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Goodbye iPhone Mini, you’ll be missed

Will we ever see a small iPhone again?

Brad LaPlante
3 min readSep 16, 2022
iPhone 13 and iPhone 13 Mini
Credit: Apple

We’ve seen this coming for awhile now. When the iPhone 12 lineup was announced and a smaller, 5.1-inch sized device launched, many began to speculate how long the device would last. As phones are getting larger and larger, consumers who still prefer a smaller screen are getting left behind.

My wife has an iPhone 12 Mini. If you know someone who has one, they love it.

Funny enough, in April, I decided to test out the 2022 edition of the iPhone SE. You know, the phone that looks like an iPhone 8 but has Apple’s latest hardware to run the latest iOS version.

When iPhone 13 rumors began circulating online, some suggested that this would be the last lineup to feature the short-lived 5.1-inch display. They would be correct.

Apple’s latest iPhone 14 lineup consists of four phones: iPhone 14, 14 Plus, 14 Pro, and 14 Pro Max. All phones come in two sizes, 6.1-inch and 6.7-inch. Goodbye, iPhone Mini.

Or is this really goodbye?

Could we potentially see a new all-screen iPhone SE? It would make tons of sense for the tech giant. Apple’s first iPhone SE — released in 2016 — was given the body of an iPhone 5. The last two had the body of an iPhone 8. The 2022 version is the first…

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Brad LaPlante
Brad LaPlante

Written by Brad LaPlante

I write about gadgets and video games.

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