Absence of the iPhone 14 mini: you can still take advantage of the small format at Apple

If the iPhone 14 abandons the 5.4-inch format, it is still possible to offer you a iPhone in mini format.

The iPhone 12 mini and iPhone 13 mini may have their supporters, but the market trend has sounded the death knell for the compact smartphone.

A compact format shunned by consumers

We already knew it for a few months, Apple formalized in parallel with its Keynote presentation of the iPhone 14 the disappearance of the mini format.

The news is clearly not a surprise. If many had thought at the release of the iPhone 12 mini in 2020 (like the author of his lines) that the compact smartphone was going to seduce many consumers, it was not.

Some complain, sometimes loudly, about the ever-increasing size of smartphones on social networks, but it is clear that the majority of the public is turning as one man towards devices with a screen size greater than 6 inches.

According to figures released by analyst firms earlier this year, the iPhone 13 mini only accounted for 3% of total iPhone sales, a ridiculous score for a manufacturer like Apple. The iPhone mini are also the most pushed by online sellers and operators with promotions, another unmistakable sign that sales of these devices have never taken off.

The iPhone 13 mini resists for a few more months (and without an increase)

The iPhone 14 therefore takes the opposite path with the appearance of the iPhone 14 Plus this year, a variation of Apple’s consumer model sporting a 6.7-inch screen.

However, the manufacturer must have some stocks to sell since its online store was updated on the evening of September 7 and the iPhone 13 mini remains available for sale. The device is available in the six colors that we know and in three versions 128, 256 and 512 GB of storage.

The iPhone 13 mini hasn’t suffered the severe price hike that new iPhones are experiencing this year. The standard version always starts at 808 euros, while the two higher versions are billed respectively 929 euros and 1,159 euros.

If you want to switch to this format, don’t wait too long. It is likely that Apple will maintain its device for only one more year, in order to offer a more attractive catalog in these times of economic crisis and before definitively stopping production.

Source : 9to5Mac