This is a shame. I am going to have to migrate to an Android-based handset for the first time in 15 years because of this change.
It's actually something that Apple's design team is really good at. If you've ever held an IPP or ipad air without its case you'd know what the guy was talking about.
Alas, reading isn't a required skill for commenters.
I refuse to believe anybody at all cares about how light or heavy their phone weighs or how light it "feels".
Nice IMAX you got there.
> I refuse to believe anybody at all cares about how light or heavy their phone weighs or how light it "feels".
Oh yeah, it’s really unbelievable that people would care about the weight of something they carry and move around a significant fraction of their day and people definitely haven’t been complaining about how heavy the 13P / 14P design is since they were released (https://www.reddit.com/r/apple/comments/pw875n/does_anyone_e..., https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/13-pro-too-big-and-heav...) but hey I’m sure you can just call them weak shills or something.
Sorry, what?
10%/19g reduction is about as little as few coins or variation of a t-shirt weight, it's beyond negligible. Drinking an extra glass of water will weigh you down tenfold. What would you say about moment of inertia? That people twist around with phones all day?
My vision’s poor, so I hold everything closer to my face than the average, to get a better look. For items with a lot of text (or other reasons for prolonged near-face use), this can put a small yet noticeable strain on my wrists, elbows and shoulders. You’d think that years of repetitive phone ise would have built up small muscles to compensate, but it hasn’t. I would definitely appreciate a light phone.
I also have an iPhone, but be fucked if I can keep hold of it, it's so light I can seem to actually get a grip on it for longer than about two minutes at a time.
I've had my eufges phone for over a year and still haven't broken the screen. I mate dropped his, same brand, different model, from a second story access platform from where it fell face down on concrete, the glass screen protector was cracked but the phone was fine.
I do not understand the obsession with lightness and thinness, but that's just me, and I suppose the other few thousand who've bought phones that aren't ultra light ultra thin ultra breakable.
So there’s a proven market for a rugged iPhone.
> I also have an iPhone, but be fucked if I can keep hold of it, it's so light I can seem to actually get a grip on it for longer than about two minutes at a time.
Your half-kg phone has trained your motor neurons in such a way that they are not prepared when you hold a ~100g phone. I suggest mixed-interval training. Use both phones regularly (you mention the half-kg one is your daily driver). An anti-slip silicone case for your iPhone should also help.
When I hold an iPhone, it sometimes feels heavy to me. I would say my experience is more representative of the general population than yours.
I had exclusively iPhone's for ten years prior, I couldn't keep hold of any of them. A pop socket help a lot.
And I'd argue I'm not alone, how many phone screen replacements do you reckon repair shops across the globe perform every day?
They're too fragile, and too difficult to take care of.
As for battery, stick a powerbank in your bag. Anker do some nice ones. I got 9 days out of one.
Potentially there even is a secondary market of YouTube reviewers that discuss handling properties of lead vs tungsten cases.