We have bad news for lovers of the iPhone Mini: it seems that the diminutive apparatus does not return anytime soon. Apple does not plan to reintroduce the smallest iPhone model, according to Bloomberg journalist Mark Gurman. During a recent Live questions / answers sessionHe noted that Apple has moved away from the smallest designs to go “larger, larger and larger”, which means that smaller phones feel even smaller. “We will see what the market says to Apple,” he added.
The declarations of the longtime Apple journalist, which has close links with the company’s sources, comes when the company has recently stopped selling its third generation iPhone SE – leaving no iPhone model with a screen of less than 6 inches. The company will also work on a foldable iPhone with an interior screen without 7.8 -inch screed and a 5.5 -inch outdoor screen, with a launch date next year.
The iPhone Mini, which has not been refreshed since 2021, had a 5.4 -inch screen. The smaller model made its debut with the iPhone 12 Mini in 2020.
Apple did not immediately respond to a request for comments.
Although the iPhone 12 Mini and 13 Mini has developed a niche fans base, especially among people who thought it was better for their hands, they failed to win a general traction. At the time, Counterpoint Research reported that the iPhone 12 represented only 5% of iPhone 12 sales in January 2021. Neither the iPhone 12 Mini nor the 13 mini scored the list of the first 10 best -selling smartphones by the end of this year, according to Counterpoint.
Ramon Llamas, director of the IDC market research company, told CNET “writing was on the wall for it.”
“With the trend for increasingly large smartphones – hello, iPhone pro max – and the success of value -based products – iPhone SE and iPhone 16e – The niche mini niche place in the world was under constant pressure of all its other iPhone cousins,” said Llamas.
“I think many people liked it, especially for their aging parents who wanted something little and simple to manage – but rarely for themselves.”
