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If slide-out keyboards were still a thing they wouldn't be nearly as bad but we had to get rid of those because being thinner is the most important thing in the
by mcronce 3y ago
If slide-out keyboards were still a thing they wouldn't be nearly as bad but we had to get rid of those because being thinner is the most important thing in the world
- postmodest 3y agoAnd then because on screen keyboards suck so bad we had to make phones BIGGER which meant they needed to be THINNER which meant cameras needed to stick out, and here we are, in a world where an iPhone Pro Max takes up the full height of my jeans pocket and digs into my hip when I sit down. Yeyyy.
- robinson7d 3y agoiPhone mini was a thing for a while. It still has the stuck out camera but otherwise only a bit larger than the iPhone 5 from 9 years earlier. I wish they hadn’t ended it on the 13, because I also feel phones are getting too large.
- fragmede 3y agoOr, there just isn't the market for a current gen mini and an SE.
- robinson7d 3y agoThat’s for sure why it was discontinued. I’m sad it’s gone, but I do understand I’m a minority in that feeling. I was just offering it as a counter point (from as recent as last year) to the onscreen keyboards necessitating huge phones that the comment I replied to was suggesting. Plus an option that is still modern enough to use. Using the mini keyboard isn’t much worse than the pro. It’s feasible, these minis type well, I don’t think it’s the reason for bigger, thinner phones with cameras popping out. I’d blame content more.
- postmodest 3y agoI am going to run my 13 mini into the ground. I honestly miss the OG iPhone size.
- magicalhippo 3y agoDon't think I'd even need a full keyboard. I had a much easier time writing on my old Nokia 3310 or similar than I've ever had on my newfangled "smart" phone (it's quite dumb).