See, the thing is, the market for that just isn't that big. You're a vocal minority. Apple needs to make phones in big quantities for their economies of scale

See, the thing is, the market for that just isn't that big. You're a vocal minority. Apple needs to make phones in big quantities for their economies of scale to function, but the market for small phones is small enough that it only makes sense to produce one every few years. (source: one of their yearly reports, IIRC)