“An iPhone mini would sell like hotcakes” is a HN meme at this point.

do people seriously not remember that an iPhone mini used to exist, and definitely did not sell like hotcakes?

	▲	rTX5CMRXIfFG 6 days ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Well hotcakes aren’t that in-demand but there’s a market for it, so the iPhone mini definitely sold like hotcakes
	▲	dijit 5 days ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		we remember that there was a phone released with a name "mini" which was just as large as an iPhone 6: which many people considered to be a large phone; and those who didn't were perfectly serviced by the same sized SE from 2020- which was the size of an iPhone 6... https://imgur.com/a/iphone-mini-vs-iphone-5-vs-iphone-6-case...

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mort96 5 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I genuinely don't think I've seen that sentiment? "I really want a smaller phones, these gigantic bricks are too big" is a common sentiment but I don't think anyone disputes the sales figures of the mini

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Cyph0n 5 days ago | parent [-]

But the sentiment is implied.

By expressing disappointment with the absence of a mini on every single new iPhone announcement, you’re basically ignoring the fact that Apple and other phone makers understand that small form factor phones are dead as a mainstream product.

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TheDong 5 days ago | parent | next [-]

Small phones are dead as a mainstream product, sure.

Screenreaders are also dead as a mainstream product.

Phones with a German language setting are dead as a mainstream product.

However, there are various people with severe disabilities like being blind, being german, and having small hands, so we should produce phones that are appropriate for all of those groups, and yet only the former two are serviced (even though there are more people with small hands than there are germans).

Sent from an iPhone mini, which is already about an inch too big for my hands.

	▲	Cyph0n 5 days ago \| parent [-]
		You know what I mean, but I will expand. No phone company is releasing a flagship SFF phone because there simply is no mainstream consumer demand for one. In fact, demand has been dead for many years now. Good for you that you have a iPhone mini, but I would wager you won’t be seeing a new mini model anytime soon. Unless of course mainstream consumer demands shift, at which point HN dreams will become reality once more. What is for certain is that complaining about this on every phone-related HN thread will not help change anything.

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torstenvl 5 days ago | parent | prev [-]

You're literally making that up. Small form factor phones are not dead as a mainstream product. They never have been.

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Cyph0n 5 days ago | parent [-]

Whatever you like.

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torstenvl 5 days ago | parent | next [-]

The iPhone SE 2022 was in the top ten smartphones of the year by sales figures. It may not be as astronomical as flagship phones, but it's simply a lie to say it's "dead" as a "mainstream" product.

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NetMageSCW 4 days ago | parent [-]

The iPhone SE 2022 was not a small or Mini phone / it had the same larger display as the iPhone 6.

	▲	torstenvl 2 days ago \| parent [-]
		Which is smaller than the display of an iPhone 13 mini (4.7" vs. 5.3")

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1270018080 6 days ago | parent | prev [-]

It sold like hotcakes for the people who wanted them at least

	▲	mrits 6 days ago \| parent [-]
		gluten free hotcakes