Eh, I think the problem is the customers just take what apple gives them
I think this is true to an extent, but my argument against it would be to point to the period where Apple resisted making large phones, while Android phones were getting bigger and bigger. (This would be approximately the era of the 5/5S) In the more wild-west product lineup of Android, it became clear that bigger screens equaled more sales, for better or for worse.
I don’t think Apple has ever made their own phone screens. They are a not a manufacturing company.
The limitation was the size of the human hand. Jobs wanted it designed to be single hand navigable. This was widely broadcast and know since the introduction of the first iPhone, and criticized once android phones got larger.
The last form factor Jobs oversaw was the 5. The screen did change so a preexisting contract wasn’t constraining the size. The screen got slightly taller but was kept the same width. It had the smallest screen of major phones released that same year, and was still smaller than the flagship android phones of the previous year.
The first form factor that jobs did not oversee was the larger 6 and even larger 6plus.
I think this is true to an extent, but my argument against it would be to point to the period where Apple resisted making large phones, while Android phones were getting bigger and bigger. (This would be approximately the era of the 5/5S) In the more wild-west product lineup of Android, it became clear that bigger screens equaled more sales, for better or for worse.
Did apple make their own screens during that time?
Heard apple doesn’t make them and just read that Samsung is going to supply 2/3 of the OLED screens for the iPhone 14.
Maybe apple wanted to make their phones bigger, but they had limitations.
If you have contracts and stuff getting 3rd party screens, you can’t just switch so quickly.
Apple is better to play it off that they don’t want to rather than can’t. You don’t want to be a company that can’t.
I don’t think Apple has ever made their own phone screens. They are a not a manufacturing company.
The limitation was the size of the human hand. Jobs wanted it designed to be single hand navigable. This was widely broadcast and know since the introduction of the first iPhone, and criticized once android phones got larger.
The last form factor Jobs oversaw was the 5. The screen did change so a preexisting contract wasn’t constraining the size. The screen got slightly taller but was kept the same width. It had the smallest screen of major phones released that same year, and was still smaller than the flagship android phones of the previous year.
The first form factor that jobs did not oversee was the larger 6 and even larger 6plus.