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The iPhone 13 mini is dead, leaving small phone lovers in a lurch (arstechnica.com)
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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

scutum
skyoo͞′təm
noun

  1. A scute.

  2. A shield-shaped dorsal sclerite or plate of certain insects and arachnids.

  3. An oblong shield made of boards or wickerwork covered with leather, with sometimes an iron rim; carried chiefly by the heavy-armed infantry of the Roman army.

I'm assuming the third definition is the one we're after. But it could be an alligator scute, ya never know. (https://animals.howstuffworks.com/reptiles/alligator.htm). And having looked at scutes, I think a phone shaped like that would be all kinds of amusing!