There are many typical cases of "shouting cheerfully on the Internet, really out of me not buying" in the machine circle.
Small-screen phones are one of them.
When Lei Jun was chatting with netizens, he was asked if he could make some small-size models.
Ray always said it bluntly, but I think it could be more blunt.
To translate it is:
"Xiaomi 13 has been made as small as possible, no matter how small the machine is not easy to sell, it is easy to lose money."
In fact, after the popularization of the full screen, the concept of "small screen" has become a bit ambiguous.
Take a chestnut.
The 4.7-inch iPhone 8 has a significantly smaller screen size than the 5.4-inch iPhone 13 mini, right?
But it is estimated that not many people feel that the iPhone 8 is more in line with the concept of "small screen" than the iPhone 13 mini.
Because in terms of body size, the 8 is one lap larger than the 13 mini.
Everyone pursues small-screen mobile phones, more in pursuit of the feeling of mastering with one hand.
I think in the definition of "small screen", Ami has made a good start.
When the Xiaomi Mi 12 was launched, it was rare to emphasize the feel with the width of the fuselage.
Even if the screen goes to 6.28 inches, the body width does not exceed 70mm.
Looking at the numbers alone, you may not feel it, pull on the apple next door to compare.
The iPhone 13/14 is 71.5mm wide.
The iPhone 13 mini is 64.2mm.
Coupled with the fact that the width of mainstream Android machines at this stage is already above 74mm, it makes sense that Xiaomi Mi 12 advertises a "small screen".
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However, the latest Xiaomi 13 width went to 71.5mm and returned to the ranks of 70mm+.
It is still narrower than mainstream Android, and it can barely be counted as a small screen.
But the feel of this piece is significantly less compact than the Xiaomi 12/12S.
Combined with what Lei Jun said at the beginning, it can probably be understood as:
It has become increasingly difficult to control the width of the fuselage below 70mm while stacking the flagship configuration in place.
If you really want such a disk, there are indeed only a few small screen machines below 70mm width.
It is estimated that the first thing that many people think of is that it -
Sony Xperia 5 series
The current latest Sony Xperia 5 IV has a 6.1-inch screen on the front.
The 21:9 ratio is relatively slender, which also results in a body width of only 67mm.
Coupled with alien technology such as pluggable TF card, 3.5mm headphone jack, and independent shutter button, this phone also looks alternative enough.
The Snapdragon 8 Gen 1, although not well received by everyone, is also a flagship level.
According to the news, the Sony Xperia 5 V will be replaced with a Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 processor.
The problem of power consumption will not be so prominent.
However, the pricing of Dafa has never been close to the people, and interested partners can only go to the second-hand market.
Asus Zenfone series
Compared to Dafa, Asus' Zenfone series is even smaller.
For the 2020 Zenfone 7, the screen size is 6.67 inches.
But the 8th generation the following year was transformed into a 5.9-inch small-screen machine.
The latest Zenfone 9 also has a 5.9-inch screen and a width of only 68.1mm.
As a small-screen machine, its screen and camera quality are not bad.
Except that the chin is a little wide, this screen does not have too many slots.
Coupled with the fragrant Snapdragon 8+, the overall is still very capable of fighting.
The pricing is also slightly more expensive, starting at 8+128GB and selling for 5198 Hong Kong dollars (about 4579 yuan) in Hong Kong.
Even if more than half a year has passed, it will cost you about 4,000 to go to the seafood market to buy a new one.
The news said that Zenfone 10 is also on the way, but whether it will retain such a small screen style is a little uncertain.
Some say keep the small 5.9-inch screen;
Some people also say that it will increase to a 6.3-inch screen to try to cater to the mainstream market.
How exactly it will work, we will only know after the release.
Fewer and fewer small screen machines
If models with a width of more than 70mm are also included in the ranks of small screens, there are a few more examples.
Like the 70.9mm Samsung Galaxy S23.
71.5mm 的 iPhone 14/14 Pro。
The 71.5mm Xiaomi Civi (of course, this one cannot be considered a flagship).
But it is clear that even such mobile phones that barely count into small screens are becoming less and less.
On the one hand, the size is too small to stack materials;
On the other hand, users who are willing to pay for small screens also account for small heads.
Let's not talk about the iPhone mini series that has overturned for two consecutive generations.
Even the Xiaomi 12S, the performance of the first round of sales is not strong enough Pro models.
Difficult to pile materials→ fewer people buy→ no budget for research and development→ more difficult to pile materials
It's a dead loop.
We are not talking about the decline of Xiaopingha, after all, I am also a small screen party that is willing to pay for support.
But unfortunately, the truth is as cruel as Mr. Ray said.
The small-screen flagship is indeed one less.