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What 5-ish inch screen phone has even been released within the past 5 years? The only ones I can think of are the Unihertz phones, and those don't get a single
by Telaneo 11mo ago
What 5-ish inch screen phone has even been released within the past 5 years? The only ones I can think of are the Unihertz phones, and those don't get a single update after getting shoved out the door, not to mention that they're probably full of Chinese backdoors. I'd buy that exact phone in a heartbeat if it didn't have those problems, and all the other ones I've seen have similar dealbreakers.
- hxtk 11mo agoiPhone had the 12 and 13 mini, but they didn't sell, so there was no iPhone 14 mini and hasn't been one since. That was a 5.4" display.
- maelito 11mo ago> but they didn't sell What do you call "didn't sell" ? In numbers.
- nebula8804 11mo agoHow about 3% of sales: https://www.macrumors.com/2022/04/21/iphone-13-mini-unpopular-march-quarter/ https://www.macrumors.com/2022/04/21/iphone-13-mini-unpopula...
- MBCook 11mo agoIt’s a hell of a lot of phones.
- maelito 11mo agoIn march of that year, but was higher before, no ? Anyway, that's ~ 3 million phones. It's a lot.
- hxtk 11mo agoI'm making this distinction post-hoc, so I already know how it turned out: they ultimately decided to stop making those smaller devices. I assume that means it wasn't enough sales to be a financially viable product, and to me, selling "enough" would mean that Apple found it profitable to maintain the supply chains and assembly lines for those smaller devices and continued to invest in the product. Arguing against myself, Apple could be discontinuing the smaller models because they did market research and found that most buyers of smaller, cheaper devices could be converted to buyers of larger, more expensive devices if those smaller devices didn't exist. Auto manufacturers are doing just that, discontinuing or enlarging smaller light trucks in favor of larger models that are subject to less regulation and therefore can be designed and manufactured more cheaply and might offer even more profit. If Apple has or had that strategy, then my assumptions are flawed because no matter how many mini iPhones they sell, they would still want to get rid of the line as long as most of those customers could be converted to full-size iPhone customers.
- Wistar 11mo agoI cherish my iPhone 12 Mini and treat it with great care as it is the form factor I want and I want it to last as long as possible.
- teekert 11mo agoSame here. Battery is a bit bad though. But I carry a battery pack. I do notice the charging port is also getting worse recently. I don't know what I'll buy after this...
- Telaneo 11mo agoI skipped that one because my SE 2 was less than a year old and I didn't want to go up a size.
- cluckindan 11mo agoiPhone SE 3 was released in 2022
- Telaneo 11mo agoVery fair. I skipped it because my SE 2 was still going strong when that came out, which I kind of regret now, since I can't get a new SE 3 anymore.
- seba_dos1 11mo agoIf 5-ish includes 5.7", then the Librem 5 that I'm typing this on would qualify. It's still borderline too big for my tastes though.
- Borealid 11mo agoThe Phonemax R4 GT uses a 4.3" screen and was released this year. There are not many, but there are not zero either.