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		yreg on July 29, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Best iPhone For years I want Apple to release a grid of four phones `consumer \| pro ====================+============== ~6" ‖ iPhone \| iPhone Pro ------+-------------+-------------- ~5" ‖ iPhone mini \| iPhone mini Pro` I get that battery will be always better on the larger phones, but I don't see a reason why the best camera should be available only on the largest phone. People who want small phones don't necessarily want a cheap phone and people who want a cheap phone don't necessarily want a small one. Apple has done this before, when the mac lineup was all over the place and they rehired Steve. He cleared it up into this simple grid: `consumer \| pro ===================+============== desktop ‖ iMac \| Power Mac G3 --------+----------+-------------- laptop ‖ iBook \| Powerbook G3`

sgjohnson on July 29, 2022 [–]

Their “pro” phones are also for consumers.

“Pro” hasn’t meant “professional” in a very long time.

yreg on July 29, 2022 | [–]

There's no such thing as a professional phone user. In Apple's nomenclature "pro" means the more expensive and better model.

sgjohnson on July 29, 2022 | | [–]

My point exactly.

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