Yes, the Macalope is still being talked about as the iPhone mini.
No, You stop hitting yourself.
Like a man continually trying to run the 100 meter hurdles with his hand cuffed to his ankle, the excited person will start again and argue that Apple made a small iPhone wrong.
Everyone needs a hobby.
Recent iPhone sales estimates seem to put to rest the idea that some people actually wanted smaller iPhones. Until you fold these numbers, cut them into snowflake shapes, then hold them up to the light to guess the true meaning of Christmas.
Or something like that.
The result of CIRP's latest iPhone model share estimates is that the share taken by the iPhone 12 mini and iPhone 13 mini appears to have gone to larger phones. Of course, that's probably not how it happened. It wasn't like little phone enthusiasts suddenly decided they were wrong and bought the biggest phone they could get their hands on. Macalope had both minis and opted for the smallest new iPhone he could get this year: the iPhone 16. (There's only so long you can hold out.) It's just that more People who bought the smallest iPhones bought bigger ones.
One thing is certainly true: If you don't make a small iPhone, no one will buy one. But like everyone Pee Wee Herman knew, the Macalope has a big “but.” And that's what we'll never know, is how well an iPhone mini with a high-end processor and camera would have sold. The Macalope didn't buy the iPhone mini (twice) because it was cheaper. He bought it because it was smaller. Apple never made the mini it actually wanted.
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Still, as far as boats that have gone to sea go, this one is long gone. Out of port, across the ocean and to the ends of the earth, we sort of sailed. The Argonauts fall from it as it falls forever. At this point, it's more than futile to argue for a smaller iPhone.
I mean, that's not going to stop the Macalope, of course. He'll probably keep talking about the iPhone mini until the universe heats up.
The fact is, it's likely that some people are moving toward larger phones for reasons other than screen size, like longer battery life and greater boot capacity. Most probably want bigger screens, but probably not everyone.
Well, look, if we can't have small, how about thin? : iPhone 17 Air design revealed: 5-6mm aluminum body, single camera, and more.
Maybe we'll find out what people really want when Apple releases the iPhone Air next year. The screen size will fall between the iPhone Pro and iPhone Pro Max at 6.6 inches, but Apple will apparently grease the new device's skids by not shipping an iPhone 17 Plus.
Oh. It must be nice to be Apple's favorite. The Macalope wonders how well the iPhone mini would have sold if Apple hadn't shipped the base iPhone 12 and 13. I guess we'll never know.
Although the screen size is perfect for iPhone Plus fans at just 0.1 inch smaller, one thing might be wrong. Unsurprisingly, the device will also have a “smaller battery” than current iPhones, but it remains to be seen how battery life will ultimately compare. If the battery life is equivalent to that of an imaginary iPhone 17 mini, will customers still opt for this innovation? I guess we'll see.
The Macalope is not at all in favor of the failure of the iPhone 17 Air. If anything, he likes to see Apple try new form factors. Speaking of which, here's a new form factor for you Apple: the iPhone Pro mini.
Just a thought.
