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Comment by Ar-Curunir | Hacker News Reader

Anecdotally, just this past month I had a pair of good quality jeans from J. Crew wear out and tear at the pocket due to friction from my iPhone 13 Pro Max. The jeans are fairly lightly used.

I would love a smaller phone that doesn't kill my pants...

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Are these super skinny jeans? I’m trying to visualize how a phone would tear your pocket.

Not particularly. It’s just a very big phone.

Not to be flippant but next time don’t buy the Max. I don’t know how to reconcile “I wish my phone were smaller” with “I buy the biggest phone”.

Apple is doubtless doing the same kind of “they say they want this but they buy that” calculation that automobile manufacturers are doing. “People say they want fuel efficient cars but they actually buy SUVs And giant trucks.”

Don't listen to them, the Pro Max is the goat of iPhones. Buy a stronger pocket instead :-)

In this case I was gifted the Max; I didn't buy it myself. The next phone I purchase will probably be an iPhone 16 or 16e as those are the smallest "new" phones.

> I don’t know how to reconcile “I wish my phone were smaller” with “I buy the biggest phone”.

Maybe "I want my battery life to be the longest available" dominates the decision.

Absolutely. But then Apple is correct in believing that “I want a small screen” is not actually the deciding factor. There are probably a bunch of people out there who would like a device with a smaller screen but it’s actually #6 on the list of priorities, below battery life, performance, screen quality, storage, and iMessage.

We're saying the same thing. The reconciliation method is a straightforward prioritization.

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