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Re: I want an iPhone Mini-sized Android phone

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Post by w-ll »

d3nj4l wrote: post #174
izacus wrote: post #54

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These "slow iPhone 13 mini" sales are more than all Google Pixel phones sold in a year. Think about that. I don't understand when did the ability to choose a product fitting your preferences become a bad thing on HackerNews and modern American perception. Why is being able to buy niche products somehow not a worthy thing to be desired?

Much of that can be chalked down to the fact that Apple doesn't have that many models they actively sell, so the models that they do tend to have way more than any individual Android model, and that the mini is the cheapest iPhone in the 13 line. I know a few people who went for the mini because it was marginally cheaper.

I went with the mini because the new SE is fraking bigger with less screen. The mini is just about the limit of what i want to put in my pocket. If they get any bigger, im going watch with cell and leaving these phablets at home.

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Post by csdvrx »

hammock wrote: post #229
csdvrx wrote: post #59

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> It's not a "flagship" but it is fully featured - nothing spared - and half the size of my palm How does it compare to the palm phone PVG100, usually available for 1/3 of the price? (new but in OEM box) It seems much thicker. Also, which network are you using? https://www.unihertz.com/blogs/news/about-at-t-usage-in-the-... > Recently, AT&T released a whitelist of smartphone brands that will continue to work on their…

Verizon. Not familiar with PVG100, looks interesting though. Thanks for the tip

> Verizon

Then just get a PVG100, it supports all the features as it was made for this network!

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Post by stingrae »

oceanplexian wrote: post #357
davee5 wrote: post #270

Hi Eric, I'm a hardware startup guy myself (our paths have crossed) with the distinction that my own "very specific set of skills" has been honed at smartphone megacompanies and smartphone startups. OSOM, Essential, HTC, Samsung, Apple. I've designed and built a lot of phones. I'm building one now. I think this is a noble effort, I personally prefer pocketable phones too, but I think there are nigh-insurmountable hur…

> Big companies are drowning in market data. They know some people really, really want small phones. But it's a long-tail opportunity they're willfully ignoring I would argue that they don’t know what people want at all, since market data just reinforces previously held assumptions. For example if you surveyed people in 2006 what kind of phone they wanted, most consumers would probably ask for a better flip phone. It…

Unfortunately it has been tested. Rumors say that there won't be an iPhone 14 mini. (Sent from an iPhone 12 mini).

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Post by ourmandave »

eikenberry wrote: post #509
ourmandave wrote: post #414

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I had the Atom until AT&T said it wasn't compatible with their 5G forced switch over. Now I have the cheapest android they offer until I can find something else. I had an original Jelly but battery life was miserable.

You could also switch to T-mobile or Verizon. Though you probably already thought of that.

Yeah, in my area T-Mobile isn't. And Verizon is amazing but triple what I'm paying now.

Re: I want an iPhone Mini-sized Android phone

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Post by JansjoFromIkea »

unfortunately the best option I can see is supporting Lineage OS development on the XZ2 Compact at the moment. Seems to be no market for smaller phones at all (Apple are even ditching the mini for 14 iirc, Jelly has never made it anywhere near me to try). Beyond that, the Xperia Ace 3 is an okay size (slightly bigger than iPhone Mini) and maybe if it does well there will be more smaller options?

I've a 12 mini now because I thought the original SE was losing support last year, I def regret not sticking with the SE for another year instead, for me the 12 mini is unreasonably big.

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Post by brnaftr361 »

SoftTalker wrote: post #110
hammock wrote: post #32

Shameless plug for the Jelly 2. https://www.unihertz.com/products/jelly-2 It's not a "flagship" but it is fully featured - nothing spared - and half the size of my palm. The screen is just small enough to be too annoying to do anything really distracting on. I have gotten NOTHING but compliments on it since I started using it a month ago (on a reco I picked up here).

One concern with a very small phone is that it necessarily has a very small battery. If you can charge frequently, or you only use the phone for an occasional text message it may be OK for you, but if you're checking it every few minutes and active on social media you'll likely not be happy with it.

I didn't find this to be true with the XZ1 Compact, and it in fact consistently outlasted everyone else's phones despite similar use profiles.

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Post by unethical_ban »

achow wrote: post #304
mgkimsal wrote: post #284

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> and the component suppliers have also been looking at the trendlines so they are building bigger and bigger but... aren't they influencing the trendlines by doing this? if the only things manufacturers make are bigger and bigger, they then get to use the sale of those bigger items as justification to continue to make bigger items? Also seems a bit weird with more eco-awareness going on that some manufacturers would…

iPhone mini is 3% of sale. That's the trend.

Good point, with caveats: What is the comparison of 13-non pro vs. 13 mini? When I almost bought an iPhone recently, the thing that made me hesitate to consider for so long was that the mini is not pro - I want 90/120 hz, and they made a substandard flagship and blame poor sales on size. However, if the non-pro-fat 13 has great sales, you have a point.

Second, it's only iphone. I hesitated for so long to consider it at all because it requires switching environments.

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