Apple is 'drastically' cutting iPhone Air productionfortune.com 3 pointsthund10 months ago5 commentsSaveHideCopy link On HNComments−gnabgib10moPreviously (5+6+9 points, 5 days ago, 4 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45618278 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45624029 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45627471−ungreased067510moCould we try a mini iPhone next? Nobody asked for thinner phones, but at least some percentage of people like small phones.−appreciatorBus10moI like small phones too, but my understanding is that they tried that iPhone 12 mini and iPhone 13 mini and they didn’t sell well either. :/−bobertdowney10moI wonder why Apple keeps niche Mac and iPad SKUs around though, like the iPad mini.−Czarcasm10moiPad mini sells pretty well for how little it costs apple to keep producing.
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Previously (5+6+9 points, 5 days ago, 4 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45618278 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45624029 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45627471
Could we try a mini iPhone next? Nobody asked for thinner phones, but at least some percentage of people like small phones.
I like small phones too, but my understanding is that they tried that iPhone 12 mini and iPhone 13 mini and they didn’t sell well either. :/
I wonder why Apple keeps niche Mac and iPad SKUs around though, like the iPad mini.
iPad mini sells pretty well for how little it costs apple to keep producing.