If they still sold 5s with new processor and more ram, and same NON-OVERPROCESSING camera, I would have grabbed it even if they sold it for 1000$. Yet they seem to have lost their way.
Thinness doesn’t always equal to better handling. What matters is display size, and selling 6.1+ slates as “norm” doesn’t mean users love it.
If I wanted iPad in my hand I would have already had Mini 7, BUT I DON’T. Why Apple cannot understand you need A PHONE, and not a phone from 1990s. Phablet is truly the worst invention of the modern society.
People have forgotten how phones have looked just less than 20 years ago. Yeah those were thick, but nevertheless light and were perfectly sitting in pockets. Manufacturers never cared about how thin the batteries were or how to fit in all the motherboard components, most of these ancient mobiles still work and even have user replaceable batteries. And now we all have same ugly slates that we need to replace each time Apple breaks something with update or when battery dies (and modern batteries die 10x faster than older ones. “Progress”! And “sustainability”. Apple should be proud of how efficiently they use lithium).
It is a pity the only compact device you can buy today is a used ancient phone with no access to modern apps or even 4G network
