.
Maybe women's jeans might be an issue (probably where purses come in handy), but mens' jeans shouldn't have a problem holding the large phones.
your description reminds me of the ski boot cycle. there are two boot designs. One has a tongue you pull forward, one has a heel the pulls back. Every few years the industry tells everyone why one is better than the other, coinciding with the shift of production from one to the other.
I agree.
When they dropped the mini, I convinced myself (in hopes that its return was a given) that it was dropped because they could not engineer the satellite stuff into the smaller form factor, and that once they could, it would return.
Now I am feeling the 'what to do' scenario again... where I would be happy to ditch the iPhone completely (I have an iPad so there is a certian redundancy as I don't take the phone out of the house 90%+ of the time) and carry an Inreach for satellite SOS and communications, but the Inreach mini 2 might get smaller with next iteration, and the new imessage via satellite is interesting, except for the phone size. I don't want the large phones, but it could work, maybe. The inreach mini 2 would work for its purpose, but not sure I should go that route right now... so I wait, and hope my iphone mini doesn't die in the meantime, thus forcing some decision.
Bigger screens are more immersive and make it easier to keep the masses hooked. A 12 year old is more likely to develop an addiction watching "content" on his/her large screen iPhone than a 5.4" "mini".
There's a reason every single manufacturer only has phablet size phones these days. It's directly tied to all the "content creation" and the lifestyle built around it.
There's a reason every single manufacturer only has phablet size phones these days. It's directly tied to all the "content creation" and the lifestyle built around it.
I am a 6'2" tall but lean (145 pound) male. While I don't wear jeans, I do have a serious problem with my mini barely fitting in a major portion of my pockets. A major reason I won't go bigger is the need to replace many things to fit the bigger phones, or start carrying a satchel just for it.
A little bigger is OK but I see no need for it on the 16 ProMax. I do hate they want things even thinner! We pay dearly for Apple love of thin. Less battery, poorer cooling and in the past even devices bending.
I still have my iPad Air 2, which I periodically need to flatten the bend out of. I hope that whichever future model I can afford to upgrade to will have enough structural rigidity to not bend so easily.
My iPhone is a 14, and it's plenty big enough! I don't want a bigger phone. My nearest upgrade point would be the future iPhone 17. If the product line differentiation stays the same, I'd consider a Pro for the better camera if I can afford it. I would consider the Pro Max because of the extra zoom, but it's basically an iPad mini now! It's nice to use for media consumption, and as a portable web browser, but calling on one is like taking photos with an iPad. It's so big it feels dumb! If I were convinced by whatever brilliant camera and lens system they put in the Pro Max, I would have to buy a raft of accessories to make it usable as a phone.
Edit: I feel compelled to add that this is my opinion, and it does not infer that I project this to others. Use whatever works for you, we're all different!
What brand of pants are those? Jeans I wear from Levis, to Wrangler, to Eddie Bauer (what I currently wear) I can put almost my entire index finger in my front pocket before it hits the top of my 15 Pro Max. Same with the Eddie Bauer hiking pants I'm currently wearing. I boggle at the idea of men's pants having front pockets so small they barely contain a mini.
Mostly Lululemon.
While the phone fits with room to spare in the 'main pockets', it is also loose and floppy, yet also at risk of falling out when sitting down, as well as generally getting in the way. In the smaller 'wallet and phone' type pockets, the phone fits, barely... so it does not move around, but is also a bit of a pain, so I can't imagine trying to shove something bigger in.
The same thing applies to most of my jackets. The phone is more comfortable in the small pockets within pockets, but barely fits.
In running gear, I find the phone, if I take it, is hard to fit for similar reasons. It either just fits in the smaller pockets, or there is far too much room in the bigger pockets (and i don't want it rattling around). A bigger phone would not fill the bigger pockets.
Have and had none of these problems. They could cut the battery by 1/3 and i would still easily get through the day.
I‘ll take thinner, iPhones have gotten fat lately.
It's funny that my Dickies Cargo Pants have a phone pocket and the iPhone SE is just the right size.
I'm glad you'll have the options, but give me one that's 1mm fatter, and can make it through a day of heavy use! That's what I want. They all feel rather thin to me.
The market has spoken and the vast majority of people want bigger phones. Some want it just for the bigger screen, but in my opinion more want it for the bigger battery (and better battery life) or the better camera systems or screen technology that are just not on the smaller phones. It isn't just Apple, there really aren't any smaller Android phones anymore either.
As I stated many times, I'm hoping that the move to 6.3" and 6.9" in the Pro will open the door for a return of say a 5.8/5.9" iPhone Pro model. While not quite mini I think they could get it closer with the reduced bezels of the newer ipHones and it would be better than nothing!
As I stated many times, I'm hoping that the move to 6.3" and 6.9" in the Pro will open the door for a return of say a 5.8/5.9" iPhone Pro model. While not quite mini I think they could get it closer with the reduced bezels of the newer ipHones and it would be better than nothing!
Yeah, if you wear these pants (and shorts) you know they have the extra pockets. I used to put my phones in the side pocket and a small part would stick out there. But in the back pockets there's no issue. When I was carrying around my iPhone 5, the side pocket held it completely.
Now, I have a Ridge wallet that goes in the side pocket, so my phone(s) go in the back pocket(s) and I never have any problems.
I think after 11th generation. I switched from 11PM to 15PM and it was a little chonky to me
That's good news! Currently I am on the 11 Pro Max and don't plan on updating to the iPhone 15PM until the launch of the iPhone 17 series. So, knowing I will have a thicker phone with flat sides is encouraging.
Well I wear slim pants and man Big phones are a pain. 13 mini all day lol