This year, the iPhone14 series cut off the mini version and launched the Plus version, making everyone realize once again that small-screen phones have really become niche products and are becoming less and less popular.
As the former overlord, small-screen mobile phones occupy almost all mobile phones worldwide, but today's small-screen mobile phones are almost no longer appearing in the mobile phone market. According to Antutu’s user preference list data in the third quarter of 2022, the proportion of users with mobile phone sizes between 6.1 and 6.9 inches is as high as 92.3%, almost monopolizing the market, while the proportion of screens below 6.1 inches is less than 10%. Small-screen phones seem to have less and less market.
So, why can't it save a small screen phone even if it is as strong as Apple ? Who killed the small screen phone?
pursues large screens to become the mainstream
In fact, the screen of smartphones has been developing towards large sizes. Looking back at the early iPhone 5 in 2007, the 3.5-inch LCD screen was not small among the mobile phones at that time, but in the next six years, Apple hardly upgraded the screen size of the iPhone. It was not until the birth of iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus in 2014 that Apple raised the iPhone's screen size to 4.7 inches and 5.5 inches, which was very huge at the time.
In the past few years when the iPhone screen "slowly becomes bigger", Samsung Galaxy Note, the promoter of large-screen phones in the Android camp, has appeared. In 2011, the Samsung launched its first Galaxy Note phone, with a screen size of 5.3 inches, which was a giant for the mainstream 3.5-inch and 4-inch screen phones at that time. After
, the smartphone screen began to grow bigger and bigger. This is not only the pursuit of consumers, but also something that manufacturers like to see. Because the large screen can bring a larger body, this means that more and more things can be put inside the phone, and more and more functions. It can stuff a larger battery and more cameras, and the side also promotes the performance development of mobile phones.
The shortcomings of small screen phones themselves
For most small screen enthusiasts, small screen phones have better feel and stronger portability, which is an advantage they cannot give up. However, the disadvantages of small-screen phones are also obvious. In addition to a smaller screen, a smaller body leads to a lower battery capacity and cannot accommodate more devices, and its functionality will be greatly reduced. The ultra-wide field of view and excellent immersion brought by large-screen phones are definitely not allowed by small-screen phones.
Faced with these gaps, small-screen mobile phones will naturally become niche and decline.
Do you still have a special liking for small-screen mobile phones?
In fact, people's pursuit of large screens can be regarded as the pursuit of ultimate experience and excellent performance. Small screen is sentiment, and large screen is practical, and it is not difficult for most people to choose. For most people who have feelings and value hand-feeling experience, small-screen mobile phones are their only choice; but most people are actually no longer adapting to small-screen mobile phones, and they can only become one sentiment.
From my personal experience, the first mobile phone was iPhone4s. I was really amazing after I got the phone. In recent years, I have used more than 6-inch mobile phones. For the 4.7-inch new iPhone SE, the moment I held it in my hand, I felt the small and exquisiteness of reunion after a long time, but it was limited to this. After all, after the screen was lit, I realized that I could no longer get used to screens of this size.
summary
People’s demand for large screens is the driving force, technology is the foundation, and for manufacturers, what’s the point of doing, so under the tacit understanding, small screen mobile phones gradually fade out of people’s vision.
For the entire industry, the emergence of large-screen mobile phones is a perfect combination of demand and the market. Although many people are clamoring for small-screen mobile phones, judging from the current global mobile phone sales ranking, small-screen mobile phones are not without them, but their sales and presence are far inferior to those of large-screen compatriots.
I don’t know what you think of small-screen phones, so leave a message in the comment area to discuss~
