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I don't get the effort of reaching that thickness and then bumping that monster at the top. It will unbalance the phone for sure. I mean there must be a consumer base that would buy an ultra light smartphone without the back camera so to make it consistently thin? I'd buy it

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The Plateau also includes all logic boards and most other components for the phone except those that must be physically located on other edges, so getting rid of the camera wouldn’t really help.

The main body of the phone is just battery and display.

Based on what teardown are you concluding the logic boards take up that much? Based on what phone design history where removing cameras failed to free up meaningful space?

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