I love 5.8 so much that I just bought an 11 pro so I can hang onto this size for a while. Had the XR previously and it’s just too big for me. Unless they shrink down the overall footprint of the successive iPhones, I don’t know what I’ll do.. be forced to adapt to the 6.1, I suppose.
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I’ve been thinking the same. I’d like to see someone with a dummy unit stack a 5.8” iPhone on top of the 6.1” iPhone 12 so we can get an idea of the size difference.
Working from home has made pocketability pretty much irrelevant for me, going as big as possible 😁
I have the 11 Pro and the 5.8" is a very nice in between size. I believe the 5.4" model is going to have a lower cost display so my choice is going to probably be the 6.1" Pro.
I’m sticking to my 11 pro, I had to buy two phones this year because i lost my pro max because it was so big it fell out of my pocket. I replaced it with an 11 pro because I like the size more. When I eventually upgrade and if the sizes are the same I would go the 6.1” route as it should be slightly smaller than the XR/11 owing to smaller bezels and that phone is a great size.
I have an 11 Pro and an SE. I am carrying my SE most of the time now especially since I prefer having the Touch ID as I run errands while wearing a mask. I’ve got no complaints about the SE battery life but the battery health has lost a percent point for every month that I’ve had it so far. 😟. My 11 Pro has taken 3/4 of a year to wear out that much. I hope my SE lasts me a long time before I need to replace the battery.
I am definitely staying put on my SE and my 11 Pro. Apple has reportedly gone with a newer simpler cheaper kind of battery. Cheap doesn’t equal lower quality, assuming I understood the conversation on it correctly. But I’m sitting this upgrade out because my 11 Pro is practically perfect in every way except being heavy and very expensive to repair. Lol, also I like that green color!
It should be even closer, if the bezels on the 12 are smaller than the XR/11. If.
The SE‘s having the last laugh right now, as the rest of us mask-wearing bandits fall back to archaic password unlocks on our Face ID iPhones!
Just got an 11 Pro late last December so I’m good keeping it. I try not to upgrade annually anymore haha. I test out the devices but I upgrade more when the next 2-3 versions bring enough improvements. These phones are expensive now, their processors are incredibly powerful and don’t slow down every year or two any more, and upgrades generation to generation are more incremental now
Plus with no more subsidies anymore in Canada (where I live) is hard to justify for me
Despite that, I enjoy watching new products come out and look forward to the 12 series reveal
Plus with no more subsidies anymore in Canada (where I live) is hard to justify for me
Despite that, I enjoy watching new products come out and look forward to the 12 series reveal
Apparently the 5.4/6.1 regular 12 models will have same bezel thickness as current oled models (x/xs/11pro)
With the 12 pro series having thinner bezels (0.5-1mm)
All models will have thinner bezels than XR/11
Similar to my tastes. I had the 6.1” XR and later 11. I found both phones fantastic but just a wee bit too large for myself, to the point they were too thick and wide by just a bit - that small bit that crosses the threshold of comfort.
The X and 11 Pro have been absolutely comfortable in the hand for single handed use.
Ironically my partner has smaller hands than me, yet she prefers the XR/11 size. Strange.
That said, the new 6.1” 12 models will be thinner and less wide than the XR/11 due to both thinner bezels and flat edges. Only the physical display size will be the same at 6.1” but the phones themselves will be somewhere between the 5.8” 11 Pro and 6.1” 11 in physical size
Yep, all these rumours point to the 6.1” Non-Pro not being much bigger than the iPhone X in form factor, which is perfect for me, as I’ll get a slight boost in screen size along with performance (CPU/RAM/GPU), camera, battery, 5G. All in the non-Pro. I hope.
Currently have an 5.8 X and want something a little bigger so definitely going for one of the 6.1 models. Undecided on Pro/Non-Pro yet. I think I'll have to see the keynote first and feature difference between pro/non-pro before making up my mind haha.
I assume one will be higher end than the other altho I'm not sure in what areas... This feels like the first time in a couple years where we're actually going into september without knowing much about these iphones, if there's really two 6.1 phones then Apple must have something up their sleeve to differentiate the pro's from the non-pro's. I guess we'll see at the keynote
If using at home, instead of upgrading your current phone you may want to go really big and get an iPad mini. Bigger and less expensive as a bonus. Then you have a big device for home, and a pocketable device for when you do go out. Just a thought.
