Outside these threads, I have NEVER met a real world person who has said to me, "Yeah, I really don't really care about battery life, I just want a smaller screen". Like never, not even once.
I have met many who have said they wished they had longer battery life. Many.
To be fair, such a statement would be difficult to argue, as each model of iPhone would need to be scored individually on a multitude of attributes affected by the available technology at the time, including the OS and cellular data speed. And with the size and style variations, it could never be objective.
The iPhone 4/5/6 cases were absolutely not interchangeable dude... do you mean just the one year s bumps? Because if so I'd argue people upgraded their phones more often back then, these days smartphones are a maturing platform and people upgrade less often, so in practice folks actually probably need to buy new cases less often?
I think s/he may have meant iPhone 4 vs 4S, 5 vs 5S, and 6 vs 6s, but as you suggest, that was probably irrelevant to most people.
At this rate they’ll eventually bring back the “mini” and it’ll be the size of the regular 13
The 15 Pro will be my last phone from Apple if they don't get their **** together. Heavier, bigger is the opposite of what I want. And I really don't understand why they think it is a good idea to make all phones almost the same and then talk about the mini "cannibalizing" their other lines when the mini is the only one that is actually somewhat different. Makes no sense.
I can think without putting any effort into it of 3 close friends who are using iPhone 12 minis or 13 minis, who are okay with the battery life and would happily upgrade to an iPhone 16 mini today if there were one, but simply don't want larger phones.
Today's "small" Apple Watch is 42mm. 2015's "large" Apple Watch was 42mm.
And Apple has been using more screen space as the OS progresses. What was "large" in 2015 is no longer large in 2025. I currently have a 40 mm, and will be moving to a 42 mm when the time comes, both for myself and my wife. The good news is that the newer Watches are also a bit thinner, albeit still not exactly thin.
That must look so weird. So there's really no elegant Apple Watch for people who don't want to look like this?
That great collection actually makes it more depressing. I work in IT and this morning more or less everyone was complaining about how big phones are getting. There were 2 camps:
otherwise I would just get a mint 11pro and replace the battery. Any suggestions? Do you think it will be possible to get teal new with even better deal? I assume there will be for 128gb models, but 256gb might be tricky..
The case of the new 42mm is nearly the same size as the old 38mm though. They have mainly just slimmed the bezels. A 5.6-5.8” phone nearly the size of the Mini would be dope.
Here we go with generalisations. I personally rarely post and don't see anyone talking about the size of the iPhone unless it is the actual subject of the news. It's only annoying to you because you make it annoying for yourself.
