Why would you want worse battery life just for shaving 2,31 mm and 12g. That's a ridiculous compromise, especially since weight is the more important factor and it's going to be barely noticeable in this case.
Battery life isn't just about runtime it's also about the number of cyles you will be able to do before you have to deal with the bullshit that is iPhone battery replacement.
There is objectively no good reason to prefer that compromise appart from the "feeling" factor, which is not a reason by definition.
If get the battery compromise in the mini iPhones (even thought they could have just made them a bit thicker without changing much of the feel/functionality) because that's part of the deal with the form factor but going with a very large display only to make the phone thinner is beyond stupid.
And it's more expensive when most of the specs sheet is equal or worse.
also in the thinner camp here, and would gladly have accepted a way worse camera if they made the back uniformly thin actually. the closer we get to the "just a glass plate" thin design from the expanse the better :-)
but yeah, everywhere around all day there is charging options easily even in many public transports here around europe, battery life is simply not a convern anymore for most people at all. the only time i even thin kis when I forgot recharging over night for some reason, but then in the office theres plenty of options to recharge too
Yes I have a charger in the car, downstairs in my house upstairs in my house in the office and have a portable anker charger if I fly or go backcountry skiing for the entire day
A charger is like $50
Why would I carry around a brick in my pocket instead to save a few chargers
How does that make any sense
Also my iPhone 14 Pro lasts a full day 90% of my days on 1 charge
I use my iPad or MacBook most of the day for work or am driving
When you go travelling and do not want to carry around a backpack, and 1 day of heavy video recording, watching youtube on train plus 1 year of lithium battery degradation. That's when I want larger battery.
Most planes and trains in Asia don't have chargers. Maybe your country does. Your country is not the norm. Places that do have chargers are swarmed by people with tiny batteries desperately trying to charge up. And those charging spots charge about 1% every 15 minutes.
As someone who's been all around the world and goes places every week, I'd take a battery that lasts all day and charges when I sleep over needing to stop and try to get another 5% of charge wherever I can and constantly being on the lookout for chargers.
Also, people go into nature. We take hikes and walks in the park. It's nice to have a map there. It's also not easy to charge in the middle of the forest. And there are lots of people outside and needing good batteries. Nobody is staying home 90% of the time.
Aside from desiring a longer battery life, you'll likely be shocked to hear that some of us (non-iphone users) still use the Aux jack and the SD card slot too!
It's all about the tail scenarios. Sure, my daily life is OK. But what about when traveling or spending a weekend day bopping around doing errands, getting a bite to eat, then going to a friend's house? I never want to think about charging my phone until I go to bed.
Yes that's it. I'm dumbfounded by the people arguing about the common life.
It's when you need the phone the most that battery life matters and it's usually when you are very far from your common routine/habits.
When you are in holydays in a foreign city, constantly taking pictures, looking up stuff, using GPS to find places, this is when battery life is the most needed and relevant. Inconveniently, it's exactly the times where it will be hard to find a convenient power sources, exactly when you don't have time to wait in a single spot to let your phone charge and precisely when it's a pain in the ass to have to deal with external batteries and other half-assed inconvenient "solutions".
It makes a huge difference.
But Apple doesn't sell useful technology anymore, they are in the business of selling high end luxury fashion, that sometimes cosplay as technology, so whatever I guess...
When you are doing all those things isn’t your phone in your pocket and therefore not draining battery?
When travelling how? By car you have a cable charger or wireless charger in 99% of cars I’ve been in
Planes have plugs
Trains have plugs
Ubers have plugs
It seems like that is a once in a while occurrence for you
In which case you’d be better off with a thin phone the vast majority of other days and pack a thin MagSafe charger for those once in a blue moon travel days and it would just be slightly thicker than a thick phone while the vast other days you’d have a thin phone
I travel internationally pretty often. I also use my phone as a GPS when driving. Both cases have resulted in me having my battery at under 10% and desperately hoping I have enough power to get to where I need to go. And always having a charger or backup battery of some sort is just inconvenient.
For the people who are at home 90% of the time, they're probably not using a phone the whole time. They'd be better served by a desktop.
What do you need battery life for?
Aren’t you in your house or office or car near a charger most of the day?
Do you spend 90% of your waking day in the middle of an open field far from any sort of charging capabilities?
Why would I add more weight to a phone so I don’t have to put it on the charging MagSafe puck that is inches away from me at all times