Good news , iPhone miniskirt - istas ! We lastly have definitive proof pocket-sized phones are still a corking market and Apple should convey back the serious iPhone evah .
Nikkei reports that“Used iPhone 12 and 13 mini are hot in Japan as Apple screens go big ”
According to Nikkei , Japanese consumers , who have a predilection for small telephone , are scooping up the iPhone mini at on-line resellers because Apple has rudely contain selling the flyspeck machine ( other than refurbs ) . So popular are miniskirt in Japan that :
Sales of both manakin doubled by loudness from the previous workweek [ after the iPhone 15 ’s launch ] .
That is a fair prodigious increase and as the founding member of the small iPhone fan club ( and president … and treasurer … and groundskeeper … and … ) , no one would like to believe this is 100 percent reliable than the Macalope .
It is hard to have a death hold on an iPhone 13 miniskirt when you have hooves , but believe the Macalope when he articulate he ’s found a room to make it crop . Still , let ’s dig into this a small .
The horny one first experience this reported ina small-arm by 9to5Mac , which was a write - up ofa piece by The Korea Herald , which was a write - upof the piece by Nikkei . Now you ’re here read the Macalope ’s thought on it . And thus the cyberspace go ‘ orotund and ‘ round until we all get nauseous and throw up into a trash can after getting off the drive .
Just kidding . This ride never stop .
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First , countenance us call back that Nikkei was the outfit that back in 2017 labor the idea thatthe iPhone X was a floating-point operation . That was quite the ride on the ol’ cyberspace tilt - a - whirl and seemed to be idle . Of course , Nikkei is a big tidings organization . It reports scores of things . Almost all of them are probably true ! So , keep that in mind and maybe glare a little suspiciously at Nikkei as we understand on , just to let them know we think of .
When you read the piece of music , you will detect that the “ doubled ” data point peak that establish , well , not a thousand article but several , comes from one place .
In the week after the iPhone 15 ’s Sept. 22 launch , consumer snapped up 5.4 - inch ( 13.7 centimeters ) iPhone 12 mini and 13 mini phones on an online marketplace go by Belong , part of the Itochu radical .
Ah , the ol’ press release from an online reseller of used smartphones . If the Macalope had a bale of lucerne for every time he saw that , he ’d be stuffed . Which is not a joking topic . The Macalope ’s cousin was stuffed . It was tragic .
“ Used smartphones are now the main option for citizenry who desire the iPhone miniskirt series , ” say Masatoshi Ohno , head of Belong ’s consumer division .
“ All the fresh people are shopping with us . These numbers do n’t lie down . ” We see you , Masa , honey . We see you .
The Macalope does n’t trust these retailer make up these data point points , but they unquestionably publish them up in pressure releases to get their name calling in the news and , boy , does it work out . Ultimately , however , this is one outcome from one reseller . This is not , unfortunately for iPhone miniskirt fans like this mythical animate being , classical proof of an overall trend .
Do Nipponese consumer choose small phones ? Probably ? Japan has long had a enchantment with miniaturisation , but neighboring markets such as Korea and China have both tended to choose large phones . Is it likely that after looking at the iPhone 15 batting order , a sizable telephone number of Nipponese consumer sighed to a great extent at the deficiency of a sub - gigantic speech sound and logged on to the thirsty on-line retailer to get iPhone mini ? Yeah , that tracks .
Despite the lower - than - wait statistical impact of this , if the Macalope had Tim Cook ’s facsimile machine issue , he ’d still print this Nikkei piece out and direct it to him . Anything to get Apple to make small phones again .
