[Retric]

Thinnest isn’t necessarily speaking about the widest part, or we’d consider breast circumference rather than belly circumference when saying if women are thin or not.

IE the idealized hourglass 36-24-36 is considered thinner than a woman at 34-30-34.

[layer8]

The Air is more like 24-37-48 (body-plateau-lens), so I’m not sure how well the analogy translates. ;)

[Retric]

The plateau seems more like the rib cage in that analogy.

Also, the numbers are top to bottom so IMO the phone would be 48-24-24, a rather absurd proportion for a person and possibly why phones seem so ugly these days.

[mvdtnz]

I don't put an entire woman into my pocket.

[Retric]

Fair, average thickness is somewhat meaningful when you have other stuff in your pocket. However, all phones are thin enough these days it’s kind of a silly comparison. Linguistically it’s a more interesting question IMO than in terms of marketing nonsense.

I think for people thin is mostly in reference to volume for a given height. But there’s a bunch of related factors involved like weight and clothing sizes which keeps it relatively ambiguous.