Although there was a time when iPhones were getting thinner and thinner, the truth is that the trend has been reversing for quite some time. So much so that, again according to the leaked CAD plans, the iPhone 14 Pro will be thicker than the first iPhonethe original iPhone.
And the price of the thickest iPhone goes to…
The iPhone 3G. The iPhone 3G and iPhone 3GS were the thickest iPhones at 12.3mm. A measurement very far from the 6.9 mm of the iPhone 6
As can be seen in the graph below these lines (via Reddit), since the original iPhone and its direct successor, the 3G, a very significant reduction on only a few models. From there, the thickness increased, mainly due to the iPhone’s camera module, which had to start protruding from the body of the phone itself to accommodate all the components.
If we pay attention to the measurements of the leaked CAD plans of the iPhone 14 Pro, we would be talking about a thickness of 12.2 millimeters. What remains in front of the 11.6 mm of the original iPhone. It is true that the body of the phone itself is even thinner
Wait, this is so funny… At 12.02mm, the entire iPhone 14 Pro is thicker than the ORIGINAL iPhone pic.twitter.com/qiHHxLK8zG
—ian (@ianzelbo) March 31, 2022
The days of iPhones getting thinner and thinner are long gone. This does not mean, be careful, that the use of periscopic cameras in the near future can eliminate the excess thickness of the camera module, as some rumors suggest. We will see, in 10 years, how the profile of our iPhone continues to evolve.
