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It still has 6.5 inch display and the camera sticks out like a sore thumb. Where's a 5 inch display normal thickness phone?

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> Where's a 5 inch display

When companies try smaller phones, like the iPhone 13 mini, they don't seem to sell very well. So the companies stop making them.

Ever since Apple started making their phones big I've wanted a smaller one. I never bought a mini because it has a worse camera and that's more important to me.

My wife actually has a 13 mini and loves it. I also wish that there were good smaller phones, but I can't really blame companies for focusing on what sells.

I'm also curious who the market is for a thinner phone. I imagine pockets on some clothes women commonly wear might work better with a thinner phone, but those pockets are almost always too small in other dimensions to actually hold the phone

Pure speculation but the fact that it has a strap accessory. Feels like something for the younger generation. Life is on your phone. You take your phone everywhere but you don’t care about pro features. Reminds me how a lot of younger folks either don’t drive or are uninterested in it.

the strap is probably more for Asian markets. for instance whenever I go to Japan I see a lot of people still use straps (it's been a thing for years now). But here in California it's pretty rare to see slings used like that.

Differ strokes for different folks. I can see the phone being quite popular in the US including California.

>I'm also curious who the market is for a thinner phone

Hm, i'd consider it (if i was upgrading yet again).

Why? My 15 Pro (not-Max) gets way too hot way too fast doing basically nothing and it p*sses me off - so, i'd rather not (yet?) take a bet if the new 17 Pro (Max) does better with an entire new thermal design - considering _something_ is _always_ off with new Apple hardware designs, starting with the iPhone 4...

It's like, Star Trek slate-futuristic-cool. With that new glass UI design? Call me an imbecile, but I think it's fun

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