Nobody designs for small iPhone devices anymore
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#2If you think this is bad, try the first iPhone SE.
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#3That was the case when I owned iPhone 4S. I think that around iOS 9 it was poorly usable partially because developers ignored its dimensions.
That's a pity. I still think that 3.5" is the best smartphone size and I would pay good money to buy modern smartphone with good internals. But it does not make sense, even if some Android manufacturer would create it, apps and websites will ruin it.
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#4If you think this is bad, try the first iPhone SE.
I'm still using the iPhone SE (2016) as my daily driver. I find overall it's fine, only occasionally does a button get cut off by the screen size with no recourse.
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#5The main reason I had to get a new phone was because of apps not scaling correctly. And website visible areas being severely reduced due to ads and cookie notices etc...
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#6Really surprised this isn't caught in the App Store review process. Seems like a very low quality bar to aim for.
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#7Is iPhone 12 mini considered small? I rock it and i can't seem to share the annoyances that the author mentions.
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#8I was considering upgrading to an iPhone 12 mini. Does it have these issues too?
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#9Is iPhone 12 mini considered small? I rock it and i can't seem to share the annoyances that the author mentions.
Because the mini has the same amount of pt’s as the iPhone X. Take a good look: everything’s smaller.
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#10Why would you? There are a tiny share of small screen size phones out there, and often you need a substantially different design for a small screen. Basically you are doubling the layout effort on your designers and app developers (or let's say 1.3 times modifier at least), and those designs have to be maintained as well.
The alternative is to really have a "one size fits all" design, but this will likely mean making compromises on larger screens.
Mobile development is expensive, and there's already enough to deal with to support backwards compatibility, and localization. It's just not economical to support small phones which almost nobody is using.