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There are also cases, like with larger phones, where every manufacturer starts making bigger and bigger phones because "that's what customers want", without pro

by kylec 10y ago

There are also cases, like with larger phones, where every manufacturer starts making bigger and bigger phones because "that's what customers want", without providing any options for customers that would prefer smaller phones. Customers then buy the big phones but are unhappy with them because that's all that was available. I'm glad Apple didn't go in the same direction and released the iPhone SE, but even they were surprised by the demand for it: http://appleinsider.com/articles/16/04/26/apple-faces-constrained-iphone-se-supply-on-surprise-demand http://appleinsider.com/articles/16/04/26/apple-faces-constr...

digi_owl 10y ago
There is also Sony's Compact models. Same internals as their namesake, but physically smaller. That said, i wonder how much the "big phone" issue comes from the paradox of wanting slim phones (needs to fit those jeans after all) longer battery life (Wh pr volume is largely a fixed value based on battery chemistry). Stretching the phones on the X and Y then allows a bigger (Wh) battery to be installed. Never mind that they can also then market it with a higher screen inch number...
- kylec 10y ago
  You're right, there are lots of reasons why manufacturers want to make larger phones, and there are lots of reasons why some people want to buy larger phones. I don't think that these reasons are wrong, but I also think it's fallacious on the part of the manufacturers to assume that just because a lot of people like large phones doesn't mean that everyone does, and that they shouldn't make smaller ones to cater to that market.
  - digi_owl 10y ago
    May be an ROI thing. A smaller model means additional design, testing, retooling the production line, etc etc etc. On top of that you have things like store commissions, carrier subsidies, and who knows what else, going on between the OEM and the end user that affects the choice of model. One relative of mind went from a small featurephone to a large smartphone, because another relative had gotten the same one. This with the idea that said other relative would be "tech support".
phaus 10y ago
I recently got a 6S. What I really wanted was an SE, but they took so long to release the larger capacity ones that I couldn't wait.
- kylec 10y ago
  I have a 64GB iPhone SE. What I really wanted was a 128GB SE, but sadly such a thing does not exist.

by kylec 10y ago

digi_owl 10y ago

There is also Sony's Compact models. Same internals as their namesake, but physically smaller. That said, i wonder how much the "big phone" issue comes from the paradox of wanting slim phones (needs to fit those jeans after all) longer battery life (Wh pr volume is largely a fixed value based on battery chemistry). Stretching the phones on the X and Y then allows a bigger (Wh) battery to be installed. Never mind that they can also then market it with a higher screen inch number...

kylec 10y ago
You're right, there are lots of reasons why manufacturers want to make larger phones, and there are lots of reasons why some people want to buy larger phones. I don't think that these reasons are wrong, but I also think it's fallacious on the part of the manufacturers to assume that just because a lot of people like large phones doesn't mean that everyone does, and that they shouldn't make smaller ones to cater to that market.
- digi_owl 10y ago
  May be an ROI thing. A smaller model means additional design, testing, retooling the production line, etc etc etc. On top of that you have things like store commissions, carrier subsidies, and who knows what else, going on between the OEM and the end user that affects the choice of model. One relative of mind went from a small featurephone to a large smartphone, because another relative had gotten the same one. This with the idea that said other relative would be "tech support".

phaus 10y ago

I recently got a 6S. What I really wanted was an SE, but they took so long to release the larger capacity ones that I couldn't wait.

kylec 10y ago
I have a 64GB iPhone SE. What I really wanted was a 128GB SE, but sadly such a thing does not exist.