Which is ridiculous because I thought this was the whole point of going to all these responsive designs everywhere
Tech is so messed up. We should be in a time of the most flexible device types and sizes
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iPhone 13 mini Small iPhones are definitely dead not coming back
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Which is ridiculous because I thought this was the whole point of going to all these responsive designs everywhere
Tech is so messed up. We should be in a time of the most flexible device types and sizes
They did have that one company that tried making an ultralight phone as your run and gun phone, with the expectation you'd have a larger phone for doing grunt work. Didn't work out, and I imagine the idea of a second device is anathema to a lot of people in that context.
Really, it's just a case of so many headwinds, some Apple-inflicted (it's a smaller, lighter phone, you can make it thicker to give it better battery life and it'll still be smaller and lighter! Not giving the diehard pundits who most clamored for a small phone a high-end option) and some down to the realities of phone buying (some people do everything on their phone and thus want the big screen, people going into a showroom are going to be lured by the biggest screens, etc.) I'd love for them to keep making it even as a every-few-years one-off, but that probably doesn't make economic nor software support sense (every so often I run into something that doesn't work right on my mini's small screen size because no one checked it over.) It is what it is.
The reality was that the iPhone 12 and 13 mini were NOT priced the same as the larger/regular 12 and 13 and therefore the minis didn't fail because they were priced the same. That's all I was pointing out.
You are technically correct (the best kind of correct), but the mini wasn’t seen as a bargain for the reasons I explained (and also because the SE2 had just been released a few months prior).
Well that's the problem isn't it? If you barely use it, you aren't going to spend any time in the app store.
iPhone 5 is peak form factor.
iPhone 13 mini is second best.
I'll take a 6.1" phone, when there's nothing else. But not because it's the best, it's just the best that's available.
I don't personally get the hype around small Iphones. I am perfectly fine with the 6.1" display. Anything smaller than that would largely be a downgrade to me in terms of screen display.
Sure. That's how we should adpot.
I don't know if complain on a private fan forum will get Apple or any manufacturers making other small phone.
Maybe in couple years later, everyone will have a VisionPro 24*7... Then this small vs big phone debate will end
Apple didn't try very hard with the 12 or 13 Mini - particularly the latter. So many people weren't even aware of them.
Regardless it sucks for the plenty of people who want a reasonable sized iPhone. An iPhone 13 mini nearly has the same screen size as the 6/6S/7/8+ models (5.4 vs 5.5). Don't remember anyone ever saying they were tiny.
It's extremely frustrating seeing as many other phone makers would be delighted with the numbers of 12 and 13 Minis that were sold - just not Apple because the profit margins aren't as much as the monster sized iPhones.
You're trying to compare 5.5" [16:9] to 5.4" [19.5:9] display
Measurement-wise, they're close but they have different aspect ratio
Once people walk around 24/7 with Vision Pro, it will be the end of the human race as we know it.
That's when I move to the woods
Considering the video in the first post of this thread has the last decent phone under 6' being discontinued by Asus I'd say all phone manufacturers aren't happy with the numbers..
I don't think it's a matter of novelty. Novelty wanes faster. Consumers have expressed a preference for larger phones for several years now. Smartphones have become full on pocket computers and media devices for most people, so they (we) want the largest screen size possible.
Consumers haven't really been offered small phones that still have top end feature sets
Also, I would add, Apple was making money just fine with Mini phones ... just not "enough" for their standards apparently.
It's very frustrating
Please don't talk in my behalf!
Just because you and others want to have large devices that barely fit in the pockets to consume media content 24/7 wherever you go, doesn't mean everyone is interested in doing so.
In another year and a half we will have a choice of 6.3" and 6.9". I'm sure Apple will offer something smaller.....maybe a 6.1" SE? I wish they would offer a 5.8" again though.
I don't believe I said "everyone". I said "most", which is certainly what the sales trends seem to suggest.
I'm not sure why you would infer that you are part of the "they" I was referring to.
Something smaller and a 6.1” screen doesn't fit the same sentence…
I agree. I still have my old 4S in drawer. Battery is dead now, doesn’t turn on. But sometimes I just take it out and hold it for a second.
That was the apex of phone design, I’ve felt that way for 14 years and at this point I don’t think I’m gonna feel differently.
I would pay 2,000 bucks for an iPhone 4 with new internals. Unchanged outside. Obviously never gonna happen but… yeah. Agreed.
I would too -- in a heartbeat