There are many issues one can reasonably have with the iPhone 5. That overpriced dock connector. An inexcusably bad Maps app. Even the fact that it’s a little, well, boring. But there’s no way Apple could’ve anticipated this particular backlash:
https://gizmodo.com/f-ck-that-goddamn-iphone-adapter-costs-30-bucks-5942710
https://twitter.com/embed/status/249566476317626368
https://twitter.com/embed/status/249197508415324160
Can I be honest and say I wish the iPhone 5 was slightly thicker and heavier. Hate thin phones!
— Ntutu Letseka (@gosharpshooter) September 19, 2012
Held the iPhone 5. Way too light for this spazz-attack. I need a heavier phone so I don't completely destroy it.
— Luciana (@Luciana_D) September 21, 2012
I don't even like the iPhone 5… Its tooo too light for me
— Sophie (@sophietomato) September 21, 2012
https://twitter.com/embed/status/249188103296778240
The iPhone 5 is light as hell maybe too light
— ExceLL_ence (@Easezzz) September 21, 2012
https://twitter.com/embed/status/249160868284207104
Got a hands on with iPhone5 nice phone but it's actually a little too light.
— Darek|Meridian 🌈 (@DarekMeridian) September 23, 2012
First meeting with the iPhone 5…too light. It's following Samsung in the flimsy-feel department.
— B (@befroggled) September 21, 2012
Played with the iPHONE 5. Feels like a toy. It's too light. Doesn't feel as solid as the 4S. Not impressed.
— KARL D.GREEN (@IM_KASTOR_TROY) September 21, 2012
Just went hands on with iphone 5 its too light and the screen look a little small
— Spiffy Dan (@big_money_shaun) September 21, 2012
https://twitter.com/embed/status/249270008734154755
https://twitter.com/embed/status/249896239758442496
So, is the iPhone 5 too light? I feel like we all need to talk about this.
— Justin Claus Harder (@clausstudios) September 23, 2012
Just saw the new iphone 5. In my opinion its the worst phone I have ever held in my life. Its too freaking light.
— Kariem Attia (@KariemAttia) September 21, 2012
That’s right. Just two days in, and iPhone 5 buyers have already decided that its key engineering triumph—it’s not nearly as heavy as it looks—is, in fact, a major flaw. Maybe they don’t realize that you have to actively try to break it with a drop. Or that long-term, less pocket weight is a blessing, not a curse. Or who knows? Maybe the lightness of being really is unbearable after all.
https://gizmodo.com/first-iphone-5-drop-tests-very-sturdy-but-still-shat-5945264
