GoKawiiliPhone 18 Pro is coming this fall, and rumors indicate it will further a design trend started last year with iPhone 17 Pro: making the iPhone even thicker. Here’s why I’m actually behind this decision despite previously opposing it.
iPhone 18 Pro rumored to get thicker and heavier, and I’m all-in on the change for two reasons
Last year, when rumors first arrived about iPhone 17 Pro being thicker than its predecessor, I wasn’t sold on the idea.
I was using an iPhone 16 Pro at the time, and felt like the iPhone was thick and heavy enough already. Hence, my high interest in the ultra-thin iPhone Air.
But I’ll admit that my skepticism was unmerited. Apple knew what it was doing.
Now the iPhone 18 Pro is rumored to get even thicker than its predecessor—though likely not by much.
And this year, my reaction is very different: I’m fully on board.
That’s mainly for two reasons:
iPhone Air’s existence The AI impact
At this time last year, we had been stuck with the same basic iPhone Pro design for years. And the device felt thicker and heavier than seemed necessary, at least for my needs.
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