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I know it sounds elitist and crazy, but I don’t think average consumers knows what they want in a phone I think they see other people with bigger screens, and

I know it sounds elitist and crazy, but I don’t think average consumers knows what they want in a phone I think they see other people with bigger screens, and they fall into this trap that bigger display is less humiliating. That a bigger display is more important than something you can actually physically hold. On the 1st gen iPhone, Jobs was very persistent in having a device that fits in your hand well. What happened when he died? They started making them bigger so they’d look competitive with HTC, Samsung, etc… I can’t even reach the address bar in Safari with one hand unless I do a weird palm slide, that’s ridiculous. The phone should be an extension of your arm, not a mini iPad.

kbelder 3y ago
I buy a phone as big as I can still manage to fit in my pockets. I'd also appreciate it if it was twice as thick, if they would fill up the extra space with batteries and more ports. 200 more grams won't break me.
alphabettsy 3y ago
Maybe you’re right. Maybe people just want different things than you. Ultimately it doesn’t matter because given the option people didn’t chose phones like the iPhone Mini and so they’re no longer made. Jobs was right about many many things, but not everything. I’m certainly glad the seemingly form over function era of Ive seems to have passed. Also, the address bar has been at the bottom of the screen in Safari for two years now in addition to reachability which has been there since the 6 Plus to slide the screen down.