They seem to have bought the small-screen SE just fine.
My 5s battery still lasted all day when it died on me after 6 years. My 13 mini is rarely even down to 60% by the end of the day, and I doubt I'd have a problem stretching it across 2-3 days if push came to shove. But what I need for "all-day battery life" is not the same as what you need. The mini devices have been far more than sufficient to meet my needs. It sounds like they would not suit yours.
Sure hope they’re spending my mini money on better stuff than that!
And not at the same time as the other iPhones. Let it be the new hotness for a few months when it's updated, and I bet it'd do a lot better, sales-wise.
Doesn't matter what is too big or not, and what's ergonomic, oversized, etc.
It's just going to be twice the size of the current phones.
Single camera, ditch slim card slot, double layered mother board, integrate the C-series chip into the A-series, high density battery rumored for the Air and if that's not enough also make it slightly thicker. Let me know when I can put my money down.
The main purpose of manufacturing mobile phones is to make a lot of money by selling what the larger market segments want
But once you start alienating hardcore (influential) users... You risk those users moving to another platform and they can influence the masses to switch with them over time.
You're going by device height with the SE there. The screen is much smaller because of the bezels. That made it so your thumb can comfortably reach the top and bottom of the screen when using the phone with one hand. Which is what Steve Jobs believed in. And he was right. These big phones are a pain to use. Literally a pain, for some of us ... making the joints in our hands hurt. Which means they just aren't enjoyable to use. I used to love my iPhone. Now I tolerate it. (I have the 16e, which I think I will be returning. I bought a 13 Mini on eBay today. I've been using the 3rd gen SE for years.)
Well I guess that's the challenge for Apple. In general it makes a lot of sense to focus on high sales market segments. It's much harder I guess to know who is the "influential" user and what their impact would be. Part of that challenge is the question: If they are so influential then why didn't they influence many more to go for the smaller phone and thus demonstrate clearly that there is a large market for them.
This. It's probably just hard to make a Pro phone that is small. I get it. But they shouldn't stop trying.
They used to make products for themselves. Doesn't seem like that anymore. So if the majority of Apple likes actually thinks these giant heavy phones are comfortable to use... 😬
Legally they are required to behave in a manner that will increase the company's value as much as possible. Often they can do that AND satisfy their own personal whims, but very often not.
