iPhone 13 Pro Max Thicker and heavier -- what gives?

[TopToffee]

Friend of mine went to the Apple store yesterday to get her 7 Plus battery changed. She played with the 13 Max.

"Soooo heavy," she said. "It hurt my wrist just playing with it."

On the tiny off chance this is true, your friend should see a doctor.

 

[tis]

On the tiny off chance this is true, your friend should see a doctor.

Maybe you should see an optometrist. Normal eyesight doesn’t require such a large screen 8” from your face to be able to see it.

 

[TopToffee]

Maybe you should see an optometrist. Normal eyesight doesn’t require such a large screen 8” from your face to be able to see it.

Weird shout. Every day usage hardly comparable to picking up a phone and having a play with it for a short spell in a store.

Is defending obvious trolls a new pastime I wasn’t aware of? No longer down with the kids

 

[Bethanie21]

I like the weight of my 13 Pro, to me (keywords here) it makes it feel premium. I don’t run with my phone or keep it in a pocket so it’s really not that noticeable to me.

 

[jcp007]

Thicker and heavier aren't necessarily descriptive of my experience. Compared to my iPhone 12 Pro Max, my iPhone 13 Pro Max is only slightly heavier. It seems to have a sense of being more dense. Overall, my iPhone 13 Pro Max has a much more premium feel than my iPhone 12 Pro Max.

 

[hemon]

"More weight = more premium and I love it" Are you really such a sheep that you accept and justify the superior weight of the pro? I have no word for this.

Sorry but no, more weight is just bad (for the pocket, the hand or whatever …), stop!

And yes, I really wanted the pro but I cannot accept the more weight compared to the 13 which sometime I find to be uncomfortable in the pocket.

 

[Royksöpp]

Oddly enough the Pro looks thinner than the standard 13. I looked at both and the Pro still looked thin. Perhaps it's the huge camera system that makes it appear thinner?

 

[DeepIn2U]

The first half of the first page in this thread rocks! The banter of 4 words or less takes me back to “Who’s On First” skit by Abbott & Castello. Classic.

What turned outs as frustration between to people just ended up being awesome comedy. And people insinuate others on threads don’t have a life. Some of us are in pandemic restrictions or hate cold weather or just saving funds for other goals no reason to spend. But threads like this are golden.

 

[Hexley]

I wish all past iPhones from the 1st one in 2007 to today were thicker to have a larger battery.

240g + case is not that bad considering the lengthy battery life.

 

[baypharm]

What we need is not a larger battery - we need advanced power technology to make our devices last longer than a few days.

 

[Taz Mangus]

What we need is not a larger battery - we need advanced power technology to make our devices last longer than a few days.

Solid State batteries.

 

[JCCL]

Maybe you should see an optometrist. Normal eyesight doesn’t require such a large screen 8” from your face to be able to see it.

Ignorance speaking. Larger screen doesn’t necessarily make things bigger. Most users will keep it the same but add more content.

And frankly dude I am not an athletic person, but never once I’ve felt “oh I’m tired of holding such a heavy phone” with my iPhone 13 pro max

 

[killhippie]

People moan the battery life is to short, Apple gives great battery life people moan their wrists hurt! Trolls to the left, trolls to the right, iPhone 13 Pro smack bang in the middle with great battery life.

 

[bushman4]

thinner and lighter is a thing of the past as far as an iPhone is concerned
The jury has spoken and better Battery life and a better camera win out over thin and light
Maybe one day when graphene batteries become a reality

 

[HYPOKON2000]

The thickness and weight of these phones is insane. So what did Apple do? Made them thicker and heavier!

iPhone 13 models thicker and heavier, TrueDepth notch slightly taller than iPhone 12 lineup | AppleInsider

Apple's latest iPhone 13 models eschew the company's long-held "thinner is better" mantra in favor of better camera systems and larger batteries.

appleinsider.com

I used to think the picture below was a joke. Now I know it's just a leaked image of the iPhone 14 in its case.

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5 words it’s still a free country.

 

[tomtad]

thinner and lighter is a thing of the past as far as an iPhone is concerned
The jury has spoken and better Battery life and a better camera win out over thin and light
Maybe one day when graphene batteries become a reality

So this is why they use stainless steel for the chassis then when lighter metals are available?

Sometimes you just have to call out bad design

 

[Danfango]

thinner and lighter is a thing of the past as far as an iPhone is concerned
The jury has spoken and better Battery life and a better camera win out over thin and light
Maybe one day when graphene batteries become a reality

Yeah 100% this. My 13 Pro is fairly heavy compared to my old 12. But you know what? I'm fine with it. The thing lasts all day easily and the camera is pretty good.

The other option is a friend who has a 12 mini has to carry a power bank around with her all day which weighs combined much more than the 13 Pro.

And if 100g or so is really an issue, hit the gym and lose it somewhere else

 

[babyexercise]

Two words: Timmy rules

 

[Greenmeenie]

I’m 6’4” tall & have huge hands, so even the iPhone Pro Max seems puny to me.

 

[Devyn89]

So, now that people are getting their new 13s, I see a lot of complaints about the weight.

It's simple, folks: weight matters.

You want to carry a brick? Buy a brick.

You want a phone that you can carry around and hold comfortably? Skip the iPhone 13. ("And hey, let's not only make the phone heavier; let's give it square edges so that people holding it tightly feel some pain!" --T. Cook)

Steve Jobs would have picked this up once and then screamed for T. Cook to come to his office, where Jobs would have started slapping around Cook immediately, saying "WTF IS THIS?!?"

Jesus y’all need to leave Steve alone, he’s been dead for over 10 years. Stop invoking him like some sort of messiah. Who cares what he’d think? The world is so vastly different than it was in 2011. People are doing way more on their phones now. Also you didn’t know him, stop pretending you know what he’d want. You can have an opinion without falling back on him, assuming you know what he’d want in 2022.

 

[mpavilion]

Jesus y’all need to leave Steve alone, he’s been dead for over 10 years. Stop invoking him like some sort of messiah. Who cares what he’d think? The world is so vastly different than it was in 2011. People are doing way more on their phones now. Also you didn’t know him, stop pretending you know what he’d want. You can have an opinion without falling back on him, assuming you know what he’d want in 2022.

Eh, I think Apple brought this kind of thing on themselves, with the Cult of Steve they promoted for years.

 

[halfmoonconure]

When I removed my new iPhone 13 from it's box I was happy to see it had a little more weight to it , like a product that is well designed, and built to last, very happy I can have a great phone like this, life is good!