I know right... LOL.. What's sad is my old phone from 2011 has a higher resolution screen and still has slightly more features than the new iphone6, heck, apple is just now finally adding features every other phone has had for almost 4yrs now. There is no way I'd buy an iphone ever for the simple fact that why would I buy less for the same price or more than the other highend smartphone that still have more features and better specs.

I told a girl on my profile that the iphone 6 was dated and she was likr bu but it better then my currrrent camerrra. Mi iphone 5 camera is dated

When the fanbase loves the uphone like hellokitty they will gladly shell out for another.

girl: is that a banana in your pocket or are you just glad to see me? ;)

guy: its my new iphone 6.

Everybody is on Samsung's ass on their polycarbonate phones but physics cannot be disputed Plastic will always absorb and dissipate shock forces far far far more efficiently than metal (aluminum).

Then comes the screen size factor in action the bigger glass surface you have the more force it will have to take the easier it ill break.

Welcome to the big screen arena Apple.

thinner phone is weaker than other equally thin phones. *gasp*

HTC One M8 is just as thin, doesn't bend or break as easy, and has a battery that lasts 2.5 days. That's feeding a CPU with 2 more cores running 1ghz faster than iphone 6 as well...

I still think my iPhone 4 was the best design they ever did. I was worried about it being fragile when I first got it as it was glass front and back but it proved to be more durable than my iPhone 5. I dropped my 5 once and the frame bent and buckled and pushed the glass screen out. I managed to push it back together but it looks bad where as my iPhone 4 was sold like new condition. The black anodised aluminium on my iPhone 5 is heavily marked even though its kept in a flip case in my pocket yet my iPhone 4 went through much worse conditions and looked as good as new.

Thin is nice but the battery is important so like you I'd rather phones stay as they are and shrink the rest of the internals and keep the same case footprint to allow for a bigger battery.

I think my next phone will be the Xperia Z3 - better battery, better camera and an OS that has not stagnated.

I think it's more that continually evolving software updates bloat and eventually render the device sluggish. New code is written to take advantage of new hardware, at the expense of owners of the older models.