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		hbn 3 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: iPhone Air They don't make it protruding as a design choice. There's a bunch of room needed under there in order to take the incredible photos that phones are capable these days. Google what those lens modules look like under the bump.

anonymars 3 months ago [–]

The choice is in the rest of the phone. Recall the context:

> if they made a phone where the camera bump is made flush by adding thickness elsewhere to match, filled with extra battery

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