corbin@infosec.pub to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoWhy can't we go back to small phones?www.spacebar.newsexternal-linkmessage-square223linkfedilinkarrow-up1164cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
arrow-up1164external-linkWhy can't we go back to small phones?www.spacebar.newscorbin@infosec.pub to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square223linkfedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
minus-squarenondescripthandle@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoSo once again instead of providing choice the market is simply phasing out things with smaller profit margins as if they planned it together in some kind of cartel.
minus-squarefuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoDemand also isn’t there. The iPhone SE sold ok, but the other thing to keep in mind was that it was the cheap iPhone too so it’s supposed to sell. If it was outselling the main model every year then they’d keep making them small. But they didn’t so they got dropped.
So once again instead of providing choice the market is simply phasing out things with smaller profit margins as if they planned it together in some kind of cartel.
Demand also isn’t there. The iPhone SE sold ok, but the other thing to keep in mind was that it was the cheap iPhone too so it’s supposed to sell.
If it was outselling the main model every year then they’d keep making them small. But they didn’t so they got dropped.