Summary
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Silicon-carbon tech enables more space-efficient batteries, which can solve the greatest complaint about mini models.
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A new mini more power-skilled chip design and dynamic display technique will also benefit.
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Nevertheless, Apple cannot find a place for a new mini in its lineup until it is a folding.
Some I feel interesting – encouraging, even – that is that there is no new mini iPhones iPhone 13 miniSome people are still clinging to them for dear life. These dye-hard emphasizes that life is better with a phone below six inches, as you can actually use it with one hand. Never notice that Minis is no longer state-of-the-art, and weakened battery is launched with life that are humiliated over time-the applants are working in the name of their favorite form factor. This is a small function of rebellion, literally.
There is no indication that Apple is going to release a new mini soon, because in addition to one iPhone 17 Lineup is rumored iPhone 17 AirEmphasize thinness instead of screen size. With recent trends and technological progresses, however, time can be matured to rethink the idea, perhaps in time to iPhone 18 or 19.
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Major success
Kissing battery complaint goodbye
The most important development is the arrival of silicon-carbon (SI-C) battery. This is a development of lithium-ion batteries we use, but with a significant change-energy density has increased. This means that it is possible to provide equal amount of energy in a small battery pack, or also a better longevity of the standard size.
We are already seeing the fruits of this in some devices. The most famous example is probably OnePlus 13Which has a capacity of 6,000mAh. While it is still best to charge it overnight, the product can legally make it two days with mild use. The same is true about some other C-C-C phones, which are being churned by brands like Oppo, Vivo and Realme.
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OnePlus
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Snapdragon 8 Elite
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6.82-inch, 3168 × 1440 Pixel Resolution (510PPI) 120Hz adaptive refresh
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12GB, 16GB
SI-C iPhones are only a matter of time, and a new mini will be the right use case.
In fact, what is strange at this time that Apple and Samsung have not followed the suit. Apple abandoned the technology for the iPhone 16 series, and is ready to do so with the iPhone 17 lineup, there are rumors about how weak the test of the iPhone 17 Air Battery Life has been. Meanwhile, in Samsung, SI-C was expected to be used in Galaxy S25 EdgeBut despite charging the premium on S25+. At the moment, both companies feel that customers care more about thinness and weight how long their equipment lasts.
SI-C iPhones are only a matter of time, fortunately, and a new mini correct use case will be a case. A fictional iPhone 18 mini still regularly lags behind the iPhone 18 in the runtime-considering both upgrade in SI-C-but it will still be a very practical tool, which is capable of going from wake-up to gold without the need to fill mid-day fuel. If you are holding an iPhone 12 mini these days, an initial-domestic charging session is probably indispensable.
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How can a new iPhone mini improve?
Shortage for rescue
A new mini can also take advantage of progress in other areas, such as processor design. Apple’s main chip manufacturer, TSMC, is rolling a 2Nm process this year – when you believe that the iPhone 13 mini was made using the A15 bionic processor 5Nm technology in the iPhone 13 mini, then there is a possibility of severe improvement in component size and/or power efficiency.
When you are trying to compress a large phone design in the most possible location, every small matters.
Another thing you can count is is trying to squeeze as much as possible in Apple Custom Chips. Its first cellular modem, C1, began earlier this year at the iPhone 16E, and the company is allegedly working on an all-in-one wireless chip supporting Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and other protocols. If this happens, it can increase efficiency at another rung.
There is a possibility of severe improvement in component size and power efficiency.
Apple may also be able to shrink or eliminate the camera notch, maximum space on a small performance (small by modern standards, anyway). It will require using the under-display technique to eliminate it, which has proved a little flawed on the competition hardware-but if there is any company that can work well, it is probably apple.
Another assistance for battery life will have to adopt 120Hz promotion display. It is said that the iPhone is said to first come in non-pro iPhones with 17, and it only matters beyond smooth scrolling-allows the technical screen to reduce the ingredients as 1Hz, always in some circumstances to save the power, always (eg) to save power (eg) to save power in some circumstances. Support) In others. Contraceptively, an iPhone 18 mini with AOD tech disables can last for a very long time … Now enough to leave the plug-in of the night, I bet.
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What is the possibility of a new iPhone mini?
final thoughts
Sadly, I am not trusting it. A new mini can sit in a strange media in the future lineup of Apple, which can be more expensive than the iPhone 18e, but the iPhone 18 without thin benefits of air. With those lines, Apple seems to be again committed to the idea of ultra-split products-look again-look M4 iPad ProWhich was so thin that it worries about a second Bendgate (Baseless, thankful). Until the iPhone 17 Air is not a complete disaster, the company is not going to shift the focus from the air form factor.
However, Niches still demands to serve.
Even more importantly, perhaps, in general the smartphone industry is away from the screen less than six inches. For whatever reason, mini iPhones never sold well, and there was any last major phone with sub -6 dimensions. Asus Zenfone 10Compact phones have become a niche, most of the shopkeepers have selected a large screen, even if it means two-hand texting, or sometimes struggling to fit their phone into their pockets.
However, Niches still demands to serve. A approach can take apple, building a chlamyshel foldable, is the same for Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 6 -It can enable one-handed texting from an external screen, keeping a large primary screen available for things like YouTube and web browsing. This is such a clear idea, in fact, that the real question may be when it is coming, otherwise. The first folding iPhone is expected to be a book-style model in 2026, so we are probably out of a chlameshell at least a few years out.
