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iPhone 17 Lineup Sales Outperforming Last Year's Models
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Never knew people are so insecure they have to show off a phone... I mean I knew flexing, but flexing for a phone? Makes a silly things to do even sillier.
Exactly. Of course a smaller screen size phone has it disadvantages but the advantages outweigh them when both can have the same hardware.
Man the 16 was such a turd. Purchased it to future proof myself with all this new AI stuff and it turned out to be a nothing burger. Looks like people were much smarter than myself with skipping it.
While the 12 mini and 12 Pro silicone were the same, the storage size, memory size, display type, pro motion, cameras were all different besides the 12 Pro being MUCH larger and heavier, so I'm not sure what you are referring to. The mini never had a chance because the specs other than the processor were nerfed. So that combined with yes some people didn't like the smaller size but more they didn't like the battery life doomed the mini. The Plus was doomed IMO because the people who do/did prefer the larger screen also preferred those Pro features, but again at least they had a choice. People who preferred the smaller form factor never did.
iPhone 12 Pro didn't even have ProMotion. The mini had the same 1,200 nit (HDR) display. Of course the cameras were different - that's a given. Everything else was virtually the same. You should take a closer look at the spec sheet.
The Plus didn't have those advantages. It was shortchanged by having a last gen processor. The notch instead of Dynamic Island was immediately obvious even to laypeople.
Last year, I almost bought ultramarine iPhone 16. But after my second visit to the Apple Store, I said to myself, "I can wait another year." This year, seeing how many improvements the iPhone 17 has over the 16, I finally decided it is the perfect time to upgrade from the iPhone 11 Pro.
My error, yes ProMotion was added with the 13 Pro, so one of the two mini's did not have that. The 12 Pro did actually have higher non-HDR brightness though so my point of a better screen besides just size is valid although more trivial. I see you conveniently left that out and just focused on the HDR brightness... As well as there were plenty of other differences you seem to be ignoring between the 12 mini and the 12 Pro including telephoto lens, LiDAR, recording at 60fps, supported ProRAW and of course the SS materials and the mini starting at lower capacities. It became even worse with the 13 Pro when they added ProMotion. Again my point stands that they NEVER made a Pro mini and a lot of people didn't chose the mini because of the lack of features like those.
With the Plus yes they didn't have the Pro features either but if they wanted either those without changing form factor you had a choice. Also while the 14 Plus didn't have dynamic island both the 15 Plus and 16 Plus did. The 14 Plus, 15 Plus and 16 Pluseses did have nerfed processors but so did the regular 14, 15 and 16 and they sold well. Which is again why I feel the the Pluses didn't sell well is because people who wanted bigger screens also wanted those "Pro" features so they either gave up the screen size and went with the Pro, or didn't and went with the Pro Max.
I went from a 13 Pro to a 16 Pro (got an excellent trade-in deal). I have no regrets. It was a huge upgrade to the 13. Also, going to the 16 makes a potential 20th anniversary phone an easier upgrade in 2027.
The main point is... the 17 and hypothetical 17 Plus are a lot closer to 17 Pro/Max.
The 14/15/16 Plus were not close to Pro Max. The fact 14/15 Plus had last gen chips was a non-starter for many buyers.
The 12 mini was a lot closer to 12 Pro.