HN commenters and their friends are an extremely biased sample set.

The sales numbers don’t lie about the global demand though.

I loved the iPhone 4 format factor, but prefer more recent and larger editions for battery life and battery longevity.

My only gripe with the 6.7 inch form factor would be solved if someone would just sell me a bigger hand. I can’t hold it one handed and reach the far corner of the screen without some obnoxious accessory like a Popsocket bolted to the back thereby making it impossible to use on a flat surface or fit in a pocket.

Come to think of it, Zaphod might have been on to something with that third arm.

I am aware. My point was basically that the people who wanted them weren’t lying, they really love them, and are willing to keep them for years even though they are getting slightly old now. I’m imagining this doesn’t show up in first year sales numbers in a similar way to how the things people say they want in cars typically drive used market buying not new market purchases.

I’ve tried to validate this hypothesis, but run into problems finding the data. Do you know where to find currently active numbers by model? I’m think something like browser market share charts. I’ve only been able to find numbers from the year they were released, and even that was as a percentage of total sales, not raw numbers.

My hypothesis is that minis (13 mini and 12 mini) are over represented in active phones compared to other models of that generation.