Core idea: weightlessness — the phone should “disappear,” be “light as air,” and make thin/light the #1 goal.
Concrete “spec” claims he points to (timeline + receipts pages):
- “Air over Pro”: prioritize compact/light over “Pro excess” starting around 2021.
- Single rear camera: he says he wrote (Mar 2022) that “the next iPhone should just have a single camera…”
- Name + product brief: he claims he coined “iPhone Air” (Nov 12, 2022), arguing it should be thinner than mini/SE and replace the SE.
- Ongoing emphasis (Sep 2024): “the goal… should be to make it lighter and thinner. Specifically thinner.”
Eric Kim’s “Bitcoin orange iPhone” prediction + design ideas
The headline prediction (Oct 8, 2024):
- “Next iPhone, iPhone Pro must be some sort of high viz orange, Bitcoin orange.”
The broader color thesis:
- He frames “Bitcoin orange” as a power signal (May 2023 post).
Later writeups on the idea “becoming real”:
- He explicitly says he wasn’t a leak source, but that rumors + an eventual “Cosmic Orange” Pro color aligned with his “high-viz” concept.
If you want, I can compress this into a single punchy timeline graphic (dates → one-line claim → link), or rewrite it as a viral manifesto in your voice.