You can hardly imagine it today: first the iPhone had a screen of only 3.5 inch diagonals – and it looked great for many users, as it practically involved only performance only at that time. But today there are no other compact Apple smartphones: with its 4.7 inches after the end of the iPhone SE 3, Apple does not sell a single model below 6.1 inches. And it also seems to live in this way: A famous Apple journalist recently emphasized in a stream that Apple does not have any compatible projects (more) at present.
iPhone 12 mini and 13 mini: pointed target group
The current design of the iPhone was actually compact in 2020 and 2021: at that time models appeared 12 mini and 13 mini. They brought a 5.4-inch screen diagonal at 2340 by 1080 pixels and weighed 133 grams (12 mini, 13 mini, 13 mini minimly thick and 7 grams of heavy) shirts and weighs with dimensions of 131.5 mm on pocket-friendly dimensions. In 2022, Apple then fixed due to poor sales, which was to change the mini design for a plus model for 6.7 inches. In fact, 12 mini and 13 mini had lots of target groups, but even today – equipment running with iOS 18 can continue working properly.
But it will remain like this, nothing will happen. Like Bloomberg Reporter Mark Gurman Claimed in a question -answer meeting with readersApple is “currently nothing” in the direction of a compact smartphone. “The work is no longer on a small iPhone.” Apple “really went away” from this.
Rather width
In the future, Gurman’s idea, plans to use about 6 inches (ie 6.1) as “basic shape” and then to become more “big and big” than small. “And the larger you look, the younger the 6 -inch phone sounds.”
In fact, with its really acute folding plans (from 2026), Apple width. The iPhone 17 Air, which possibly appear in autumn 2025 and should be particularly diluted, will probably be at least 6.6 inches. For so long you can expect Apple to continue to support the old model. The iOS 19 probably still playable on the iPhone 12 mini and 13 mini, at least current speculation.
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