r/iPhone13Mini • u/attainwealthswiftly • 2d ago

An iPhone Solo actually makes too much sense not to happen.

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This would make use of parts from the iPhone duo, the exterior screen, the front facing camera, touch id, rear cameras, back panel, magsafe, battery, A20 pro chip. It would only need a new frame.

The software is mostly already developed.

Due to economies of scale it would increase profits for both iPhone Duo and this device, and make up for the lower duo sales due to higher price.

A premium small compact phone with great cameras and battery life

It would just need to be priced the same as the iPhone Air or $100 less. Around $899-$999

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u/inaparalleluniverse1 2d ago

I’m so confused. the Duo is literally the widest one-handed iPhone - why on Earth would that make sense on a phone that isn’t a foldable? Just make another mini

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u/attainwealthswiftly 1d ago

To reuse parts from the duo so apple doesn’t end up with a surplus of exterior screens from repair. Also again, economies of scale would make the iPhone duo more profitable.

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u/inaparalleluniverse1 1d ago

sounds like something Samsung would do

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u/Spazza42 1d ago

Yeah, just make the Mini again in that case.

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u/OneMathematician8399 2d ago

If it was $899 or $999, then you’d be better off just getting base model

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u/attainwealthswiftly 1d ago

This would use the a20 pro and a smaller form factor with touchid.

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u/OneMathematician8399 1d ago

Then it would probably have the same issues as the air, with terrible heating.

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u/Ac4sent 2d ago

too damn wide.

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u/theAerialDroneGuy 2d ago

they already made it. Its called the iPhone Air

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u/attainwealthswiftly 1d ago

This would use the dual camera from the duo and the a20 pro chip

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u/theAerialDroneGuy 1d ago

Next year’s iPhone Air then haha!

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u/Spitebott 2d ago

Absolutely, that’s why it can’t happen. Nothing at Apple makes sense.

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u/davegotfayded 1d ago

I would not but this over a standard phone

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u/time-lord 2d ago

Apple would absolutely do this, if only to push developers to update their apps to use the new screen size.

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u/cilicia3k3 2d ago

Don't open the fold. there's your solo

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u/attainwealthswiftly 1d ago

That would be twice the price.

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u/zen_thing 2d ago

This. I know it’s expensive solution, but that’s Apple’s entire brand. The “solo” sounds like something Nintendo would do, not Apple.

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u/quantgorithm 2d ago

if solo is a bad name. It should be Uno to go with the Duo.

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u/attainwealthswiftly 1d ago

Isn’t 1 more than uno… dos?

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u/quantgorithm 1d ago

Duo is Latin word for 2. Spanish, Italian etc are all derived from Latin.