I've had the iPhone Mini since launch and it's basically the perfect phone. I use it without a case and it hasn't gotten any scratches. Camera is excellent, video is solid, processor/RAM is never fully utilized, battery life is very good, if feels amazing to be able to use with just one hand, it's relatively light, and the screen color/brightness/resolution is excellent.
I want an iPhone Mini-sized Android phone
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Re: I want an iPhone Mini-sized Android phone
#822Droid Mini was a great smaller phone, a bit ahead of its time in features but locked bootloader doomed it for 3rd party life extension (cyanogenmod, lineageos)
https://www.gsmarena.com/motorola_droid_mini-5603.php
Dang can't believe it's a decade old, I still have a few sitting in a box unused.
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#823OP wants the Samsung s10e
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#824I wanted this and it didn't exist, so now I use an iPhone 13 mini. I'll likely replace the battery on this a few times since rumor has it the mini model won't be continued. It's too bad that Apple is running entirely on the sales numbers of the mini itself for that decision, as since getting an iPhone 13 mini I've bought 3 of the newest model of macbook pro for members of my family, started using Apple TV+ and Apple…
I also got a 13 Mini. It's a nice phone, but it feels very dense, especially with the magsafe case. I'm not sold on the experience coming from Android, but it seems like it's a case of learning workarounds. In hindsight, I realised that I was coming from an Android phone a few generations back (Pixel 2) which I considered to be a reasonable size. Pixels have gotten about 10 mm longer over time. However now we have wa…
Use it without the case. The iPhone 13 mini aluminum coating is very, very scratch resistant.
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#825My opinion is that the demand for small phones will be satisfied by foldable phones. I see that option more viable and effective.
Nah. A foldable is just an excuse to charge a consumer more money. It has features people don't need.
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#826Earlier quoted context omitted.
> 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…
I’ve owned smart phones since the treo. I’ve owned blackberry phones, windows mobile, even a palm pre. I’ve had nearly every iPhone since launch. I’m on an iPhone 13 Pro Max. Nothing makes me yearn for a smaller screen. I held an iPhone 3G in my hand last week after finding it in a drawer and was amazed at how it felt too small to be really useful these days. My gal has a 13 pro max. My folks have larger phones. My s…
The reason it's not a big market is that if glove-sizing worked the same way as phones, you'd have people with small glove size walking around in ginormous gloves. That's not the case because glove sizing actually behaves rationally, as opposed to truck-sizing, where every human in America wants a ginormous truck regardless of their actual need. Sadly, phones follow trucks, not gloves, because the former is ego-driven, not need-driven. Apple deserves credit for recognizing the counter-example to its own market presence and engages fully around it while no competitor follows suit.
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#827I'd like a small phone, big battery (I don't mind clunky/brick) or changeable * excellent dac * headphone jack * FM dab+ * ir * for camera: join up with Ricoh / Pentax *
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#828Funny thing is that I still use my Samsung Note 3 (8 years old and kicking, with Android 11) and what was considered ridiculously large phone when I got it (people were laughing at me) is now the smallest one around. It was interesting to observe this gradual shift in perception, especially among those who were laughing at me back than :)
I hear ya! My previous phone was a Note 4. My current phone is still a Note 8. I thought that was a big jump in size! Phones today are even bigger, and I'm done going up in size.
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#829I still use my HTC HD2 (12 years old) because I could not find a small phone. It is now on its 5th battery and still working flawlessy. The caveat is: I only have 5 apps and because there are no more.
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#830I'd like a small phone, big battery (I don't mind a bulge) or changeable * excellent dac * headphone jack * FM dab+ * ir * I would say: partner with Ricoh / Pentax for camera and with Onkyo for audio. Fujitsu as manufacturer.