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Samsung Reportedly Gives Up on Super Thin Smartphones Amid Low Sales

Mactech20 said:
It wouldn't be a forum about a phone if a mini user didn't bring up the mini somehow. Lol. No disrespect as I am a mini user myself but man... You could almost say its a mini cult following.
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Delighted to admit it, and not ashamed. 😂

Human hands have not changed size, and I find even my 13 Mini only "ok" to operate one handed.

So, yes, many of us will be mentioning this until the end of time or a device comes out that fits the mold better than all this "almost a small iPad" devices.

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I think what killed the Galaxy S25 Edge was not only its small battery size for a higher-end Android phone (only 3,900 mAh), but the fact it doesn't charge at the 45 W rate you expect for a Galaxy S25 model.
 
Rogifan said:
Not surprised at all. What is surprising is the Apple tech world, who for years criticized the company for being obsessed with thinness and form over function, abandoning any of those critiques with the iPhone Air. There’s no selling point for the Air other than it’s super thin. But did anyone ask for a super thin phone?
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Except by having the thin phones exist as part of an entirely separate product line, Apple can and should absolutely be given a break for making them. By having a single, flagship line of thin phones, back in the iPhone 6/6S/7/8 days they were imposing those on their customers, whereas now they’re providing them with choice. If there’s a market for those thin phones, I’m guessing Apple shareholders shouldn’t be complaining and users who don’t like it and now even have more choice than before, in the form of regular and pro models, even less so.

And to answer your question, yes, maybe some users really did want a thin phone, and the Air isn’t really comparable to Apple’s older entries in that market, in that it’s way sturdier, it has much, much larger screen-to-body and battery-to-total-volume ratios, etc. But even considering those percursors, the iPhone SE 2 was a stupidly popular phone even in an era of somewhat thicker offerings. Sure, the customers who bought those were more price-conscious, but they survived for years and still do with thin phones just fine. As for the iPhone X and the iPhone Xs… they had their fans, for sure, and were the quirky flagships of the day. And the iPhone Air, as others have pointed out, is now filling their role.
 
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I suspect Samsung's slim phone tanked because people who want a novelty phone from Samsung will opt for one of its foldables.

Right now the iPhone Air is doing big numbers in China because it's seen as Apple's novelty phone. Once Apple ships its own foldable next year, that calculus will change.

At that point, Apple should release a nano variant of the Air with a silicon carbide battery and finally give the Mini aficionados something to crow about.
 
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rappr said:
Did you guys not just post that the iPhone Air sold out in China? Did the Edge sell out in China?
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China is but a small slice of the Apple market and their buying habits do not reflect the rest of the world.

Also:
www.forbes.com

Apple Weekly News: iPhone Air’s Weak Sales, MacBook Pro Detail Leak, Apple's iOS Update Alert

This week’s Apple headlines: iPhone 17 sales problem, iOS update alert, new MacBook Pro certified, Apple Intelligence’s LLM, repairing the AirPods Pro 3, UK’s encryption demand and more...
www.forbes.com www.forbes.com
 
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rappr said:
Did you guys not just post that the iPhone Air sold out in China? Did the Edge sell out in China?
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Samsung phones are very unpopular in China, not the least due to the THAAD controversy:

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Apple on the other hand has around 15% market share in China, roughly on par with each of Vivo, Huawei, OPPO, and Honor.
 
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I guess people might as well get a Fold 7 which apparently has been selling very well. It's only 4.2 mm unfolded
 
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