why are they all so big?

MikeJXE

tiger135 said:

Its just annoying , I admit I got used to 5inch phones eventually but the 6.5 ones are just too big , especially if you have small hands.
Cant believe moto  nokia or samsung dont do any mini models anymore.

They don't do them because they don't sell. Apple  only wanted 4" iPhone until they saw the sales of their competitors selling larger devices and then jumped on the bandwagon 

tiger135

mike are you sure about that? a lot of people i know had the iphone mini 12/13.
it reminds me of cars being discontinued, best seller fiesta, now the vw up! which had a waiting list. whats going on!

MikeJXE

Yes a lot of people bought them including me but not enough 

Why do think there are hardly any small 4" phones on the market ? They don't sell in a big enough quantity 

I prefer a small phone as it fits better in my front trouser pocket, it's safer there 

Not so good for browsing but I do that on my iPad or Macbook 

Cisco001

More space for hardware?
Bigger battery?

I personally can't go back to small screen.

DigSunPap

MikeJXE said:

You can blame that on Steve Jobs, he killed off every phone till they found a way to copy the iPhone 

No more originality these days! They have such a monopoly now. Anything else is just a fad like those touch screen flip phones that they have brought back.

d123

MikeJXE said:

I have both iPhone 12 mini and SE both have square edges which I prefer 

Comparing them 1 on top of the other 

The SE is about 5mm shorter and narrower than the mini 

I look after my phones, both in excellent condition and I have kept the SE as a spare just in case 

There have been at least 3 versions of the SE and I think only the original had squared edges.

The current model SE looks more like the iPhone 7/8 and is still available new.

https://www.apple.com/uk/iphone-se/specs/

tiger135

yes the Se2020 is similar to iphone 8 has a glass back and slightly heavier than iphone 7. 
has anyone here tried both iphone 7 and 8 and can compare the size/weight, apparantly due to the glass the 8/se 2020 is heavier.

d123

tiger135 said:

yes the Se2020 is similar to iphone 8 has a glass back and slightly heavier than iphone 7. 
has anyone here tried both iphone 7 and 8 and can compare the size/weight, apparantly due to the glass the 8/se 2020 is heavier.

I have used both, but not at the same time, I don’t really recall feeling the 8 to be much heavier.

FYI, the newest iPhone SE was released in 2022, and is 5G capable, it uses much the same internals as the iPhone 13.

tiger135

Ive given up on finding a smaller android. 
Dont think the SE2020 like new from o2 @£139 can be beaten.