Macworld has a wishlist piece on the 2019 iPhone. Some of it is uncontroversial and very likely to happen – things like a better neural engine and improved Face ID (including landscape operation, like the new iPad Pro).
But the site’s Jason Cross also proposes something Apple is extremely unlikely to do: making the 2019 iPhone a little thicker …
Why? Cross suggests it could offer three benefits:
- Lose the camera bump
- Increase the battery capacity
- Accommodate a USB-C port in place of Lightning
If we’re willing to countenance a thicker iPhone, the first two benefits seem no-brainers. The camera bump is something many of us feel spoils the aesthetics of Apple’s recent iPhones, and battery-life is an extremely common pain point.
The third point is more controversial. Changing a long-used port always sparks everything from concern to outrage, but Cross suggests the 2019 iPhone would be the right time to make the switch.
I made my own pitch for this earlier in the year. The most persuasive objection was that Apple is clearly on a path that will see the end of all ports on iOS devices, so why have two lots of upheaval – why not just wait for a fully wireless iPhone? That’s a fair point, but now that the iPad has made the switch, that does add weight to the argument that the iPhone should do it too.
But whatever your view on that, would 1mm more thickness be justified in the 2019 iPhone for either two or three of the proposed benefits? Please take our poll and share your thoughts in the comments.
