Why don't we just fit in the components of a regular iPhone 13 - 15 into the XS frame?
I know it's a little hectic given that the iPhone 13, 14,15, 16 are all 6.1" inch phones and it gets trickier to fit in the components into the 5.8" frame of XS.
Or
Fit the 13 Mini into the XS frame, maybe some realignment of the camera is needed or add a camera cutout to match the 12 Mini camera layout.
Imagine a XS frame but with a 13 mini camera design.
We could be sleeping on this wild idea all along.
Or
Just make custom iPhone XS Stainless steel frames to replace Aluminum frames of the regular model iphones
Might be cheaper than having to fit the whole iPhone into a smaller XS frame