Participants of various forums constantly complain that manufacturers practically do not produce compact smartphones, especially in the flagship segment. Xiaomi is one of the few that continues to manufacture them, but the Chinese company may soon give up on the smaller models. This was implicitly implied by the message from company president Lei Jun – MyDrivers post stumbled upon the recording.

One of the users of the social network Weibo (the Chinese equivalent of Twitter) wrote that the new Xiaomi 12S is a good representative of small-screen smartphones and urged his readers to support the new product with money, because it may be in the future. no such devices. The head of Xiaomi forwarded this message to his page and emphasized that there are not many small flagships at the moment.

In the past, Lei Jun has stated that producing compact flagships is not only expensive, but also technically difficult. For example, the total cost of the Xiaomi 12 increased by 61% compared to its predecessor, the manufacturer had to redesign the printed circuit board and make it “sandwich”, create the thinnest thermal plate and use new, more. an expensive battery generation that takes up less space.

According to rumors, after two years of “experiment” with the release of mini-models of the iPhone, the Apple company will abandon compacts due to their low sales – therefore, the sale of compact Xiaomi smartphones is most likely not encouraging, the Chinese company will also abandon devices of this segment.