Maybe you’re in the minority; but you’re not alone. I went the hassle of signing in on mobile just to upvote you! Sincerely from a 13 mini user, still grumpy about having to give up my se 1.
People that want small phones, me included, are unfortunately a vocal minority. The small flagship phones just don’t sell that well. Loved my iPhone 12 mini and rode it until Apple Intelligence was announced and I got suckered in because I love exploring AI.
My suspicion is small phone users buy phones less often, and thus are less represented by the market. This may be borne out if a company randomly produces a small phone and it proves popular
Same here. It’s a market that would sell millions of units per year like the mini did, just not hundreds of millions like the remaining iPhone linup combined.
The modern "flip" foldables like the Samsung Flip and Moto Razr let you do a lot on the front cover screen these days. When folded they are pretty comparable to early smartphones, like a wider more square Palm Pre.
There's a few small traditional phones from companies like Unihertz but they don't have the same support or power.
Unihertz Jelly series makes being small their whole selling point. They're not just average sized, they're small small. You could wrap your whole hand around it. Often suggested to help combat phone addiction because apparently smaller screens do something for that.
> Often suggested to help combat phone addiction because apparently smaller screens do something for that
Which has been my take on why there are no more small phones. Manufacturers noted that bigger phone equals more engagement. I am still on my 2022 iPhone SE for this reason.
It depends on what your definition of "small" is. If you consider the iPhone 13 mini as small the only thing that comes to mind is the Unihertz Jelly Max.
