The iPhone Mini didn't convince the feudal lord, so he's leaving

On September 12, Apple introduced a new line of iPhone 15 phones, among which (as expected) we did not see the iPhone Mini version. The reason is quite simple. The mini version didn't sell well because it had some insurmountable flaws, and because people are looking for bigger phones at the moment. But all is not lost. 

The departure of the iPhone Mini was a long process that started last year. Apple announced the iPhone 14 series without a successor to the 13 Mini. But the Mini remained on sale through most of 2023 with the rest of the 13-series models. Just before the new series was announced, however, they withdrew all promotional material and withdrew it from sale.

Brez Minija v seriji 15 – kar ni presenečenje – in z izpadom 13 Mini iz Applove maloprodajne ponudbe, se je majhen iPhone zdaj resnično poslovil. Za peščico uporabnikov, ki obožujejo kompaktne telefone in obenem še telefone iPhone, je to razumljivo žalostna novica. Ni pa presenetljiva. Manjši telefoni imajo poleg svojih prednosti tudi nekaj slabosti. Vsaj v primeru telefona iPhone Mini je bila baterija občutno manjša v primerjavi s sovrstniki in prepogosto ni zdržala celodnevne rabe. Z leti se je to le še poslabšalo.

Smaller screens are also not the best for enjoying multimedia content or playing games. Proponents of compact phones will miss their Mini, despite all its faults. But we have some comforting news.

Apple launched the latest iPhone 15 series in two sizes. iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Pro will be available with a 6.1-inch screen, which makes them more compact phones (iPhone 15 Plus, iPhone 15 Pro Max are larger with a 6.7-inch screen). Of course, these are larger dimensions than the iPhone Mini, but still a satisfactory compromise.

Android uporabniki za zdaj nimajo kaj skrbeti. Ker ima Android ekosistem toliko več proizvajalcev, se vsako leto najde vsaj en telefon z diagonalo 6 ali manj palcev, čeprav je tudi tu trend jasen – proizvajalci raje izdelujejo večje telefone.