alt Hacker News> I think it will be a very hard sell to add extra work for the production lines for a smaller size
The Toyota Corolla sells 1 million units a year worldwide - it's totally practical and realistic to set up a production line to make 1 million devices a year.
Apple sells 200 million iphones a year.
That's why they're happy to make the iPhone 16, 16 Plus, 16 Pro, 16 Pro Max and 16e and offer them in 4-5 colours per model as well.
It's something else - probably sales.
Is there also an added effort around making iOS work on the smaller screen size/resolution as well though?
If they can standardise those, they might end up with an easier OS to maintain once the Mini (sadly) is no longer supported