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>>erohea+(OP)
“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?

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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 consumer. For a lot of people, phones are their primary computing devices, so a big screen is nice there. Bigger phones allow for more battery capacity. Aging populations like them because you can use screen zoom features to really blow up that text size without making the effective viewport too small.

And…people just like big stuff. I know that’s simplistic and a little condescending, but then look at SUV and truck sales.

>>perard+n3
>people just like big stuff

I'm inclined to think that applies more to Americans than people generally. Europeans and Australians can be quite content with smaller vehicles, smaller properties, and quite frankly smaller lifestyles.

>>hn_thr+T6
Weird, all the europeans who visit me in the US talk so much about how great it is to have this much space.

>>0des+eb
Right, it's not that we don't want bigger houses, apartments or cars, we just can't justify it in terms of cost.

I'd love to get my wife a bigger car, so she wouldn't be scared of driving in the snow, but just buying it would be three times the price (or more) compared to the small car she's currently driving.

>>mrweas+xf
Plenty of room down south, we'd be happy to have you both.

>>0des+Ul
Plenty of room, but no women's rights to speak of and a lot of other unlivable factors involved.

>>Bud+aP
You sound prejudiced