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Post by LAC-Tech »

IAmEveryone wrote: post #311
reaperducer wrote: post #140

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Every female member of my family has complained about devices being too big. My wife's solution to iPhones being too big was to upgrade all of her handbags and to buy flouncy dresses with pockets. Wanna trade families? Please?

What kind of illoyal loser would denounce their wife in public, offer to “trade” her like some property, all over some completely meaningless bullshit cliché complaint about their choices of style?

Give me a break. You know damn well that the GP didn't really want to trade his wife and it was a joke, yet you felt compelled to gallop in here on your steed and bravely proclaim - on a tech message board, in 2022 - that you are against treating human beings as property.

If you thought the joke was distasteful, say it was distasteful. But pretending it was serious and loudly letting us all know you are against trading human beings is some of the lamest virtual signalling I've ever seen.

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Post by [deleted] »

sydthrowaway wrote: post #557
d3nj4l wrote: post #174

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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.

"Oh, the Mini sells better than all of the Pixels, but only because of "

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Post by aylmao »

perardi wrote: post #6

“matching size and design of iPhone 13 Mini” So, by all accounts, the iPhone mini has been an extremely slow seller. https://www.macrumors.com/2022/04/21/iphone-13-mini-unpopula... Why would that form factor succeed in the Android space? --- I see these meme on tech sites all the time: “oh phones are too big I just want something simple”. That is a valid sentiment that I think is shared by basically no average consum…

Worth point out; per the chart on the linked article it seems like the iPhone 12 Mini sold about as well as the iPhone 13 Mini, if I'm reading the colors correctly.

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Post by simondotau »

bigiain wrote: post #758
simondotau wrote: post #695

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There’s still a market for faster horses.

There's still a market for buggy whips too. No VC firm is investing millions expecting a 100x return in buggy whip startups though.

No, but if you need a buggy whip, they are available in sufficient quantity relative to demand.

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Post by grwthckrmstr »

I jokingly tell my friends that i want to start a phone company.

It'll just sell one phone.

aPhone.

It's, a phone.

Not aPhone 1, aPhone 2. That's not minimalist.

Just aPhone, 2022 edition. And so on.

It's aPhone for people who like regular sized phones. 5.8" display max, 3-4ths of the way to flagship specs, a $500 ish price tag.

Pair it with near stock Android with minor adjustments only, and i really think the aPhone could be a hit and help build a (not a billion-dollar) multi-million dollar company.

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Post by knubie »

elorant wrote: post #417
achow wrote: post #156

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Hold on; the math is not that easy. For one - most of the iPhone Mini sale is because of 'Halo effect', die hard fans who anyway would have bought an iPhone, bought the mini version. An Android phone maker will not have that brand pull or halo effect to establish a new category, so it would be no where near that 10M number. Second, iPhone or Mac devices are known for hardware and software integration. That translates…

If you’re a diehard fan why would you buy a subpar phone, and not the latest flagship? Smaller phones imply less usage because some things aren’t as pleasant as on a bigger screen.

The mini line up is not “subpar.” There is utility in a smaller form factor that is equal to or greater than the the value of the better specs in a large form factor. If that weren’t true then everyone would be walking around with an iPad instead of an iPhone.

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Post by jacobrussell »

ohyoutravel wrote: post #225
dspillett wrote: post #172

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I'd love a small primary phone with good battery life for general use (SMS/IM, and (shock!) making/taking calls). Relatively low resolution screen would not be a problem at all. But I, like most people I expect, also use my phone for many other uses some of which make good use of a larger screen at higher resolution: in-car GPS and while running/walking out on the trails, web browsing and social media stuff that woul…

This is where I am. Love the idea of a small phone like the android Palm Phone, and almost bought one. But my iPhone 13 Pro Max is basically so big I use it in place of my laptop for many, many things. So it basically replaces my dslr because of the camera quality and my laptop unless I’m writing software. Though I would love a small phone, I didn’t buy the Palm which would have been perfect for when I’m running or s…

You can still buy it on Amazon [0].

[0] https://www.amazon.com/Palm-PVG100-Premium-Unlocked-Titanium...

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