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

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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 th