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I think that ship has sailed.
They did that already. It was called the iPhone 6 and it was one of the worst iPhones ever released.
Probably the only way to make it thinner and lighter would be to make the battery smaller.
Not exactly a great selling point.
Not exactly a great selling point.
To be fair, wasn't it one of the best selling phones ever? I actually kept my 6 for longer than any iPhone I've had to date; over 3 years before upgrading.
You probably didn't kept it because it was that good, you just kept it because the 6s and the 7 didn't present new features worth upgrading.
The regular iPhone 12, 13 and 14 lines are technically Iphone ‘Air’s when compared to the ipad air and macbook air. I.e the Premium mid range options in terms of price and features and are lighter than the Pro models.
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I beg to differ. I had the iPhone 6 Plus and I liked it just as well as any of the many iPhone I've had. My wife had the 6 and loved it also.
Quite the contrary…lots of people complain about the weight of their phones these days.
I would buy iPhone Air. Give me iPhone 6 form factor and build with edge-to-edge display.
iPhone 6/7/8/SE2 is still my favorite form factor. Thin and light. Fits in pocket easily. Usable with one hand. No massive camera array bump. I take photos like once a week of receipts or something. I think Apple has abandoned customer segment who don’t care that much about camera.
Currently using iPhone XR. Bigger display is nice but it doesn’t account for the size and weight. This phone is just too big and heavy. Can’t imagine people using Pro Max devices. You need a backpack to carry those around. My next iPhone will be SE if they don’t mess it up by using XR body.
iPhone 6/7/8/SE2 is still my favorite form factor. Thin and light. Fits in pocket easily. Usable with one hand. No massive camera array bump. I take photos like once a week of receipts or something. I think Apple has abandoned customer segment who don’t care that much about camera.
Currently using iPhone XR. Bigger display is nice but it doesn’t account for the size and weight. This phone is just too big and heavy. Can’t imagine people using Pro Max devices. You need a backpack to carry those around. My next iPhone will be SE if they don’t mess it up by using XR body.
To be honest I haven’t seen many people who don’t care about the camera. With the compact camera market practically dying Apple must have the data to see that the particular segment you’re talking about is so small that they can’t be catered for separately on their premium lineup.
Failure of the mini series, at Apple’s level of scale, is a proof that following what some of the vocal customers want is not good decision for business. Don’t get me wrong, the mini still sold enough that any other phone manufacturer would have been super delighted but it didn’t cut what Apple sales wanted it to be.
Yeah I agree people think they need best camera. And Apple wants them to think like that. But I’m not convinced most people really truly need it. Most think they need, they buy the best cameraphone, play with the camera one week to justify it’s existence and after that use it in a manner that doesn’t require the best camera. Most of people I know take crappy quick shots of random everyday stuff, regardless if they have 14PM or iPhone 7.
Yeah, but doesn’t that sort of make it good? I consider a phone not good when I feel inclined to upgrade it the next year. If a phone keeps me using it for over 3 years it’s doing something right.
I see a lot of comments about weight and I totally agree. It’s the only complaint I have about the 13pro. People that make comments about the phone not being too heavy or say you need to go to the gym don’t understand some people still like to use their phone 1 handed. With 3 fingers on the back all the weight of the phone rest on the pinky. Combine the weight of the pros with the square edges and it becomes really uncomfortable to use one handed. You end up with an indention in your pinky after using it for a little while. It has nothing to do with strength, unless there’s some new pinky curl that people are doing now that I’m not aware of.