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> 90% of the smartphones sold today have bigger than 5-inch displays. I want a smaller display but they're just not being made anymore. For the past few years
by orangepanda 7y ago
> 90% of the smartphones sold today have bigger than 5-inch displays.
I want a smaller display but they're just not being made anymore. For the past few years if you wanted better specs, you _had_ to get the bigger model.
iPhone SE still being in demand indicates that there's a market for people who want smaller phones, if given the choice.
- opencl 7y agoWhat exactly do you mean by "in demand"? Obviously the demand is not zero but all of the evidence points to it being a tiny fraction of the overall phone market. If the SE was actually wildly popular I doubt they would have stopped making small phones. Sony was the only company making smaller Android phones for years (last model introduced 2018) and their marketshare was plummeting pretty much the whole time. Then they stopped making them presumably because very few people were buying them.
- saagarjha 7y ago> Obviously the demand is not zero but all of the evidence points to it being a tiny fraction of the overall phone market. We’re a small but very vocal fraction of the market :)
- pozdnyshev 7y agoYou could make a similar analogy with the headphone jack. We know everyone wants those back but alas...
- frakkingcylons 7y agoThe good news is that Apple will be releasing a new iPhone with a 4.7-inch display next month: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-02-18/apple-s-outlook-cut-revives-questions-about-china-over-reliance?sref=l9cJPceJ https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-02-18/apple-s-o...
- zoonosis 7y agoWorth noting that the SE has a 4.0" screen so that is 0.7" larger.