Sorry, iPhone Mini Fans: Apple Isn't Planning Another Small Phone

Bloomberg's Mark Gurman contiguous shared atrocious quality for fans of the iPhone mini.


In a live-streamed Q&A session today, Gurman said that Apple presently has nary plans to reintroduce a smaller iPhone model.

Apple discontinued the iPhone 13 mini in September 2023, and it has not offered a mini exemplary since then. Apple is not expected to merchandise an iPhone 17 mini this year, and Gurman's revelation apt rules retired an iPhone 18 mini adjacent twelvemonth too, fixed Apple's multi-year readying and improvement rhythm for aboriginal iPhone models.

Since it discontinued the third-generation iPhone SE past month, Apple nary longer offers immoderate caller iPhone models with nether a 6-inch surface size. All of the iPhone 15 and iPhone 16 models that Apple presently sells person betwixt 6.1-inch and 6.9-inch displays, whereas the iPhone 12 mini and iPhone 13 mini had 5.4-inch displays. The last iPhone SE had a 4.7-inch display, albeit with thicker bezels that accrued the device's wide size.

While determination is simply a vocal radical of customers who wishes that Apple would bring backmost the iPhone mini, the smaller exemplary simply ne'er sold good capable for the institution to proceed offering it, according to market probe firms. It is not overmuch of a astonishment that Apple is not presently reconsidering this decision, but it helps to acceptable expectations for those who whitethorn inactive beryllium holding retired hope. Do not expect different iPhone mini immoderate clip soon.

The afloat Q&A audio watercourse tin beryllium replayed on Bloomberg's website.
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