iPhone 15 Pro Why do Apple keep making products bigger?

[winxmac]

The only Pro feature that's missing in the mini I want is the telephoto lens. I've always thought the ultra wide lens is useless since it doesn't have autofocus, and I rather have one lens than two with one I'm never going to use (if space is such a premium). Then Apple kinda vindicated me by swapping the ultra wide for telephoto lens in iPhone 15.

48MP main camera which can be used for 1x [48MP or 24MP or 12MP] and 2x [12MP] and 12MP ultrawide...

The non-Pro 15 series still does not have an actual zoom/telephoto lens...

 

[platinumaqua]

48MP main camera which can be used for 1x [48MP or 24MP or 12MP] and 2x [12MP] and 12MP ultrawide...

The non-Pro 15 series still does not have an actual zoom/telephoto lens...

You're right! My mistake. I stopped paying full attention to the specs ever since they decided to not do any more minis.

 

[platinumaqua]

As the other poster said, when you're now more used than ever to doing *everything* on the phone regardless of whether that is a good idea or not, then it's usually the case that when someone picks up a larger phone they have like a 'scales falling from eyes' moment.

Even I as a love of mini phones can't use the phones I used to love because making a 2020's phone usefully information-dense just requires more real estate than the 2010's equivalent were capable of utilising. But I do draw the lines at huge-ass Max's and similar.

The problem is designers opting for a lot of padding and excessively large elements that reduces information density. I feel like despite the screen size increases, we're not getting more information displayed compared to the 4 inch iPhones on iOS 6 and earlier (fixed resolution content like videos and pictures not withstanding)

 

[valinda]

Yesterday I took the SIM card out of my 13 pro and put it into my samsung s23 ultra. That lasted for a day. I put the sim back into the 13 pro. The size is so much better in my back pocket.