Here's Why Apple launched an iPhone with a small screen

Apple co-fonder Steve Jobs was often called a visionary who generally got most things right about smartphones. However, there's one thing on which Jobs- and Apple had to make a u-turn. In 2010, Jobs was asked about big screen phones and he dismissed them saying "no one's going to buy that" and "you can't get your hand around it". Big screen phones have become the norm and every brand including Apple has them in their lineups. In fact, small screen phones have all but disappeared from the horizon. That is till the new iPhone SE arrived yesterday.

While some might argue that 4.7 inch screen is not really small as the original iPhone SE had a 4-inch display but it's as small as one can get in today's times. Look at the iPhone 11 Pro Max that has a 6.5 inch screen. So yes, the iPhones SE can easily be classified as a small phone.

Apple adopted the 4.7 inch screen size with the iPhone 6 and continued it with iPhone 7 and iPhone 8 as well. With the iPhone X Apple went big and hadn't looked back till yesterday when it launched the new iPhone SE. Prior to that till the iPhone 5s it had a 4-inch display, which interestingly brought back with the iPhone SE. The iPhone 6 has been one of the most popular models Apple has ever made, so perhaps it's not a surprise to see Apple going back to a 'small' phone.