Not likely to be cheap, but the rumor for this fall's iPhone update is 4 phones, the "standard" model coming in small and medium, and the "pro" model in medium and large.
Unfortunately what passes for the small size isn't as small as I'd like it to be, with the screen diagonal supposedly dropping from 5.8 in the iPhone 11 Pro down to 5.4" in the new base model.
Overall size is probably similar to the iPhone SE (2020) except with the screen being much larger to cover the forehead and chin. At least it's an improvement over the current situation where all three iPhones 11 are physically bigger than the 8.
Also bummed that the smallest size won't have an option for the best camera setup like this year's do. Ah well. We'll see for sure in September.
It's strange that we have yet to see a phone (from anybody, not just Apple) that's the size of the old SE but with a full bezel-less display. I feel like so many people would want one. When you've got 100% screen-to-body ratio, you don't need the screen to actually be all that big, for it to be "big."
>It's strange that we have yet to see a phone (from anybody, not just Apple that's the size of the old SE but with a full bezel-less display.
Simply because it cant be done yet. No Notch is small enough for an old SE Size iPhone with Face ID. The Screen would measure in exactly the same 4.7" except it would be 19.5:9 Ratio.
I think we are still a few years away from that possibilities.
Maybe that’s Apple’s reasoning for not doing it. On an Android phone, it could just be a fingerprint-reader-on-the-back device with no face unlock at all. (Heck, there’s gotta be a market for people who don’t care about front-facing cameras at all! They make laptops without cameras, don’t they?)
Unfortunately what passes for the small size isn't as small as I'd like it to be, with the screen diagonal supposedly dropping from 5.8 in the iPhone 11 Pro down to 5.4" in the new base model.
Overall size is probably similar to the iPhone SE (2020) except with the screen being much larger to cover the forehead and chin. At least it's an improvement over the current situation where all three iPhones 11 are physically bigger than the 8.
Also bummed that the smallest size won't have an option for the best camera setup like this year's do. Ah well. We'll see for sure in September.