Why do people want a smaller iPhone?

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I thought of another reason for small phone while in the garden yesterday, and it’s only half jokingly: I would have to buy new pants! :jeans: :laughing:

The iPhone 13 Mini Apple lets me use is in an otterbox defender case and already takes 2 hands to stuff into/pull out of the mobile phone pockets on garden and other work pants I wear daily.

So yeah it’s kind of a funny aspect but also, yeah, I wouldn’t carry a larger device in a back pocket, it would hinder my activities in a ‘normal’ front pocket, I wouldn’t carry it on a belt holder. I’d probably just leave it behind. I usually carry Mini when out to document garden works and in case of need in emergency assistance need so the latter isn’t so good. Maybe carry it bouncing around in a Cargo Pocket on the leg. Hm, the iPhone 18 Cargo Pro. In Camo. Built in screwdrivers and pruning shears…

:upside_down_face:

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This is my reason. When I had the XR, all my jeans ended up with holes getting worn in the middle of the pocket I kept it in. Since replacing it with the 13 mini I no longer get holes in my jeans pockets. I think the answer to the battery issue is to make the phone a little thicker instead of a super-thin phone with an add-on battery like the 17 Air. That is, a mini-sized phone that’s a couple of mm thicker would be ideal (it would also make the camera bump less intrusive).

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If you use a case for your iPhone, removing the case makes the phone smaller and gives it a whole new feel. On the other hand, a bare iPhone is more slippery so my fingers slip into the wrong place more easily.

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4 posts were split to a new topic: How much do you care about iPhone color?

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Not just red, but also read.

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My old iPhone 13 Mini went wonky or I would still have it. My Number One use of an iPhone is to listen to podcasts or books, like an old-fashioned MP3 player. The bigger phones just weigh down my track pants; I finally bought a cross-body phone pouch lest I embarrass myself one day.

I really miss the iPod Touch.

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Couldn’t you do those things with an watch?

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  1. Watch requires phone.
  2. Listening apps not all on watch.
  3. Nothing but pain trying to listen to things that will in fact play from watch. Won’t sync or maintain position properly. Just doesn’t work.
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Bummer. I think Audible will sync books to watch, though I always carry my phone, so I’ve never bothered to try it.

Surely there must be a third party app that would let you download audio files to it? (It wouldn’t work with proprietary formats like Audible, but podcasts and recordings should work.)