One of the most common misconceptions when it comes to the iPhone is that Apple could simply make it a few millimeters thicker to improve its battery life.
It then follows, under that train of thought, that Apple is deliberately sacrificing battery life for cosmetics. That the company is putting an obsession for thinness over usability. In fact, it's the exact opposite of that. Before we get to the busting, however, here's the myth, most recently repeated by the Wall Street Journal:
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