Thread: Thin is in
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Old 10-09-2020, 07:02 AM   #27
John F
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Originally Posted by JSWolf View Post
I do agree that making a device too thin means giving up something. Apple gave up the headphone jack on the iPhone, TVs give up speaker quality, Readers give up being easy to hold without a case. The thing is, for a lot of people, too thin means not easy to hold be it a reader, phone, etc.
And making device too thick means giving up something. TVs were extremely bulky and heavy, readers were too bulky to care conveniently, they were too heavy for extended periods of reading while holding.

The thing is, for many, too thick means not easy to hold be it a reader, phone, tablet, laptop, ...

Let them make things thinner until they are too thin. For many things, we aren't there yet.
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