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Apple Debuts iPhone 16e
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#503Perhaps I'll finally update my 13 mini. I've been holding out hope that Apple will release another small form factor phone, but this may be the closest they will get.
I went from 13 mini to 16. I considered replacing the battery in the mini but a brand new 16 was so cheap with all the Verizon discounts and trade-in that it wasn’t worth putting a new battery in an old phone.
The 16 at first felt freakishly huge after years of the 13 mini, but I’ve gotten used to it.
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Apple managed to design its own state-of-the-art CPUs. I wouldn't have imagined that designing its own modem would be such a difficult challenge?
Except making a decent modem is indeed harder than start of art CPU. People loves to shit on Qualcomm but dont appreciate that amount of work involved.
I would buy that a decent modem is harder than many CPU designs, maybe even most. But harder than state-of-the-art? Surely not, have you seen the complexity?
And even CPUs (esp state of art) have to worry about radio effects, as in avoiding internally and across chipset.
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#505USB-C connector with support for: USB 2 (up to 480Mb/s) Can someone explain why they are pushing USB 2 speeds via USB-C connector in 2025? Can't believe it's cost... It's a shame.
They design the chip that powers the phone. Apple designs their chips to include exactly the IO they need, and nothing more. The A18 chip does not have the IO to support USB-3 speeds on the port. No A18 device supports USB 3 speeds. It's maddening but it is a question of cost; it's just pennies, and Apple is for sure not passing on the savings to us.
The 15 and 16 Pro lines support USB 3 speeds.
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#506Why are small phones not economical for major flagship phone developers? Obviously more expensive phones generate more revenue, but the reduced bill of materials on smaller phones should allow a better profit margin? Mostly I just want a phone that is comfortable in my hands.
Because nobody buys them. Apple tried with the iPhone 12 mini, and the iPhone 13 mini. They were only 5% of phones sold globally, and only 3% of phones sold in the US. The desire for small phones is an internet thing, but not backed by the market. Take it as a reality check for how internet opinions can be mostly irrelevant.
> The desire for small phones is an internet thing, but not backed by the market. Take it as a reality check for how internet opinions can be mostly irrelevant.
People have said this for years, but the mini phones were never going to be instant day-one hits. It's a self-fulfilling prophecy to launch them during Covid, offer them 2 years, and say no one wants them.
Give them a permanent place in the lineup, treating phones like every other very personal device meant for humans. Small, medium, and large.
If you do that, and give people time to see exactly why 5.42 screens are superior to 6.1"+ sizes, then I think the numbers will start to change from what we saw with the iPhone 12 mini and iPhone 13 mini that were launched when people were less on the go than in 100 years.
And no, I don't think a mini SKU can ever beat out the "cheap and big" midrange device that the average person is going to go for. Those will never be beat because they have perceived value. But I would bet in time it comes close or beats the "big and expensive" iPhone Pro Max option.
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... except for the fact that they refuse to re-issue the second greatest laptop form facter of all time : the 11" MBA. First place, obviously, goes to the Toshiba Libretto.
Come on. First place has gotta be the PowerBook 100.
PowerBook Duo or 2400C - surely! :)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PowerBook_Duo https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PowerBook_2400c
Wow - how was I impressed with a laptop "only" weighing 2kg?!
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#508Perhaps I'll finally update my 13 mini. I've been holding out hope that Apple will release another small form factor phone, but this may be the closest they will get.
I went from 13 mini to 16. I considered replacing the battery in the mini but a brand new 16 was so cheap with all the Verizon discounts and trade-in that it wasn’t worth putting a new battery in an old phone. The 16 at first felt freakishly huge after years of the 13 mini, but I’ve gotten used to it.
I was in a similar spot, but then I got a free battery replacement through Applecare [1], so I've stuck with it.
[1] "Your product is eligible for a battery replacement at no additional cost if you have AppleCare+ and your product's battery holds less than 80% of its original capacity." https://support.apple.com/iphone/repair/battery-replacement
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Yeah but the MagSafe charger I've spent $150 on doesn't work without the magnetic part.
I assume it's some elaborate mounting thing if you spent that much on it, but actually a magsafe charger will act as a standard Qi charger as well.
Yep. Switched from iPhone to Android but still use my magsafe charger on my bed stand for the new phone.
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Even as the instinctive prescriptivist that I am, I can't possibly get get worked up about permutations on onomatopoeia.
Not even something like "woe" for woah, or "hmf" for hmph? :P
You raise good points. :)
Actually I like "hmf" despite my usual distaste for the dilution of "ph" to "f". The "ph" in "hmph" seems incidental, so it does not trigger me, I guess!
There is a highway sign somewhere on I-95 for "Fenix Ave", which took me a while to realize was a vicious act committed by illiterates against "Phoenix Avenue".