I didn’t realize you weren’t the original commenter. But still, AI is a fairly new focus and small phones have been on the way out for a long while. I don’t know the reason why they discontinued the iPhone minis and didn’t discontinue the iPad mini, but ultimately, the conversation was about Fairphone and my point was that the actual demand for small form factor phones isn’t as large as some people make it out to be, and as such, it would not make sense for Fairphone to make one.
And as a side another note, the Apple Vision Pro is a strategic investment into future technologies. The product isn’t meant to be successful in and of itself, it’s meant to be a first step, so Apple could get a foothold into the market. And when hopefully VR becomes big in the future, they can capitalize on it. Small form factor phones aren’t a new technology, so this isn’t really comparable.
I didn’t realize you weren’t the original commenter. But still, AI is a fairly new focus and small phones have been on the way out for a long while. I don’t know the reason why they discontinued the iPhone minis and didn’t discontinue the iPad mini, but ultimately, the conversation was about Fairphone and my point was that the actual demand for small form factor phones isn’t as large as some people make it out to be, and as such, it would not make sense for Fairphone to make one.
And as a side another note, the Apple Vision Pro is a strategic investment into future technologies. The product isn’t meant to be successful in and of itself, it’s meant to be a first step, so Apple could get a foothold into the market. And when hopefully VR becomes big in the future, they can capitalize on it. Small form factor phones aren’t a new technology, so this isn’t really comparable.