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>>asimop+(OP)
My cynical take is that small phones don't exist because they are not the product. Similar to vape pens the product is the addictive substance the device loads. In this case its apps and ads. A smaller screen probably negatively impacts KPIs on many levels, at Google/Apple/Meta/X and on down through the ecosystem.

I understand that Apple did not make enough money to make it worth their while to continue the iphone mini line. However, it does seem like there is a profitable business for someone there given how beloved it was/is.

I only traded out my iphone 12 mini just recently for an iphone 16 pro (likely the last apple product I will ever buy but thats another story) and aside from the camera it is basically the same. Just heavier, awkward to hold and slightly worse designed.

No major player wants a smaller screen because it has downstream impacts on the pipeline of addictive material and ad pixels they can stuff into ocular nerves.

>>pclowe+Cf
The issue is "bigger numbers" marketing. The story for much of smartphone history was the flagship had a bigger screen.

But then it hit the practicable limits of what people can pocket/hold-comfortably.

If you make a phone with a smaller screen but want to call it "flagship" then you'd better have some good marketing to reverse the perception.

>>_carby+Qk
Please note that Samsung flagship S24 is smaller than non-flagship A55 (the same release year)