One-handed iPhones, you mean. The Android ecosystem offers anything you want. I'm typing this on a nice, comfortable Google Pixel 6A that takes amazing photos.
@arstechnica So Apple isn’t making high quality small phones anymore. I love my iPhone 13 mini, especially since some nerve nonsense made one thumb dumb. Bummed.
@arstechnica It has a terrible battery life problem. @LaurelCo has a 13mini and it doesn’t last a day. I guess they could have made it thicker and heavier.
Hopefully by the time the iPhone 18 comes out, the Mini form factor will be available again (I have a 13 Mini and find it's the perfect size for me, and don't plan on upgrading until iOS stops supporting it).
@mousey I believe planned obsolescence is absolutely real, but this article isn't about that. This is about them not manufacturing and selling the product anymore. It still gets the latest iOS and security updates. There are still parts available for repairing it (at least I hope so, since they still make the regular iPhone 13).
@arstechnica The first mobile phone took 10 hours to charge and had 30 minutes talk time for the effort (and talk was all you could do with it). The kids these days.. :blobthinkingcool:
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No it doesn't make sense that regular sized (aka small) are a dying breed, they're the only phones which are ergonomic and needs less resources to be made.
@arstechnica The little SE is still there, it's the most conveniently sized iPhone and quite affordable but with a really horrible battery life sadly. Still, between bad battery life or having to carry a two-handed tablet I am choosing the bad battery life.
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