Going back to something Doug brought up:

Originally Posted By: tanstaafl.
I am not a smartphone (or really, even any genre of cell phone) user, but if I were, I would happily pay extra to have a cell phone twice as thick as an iPhone IF that extra volume were devoted exclusively to extra battery. Wouldn't tripling (or more) the battery life be worth giving up the stylistic status of a skinny phone? Or is there some other benefit I don't understand?


I'm with you there, Doug. I think that their market research is probably showing that people want their phones to be slim so that they easily fit in their pockets without being bulky. I think, though, that they've successfully slimmed the phones enough that now they could start to fatten them up a bit to improve battery life.

Of course, some manufacturers make aftermarket "battery cases" which do exactly that: A thicker case around the phone which contains a buffer battery. Don't know how well they work.
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