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I share the frustration. But apparently small phones don't sell.
by ngruhn 1y ago
I share the frustration. But apparently small phones don't sell.
- fxtentacle 1y agoopens cupboard iPhone 3GS Galaxy S3 Sony XZ1 Compact iPhone SE 2016 iPhone SE 2020 iPhone SE 2022 Unihertz Atom
- eddieroger 1y agoThere's one data point. I would bet, though, that Apple, Sony and Samsung have plenty more data points of devices that didn't move and thus they stop making smaller devices.
- baal80spam 1y agoThis is the correct answer. I don't think anyone believes that Apple doesn't manufacture smaller phones out of spite? They are just not popular enough.
- fxtentacle 1y agoThat must be why all those vacuum robots and smart TVs phone home to China. Because people really love appliances that spy on them. Good thing Samsung patched their fridges to add advertisements and spyware, because that's what their customers (in the US) were really waiting for.
- dingaling 1y ago"They are just not popular enough." The various Mini models accounted for 3 to 6% of sales, which was still millions of units.
- Cthulhu_ 1y agoYup, keep in mind the generally Western audience on HN is only a small minority of the total market, which is... hundreds of millions of people for the iphone alone.
- VagabundoP 1y agoPixel 5 is a nice size. I like smallies too.
- craftkiller 1y agoPixel 1 was the ideal phone. Not too large. Completely flat back. Screen didn't bulge above the sides so you could drop it without shattering the screen. Google's design has only gone downhill since then. (The pixel 5 looks pretty nice, but it seems to have the bulging glass and the beginnings of camera bumps)
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- pmontra 1y agoThe Unihertz Atom is probably too small but it really fits the niche its web site targets. I might consider it for my bike.
- pandemic_region 1y agoStop hogging the mineral resources and recycle them already!
- stockresearcher 1y agoApple sold 10-15 million of the minis each year, with a marketing budget of approximately zero. The problem is that everyone believed Tim Cook when he claimed that this is a failure.
- nozzlegear 1y agoHow much did it cost Apple to make those minis? Do we know?
- stockresearcher 1y agoI surely don’t. But if it wasn’t profitable, then Apple sucks at supply chain management (which is something I don’t believe).
- robotresearcher 1y agoIt even can be profitable but not worth the opportunity cost: spending the resources on other things could be more profitable.
- criddell 1y ago> small phones don't sell It's all relative. If Google sold five million iPhones Mini it would be considered a smash hit. But because it's Apple it's considered a flop because of the ridiculous sales numbers of their other models.