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Why is weight even a concern? Thinness I get because that makes a real difference in your pocket, but what's the point of reducing the weight a tiny bit?

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Mostly because they insisted on making the Pro models with stainless steel instead of aluminum, which made them way heavier for no reason. The 34 gram difference between the iPhone 14 and 14 pro is very noticable in the hand.

So now they have introduced the titanium frame as a solution to their self-inflicted problem, which still isn't as light as the aluminum non-pro iPhones.

I hear plastic is cheap, light and durable too. That would solve it.

I suppose being design sensitive folks, as many Apple customers are, you could argue that plastic looks cheap. But then, most iPhones these day have a case that completely hides those stainless steel/aluminum/titanium/glass parts anyway...

I'm a huge fan of plastic phones. Lighter, cheaper and who can tell the difference if it's in a case?

> I suppose being design sensitive folks, as many Apple customers are

That trope is so very, very tired, surely on HN we can get past it?

The iPhone has over 50% market share. The vast majority of iPhone owners do not give two shits about the design of the phone. They slap it in a case anyway, and get on with their lives.

To be fair, some ways of holding the weight of the phone in one hand, e.g. resting the weight on your pinky finger along bottom edge, can cause hand injury/RSI. So weight isn’t a totally solved problem.

Does this actually cause hand injury? The bent-pinky-finger social media panic was easily defeated by realizing both of your pinkies, not just the one that holds your phone, have the same bend: it’s a knuckle.

Not the bend. Just that it hurts if you hold it like that for too long :(

I started to use those stand cases, and I'm not going back. They Make the phone so much more thicker, but also make it so much easier handle.

Try to get one of those holders that magnetically click to your iPhone. I don't want to say the brand, but something with socket. They are an RSI-saver.

I felt the same until I got a 14 Pro. I’m not sure if you’ve held one, but man these things are heavy, and I don’t even have a Max. Very noticeable compared to a 14 non-Pro.

Some of us wear lighter clothing. I've noticed my phone actively pulling down my gym shorts.

When I hold my phone while sitting or standing, there's no issue at all. But when I am lying down in bed, it becomes super annoying to hold the phone. Doesn't matter whether I am on my back or my sides.

I upgraded from an iPhone 13 Pro Max to a 15 Pro Max and even the small weight loss feels pretty significant. It’s a phone that is a lot nicer to hold.

Yeah it's interesting how an 8% change can be so perceptible. I think it's also a change in the moment of inertia contributing to that feeling. The 13PM that I traded-in for my 15PM feels like a brick in comparison.

You must have very thin pockets! In mine the difference between 8mm and 9mm is undetectable.

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