Weekly poll results: people say they want small phones, but that is not apparent in sales numbers

14 February 2021
Sales data for the iPhone 12 mini, perhaps the only proper mini flagship on the market right now, is not encouraging. 

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  • 14 Feb 2021

Strawhat, 14 Feb 2021It is only 1% want smaller phone like 12 mini. Rip battery ... moreNot only gaming. I don't game at all on my phones, still I do not like small size displays. You need to zoom all the time you need to read something, or look at an article (no matter how good quality the display is). Not to mention, watching YouTube videos or movies.
A display at around 6" is more than enough for compact size, but in the same time represents a good solution for everything you need to do on your phone.
And yes, I had both a 4.7" display phones as well as 6.53" display ones and everything else in between. 6" display is the sweet spot for me.
Sadly, only Apple and Samsung makes good quality phones at this display sizes. All the Chinese manufacturers are stuck at 6.53"-6.8" sizes, lol. Probably to cut costs, they just use the same panels over and over again for different models.

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    • 14 Feb 2021

    Anonymous, 14 Feb 2021People wanting small phones is like the constant scream of ... moreEver thought they are struggling because their phones are trash? Just software isn’t everything if it runs underpowered chipset with crappy slow storage and inflated price because they think they are special or something.

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      • Rosso
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      • 14 Feb 2021

      If I am being honest, it's phone enthusiasts that want smaller phones, plus the fact that smaller phones are always considerably worse then their bigger models has an impact

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        • Dan
        • nDQ
        • 14 Feb 2021

        All phone SIZES should have the PRO and the ENTRY LEVEL versions.

        So we should have Iphone mini Pro and the entry level as well. Also, small phones should be a bit thicker for bigger batteries. Android mini Pro phones are nonexistent.

        My ideal phone would like the legendary Nokia 808 (only 169gr.) . This phone should have the same size and thickness for huge camera sensors and battery inside. Zero bezels, no selfie camera but a second smaller screen on the back like ZTE nubia Z20 has. Periscope camera not only for extra tele but for extra macro too. 8k, professional 10 bit shooting on all cameras. That's my feedback for the industry. Please, do that.

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          • Yronk
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          • 14 Feb 2021

          Okay apple please make 6.9 to 7.2inch smartphone I’m all in...people prefer bigger screen for gaming and multimedia in my opinion unless they didn’t treat their phone as a smart phone

            From my point of view, iphone 12 is the right sized phone already. Anything smaller than that will not be enjoyable for anything from media consumption to web browsing. And the battery life will be (and it is for the 12 mini) appaling. I just hope the android world would produce ~6 inch phones more with great specs.

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              • jiku
              • XTi
              • 14 Feb 2021

              who said we want them, it's just that we like them

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                • Anonymous
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                • 14 Feb 2021

                Why does every discussion of compact phones skip the Huawei P40 (148.9 x 71.1) ??

                  That's correct! I remember the poll for perfect mobile phone display size, as a minority I opted for the maximum size and while huge number of participants chose smallest screen size. Obviously, such opinion polls are always skewed since many of the competitors online warriors participate to mislead the numbers and force certain players to bet wrongly...

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                    • 14 Feb 2021

                    AnonD-804996, 14 Feb 2021iPhone Mini would, because it's essentially a shrunken... moreThey can increase the thickness for battery.

                      It is only 1% want smaller phone like 12 mini. Rip battery life and good luck gaming in small screen

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                        • Mayur
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                        • 14 Feb 2021

                        People are looking for better mini phone , which is not available in market
                        Currently it’s iPhone mini but it has less battery. So we don’t have options to go for phone of size 6 inch and above

                          Way smaller batteries and striped off top specs are the reasons why people aren't buying small phones despite of wanting smaller phones.

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                            • Anonymous
                            • vG4
                            • 14 Feb 2021

                            Anonymous, 14 Feb 2021that is a grave miscalculationiphone is a standard for global phone sales and mimi is only 6% of total sales

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                              • Anonymous
                              • vG4
                              • 14 Feb 2021

                              AnonD-804996, 14 Feb 2021It's not apparent because for years everyone was just ... moreWhy would anyone what small phones???



                              They want to squint 24X7 looking at their phones especially middle age and older people

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                                • Anonymous
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                                • 14 Feb 2021

                                Anonymous, 14 Feb 2021LITERALLY NO ONE WANTS SMALL PHONES and it's showing i... morethat is a grave miscalculation

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                                  • Anonymous
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                                  • 14 Feb 2021

                                  So many people bashing small phones because of sales numbers.
                                  Maybe the people who want small phones are not consuming phones like over-inflated throwaway products. Also it's not like the iPhone 12 mini is easily affordable (yet).
                                  Lastly of all, the smaller android devices like the Pixels sold decently.

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                                    • Anonymous
                                    • vG4
                                    • 14 Feb 2021

                                    LITERALLY NO ONE WANTS SMALL PHONES and it's showing in sales numbers.


                                    The minimum nsize for Phones should be 6" with 20:9

                                    And max should be 6.8" with 20:9

                                    For me it's 6.4" with 20:9.

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                                      • Anonymous
                                      • PUr
                                      • 14 Feb 2021

                                      People wanting small phones is like the constant scream of how stock android is the best when every manufacturer that uses stock android is struggling.

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                                        • 14 Feb 2021

                                        MK13, 14 Feb 2021Not apparent in sales numbers?? Maybe that's because n... moreiPhone Mini would, because it's essentially a shrunken down normal iPhone so no compromises with performance because of size (remember when Sony was doing Xperia Mini with same approach?), but not with that battery. I generally don't have issue with iPhone batteries as barely 3000mAh in my iPhone XR gets me through almost 2 days of mild use and 1 day easily of using it much more, but the one in iPhone 12 Mini is really on a very small side even for iPhone standards. If Mini somehow had 3000mAh battery, then I think a lot of people would get it. But that would essentially be 1/3 more capacity.

                                        Then again iPhones don't really have the space to fit larger batteries if you look their teardowns. It's not like Apple is leaving empty space in their phones, but for some reason they can't physically fit much larger batteries without making phones even bulkier. Which brings me to wondering if other components around battery are somehow larger than competition. I never looked that far into it...