Apple

Really think an iPhone Mini (Nano?) with a great camera would sell well.

Not based on the data we had at my old employer. :)

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They have never shipped a small phone with a great camera.

You're dealing with hardware, there's way too much risk amongst many stakeholders (suppliers, carriers, distributors, retailers, etc.)...this isn't software where you can just ship it and see. :)

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It's the fixed costs that are the issue and can't be run by a small team and stealth team :)

at their scale surely seems impossible, but they could surely do a limited prototype batch and dedicate a small team to run these experiments

which they probably run but it never gets out because it can also affect their stock price, no public company can afford launching such a risky hardware piece