I agree with you in theory, but I’d rather see Apple try and fail than fob me off with a substandard set of features.
Yes the lowered the price, but they also lowered the price for the regular 12 too. The problem wasn't necessarily the price but the price gap of only $100. That made it only appeal to those who specifically want a smaller iPhone as for just $100 more you could get a bigger screen and much better battery life. This is in contrast to what made the original SE so popular. There was a $250 price difference between it and the 6s AND it actually had better battery life that the 6s. They just weren't/aren't able to do that with the 12 or 13 mini.
“Maybe”…but no. You can’t just lump the ’kind of people’ who prefer a reasonably sized phone into a one-size-fits-all category of luddite because they prefer a smaller screen. We are not some technophobic grandparents who need a phone to send an SMS that takes us 45 minutes to write just because we want a smaller phone - we’re ordinary users who want the best features in a pocket sized device - yet we’re forced to compromise on one or the other.
Yes the lowered the price, but they also lowered the price for the regular 12 too. The problem wasn't necessarily the price but the price gap of only $100. That made it only appeal to those who specifically want a smaller iPhone as for just $100 more you could get a bigger screen and much better battery life. This is in contrast to what made the original SE so popular. There was a $250 price difference between it and the 6s AND it actually had better battery life that the 6s. They just weren't/aren't able to do that with the 12 or 13 mini.
It is going to be interesting to see how the new 14 Plus sells compared to the 14. Too bad they aren't being released at the same time. At what point does a "smaller" size outweigh a bigger screen and longer battery. There has to be a limit as if not then Apple should just add cellular calling to the iPad Pros and stop making iPhones!
Personally I still hope that the mini makes a return as the next SE or Apple better yet decides to put the mini on its own ~2 year cycle like the SE. While the percentage of sales is low compared to other iPhones, they still sell a ton of them versus pretty much every other companies highest selling models.
People were fine with the battery life on iPhone 4/5/6. What has changed? More background activity?
Clearly think all those Minis which were manufactured are going to go to landfills or something! My carrier still sells 12 Mini for a very high price 2 freaking years after the model was released. Heard of adjusting production volumes? Apple has sold over 100 million iPhones for Q1&Q2 alone. That is 3-6 million Minis. Call that wasting engineering resources? Apple is still selling the 13 Mini with A14 for 799€ in my country. That ain’t a waste either, is it?
The current rumors for the next SE are for a 5.7" if not a 6.1" display: https://www.macrumors.com/roundup/iphone-se/#whats_next_for_the_iphone_se
Worst IOS development 'cause Apple engineers probably are pay in peanuts.
You’re right. Many of those consumers just walk into a phone store and say “I need a new iPhone”. At that point, the clerk says ”OK here’s the line up. If you’re size/budget sensitive you can have the mini, or here’s the Pro lineup with a much better feature set…”
Because there are people who would buy it for $899 if it had the same feature-set as a Pro device. I’m not sure what you think mini users use their phones for, but spoiler alert, they aren’t sitting around looking at the Home Screen “wasting” an A15 chip.
