I want an iPhone Mini-sized Android phone (2022)

Post by geodel » Thu, Jul 17, 2025, 5:27 PM UTC

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When asking people if they'd buy a yellow Sony Walkman people said yes. Shortly after given the choice to take one home the same people picked black. https://medium.com/@diogomarta/the-yellow-walkman-paradox-th...

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Post by fkyoureadthedoc » Thu, Jul 17, 2025, 5:30 PM UTC

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The Pro (non-Max) feels like my sweet spot. Fits in most pockets pretty easily but Max is just too big for me.

I am 6ft tall and feel like my hands are above average in size. I have a regular iPhone 16 pro. I still don’t understand how people use bigger devices. Do they like using two hands? I can’t single hand a phone any larger without having to shift it in my hand. I don’t want to use two hands on my phone outside of typing.

Post by selectodude » Thu, Jul 17, 2025, 5:32 PM UTC

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Unihertz devices fill a gap but are subpar phones in terms of hardware. They also don't get any software updates the minute after they are launched.

I would be all over the Unihertz stuff if that wasn’t the case. I see people talking about Lineage working, but I haven’t looked into it. My ideal phone is something small and rugged with physical keys that supports Android Auto for navigation and a few other basic apps I need (Bitwarden basically).

Post by r00fus » Thu, Jul 17, 2025, 5:35 PM UTC

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> when it comes to the point-of-sale, most people still choose the normal-size device with better screen/battery/camera. My theory is that much of this effect is an error, or at least a far-less-than-ideal effort, on the part of the designers. Of course it’s hard to sell a low-end “mini” device with a worse camera, worse battery life, etc. But that’s not actually what I, or many people I discuss this with, want. I wo…

> The iPhone 12 and 13 Mini were always marketed as the cheaper versions [...] No, they were not. They were literally a scaled down version of their respective regular sized counterparts, the 13 Mini had the same cameras, SOC, memory, screen quality and storage options as the regular 13 [0], yet its sales success (or lack thereof [1]) was enough to instantly cure me of any previously held notions that there is a suff…

Post by meatmanek » Thu, Jul 17, 2025, 5:45 PM UTC

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We've seen this story play out before. Every phone manufacturer has had the bright idea of introducing a small flagship. They spend a ton of money developing and marketing it. Internet people get excited. And when launched - no one buys it. They learn their lesson and move on.