alt Hacker NewsNot a whole factory but whole other tooling, so yes? The chassis is different, the screen is different, the mainboard is different, the layout is different, the battery is different, I think the camera was also different. Only thing shared between the other models was the buttons and the lightning port.
It's a huge cost for something that sold (relatively) poorly.
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bombcar • 02/19/2025
The should have designed two phones, normal size and small, where the internals are the same and the only difference is the case/battery/screen.
Apple has huge margins, it's not a problem unless you think about margins. Making more money is normally good, even if the margin is slightly lower.