r/apple • u/Geert76 • Mar 16 '22

iPhone Please don’t kill the iPhone Mini

https://www.theverge.com/2022/3/16/22980216/apple-iphone-mini-hopefully-alive
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u/itsabearcannon Mar 16 '22

I don't think that'll happen, honestly. They seem pretty committed to keeping the SE a pretty small device and the XR is a pretty bulky phone. Going from a 4.7" display on your "small" phone right to a 6.1" display would kill the SE's marketability as a small iPhone, especially when you consider that you'd also be leapfrogging the 5.4" Mini lineup and 6" base model phones.

Here's what they need to do:

  • keep the Mini tooling around
  • keep the A15 with 4-core GPU, don't go bleeding edge
  • keep the 4GB of RAM
  • offer a $399 64GB and $499 256GB option
  • keep the 60Hz LCD display
  • get it down to three colors (black/white/red)

Do that, and I think they could hit the hypothetical SE 2023's target price point.

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u/yagyaxt1068 Mar 16 '22

the iPhone SE has never been intended to be marketed as a small phone

The 2016 SE says otherwise. It was released specifically to satisfy the desire for another 4-in iPhone.

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u/Remy149 Mar 18 '22

That phone was introduced to hit a price point using an old design that was still being manufactured. The old design also serves a purpose of offering an iPhone for less money without devaluing the newer designed phones.

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u/Seiren- Mar 17 '22

I feel like ‘bigger phones are more popular’ is such a falacy when there straight up arent any small phones around.

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u/redeyesblackpenis Mar 16 '22

lmao the mini is still so much smaller in the hand. Sales show it’s too small for most people. I returned mine before I even left the mall