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Just reporting in, the 12 mini turned out to be exactly as perfect as I hoped. Some times I dont even know that is in my pocket, literally this very morning I said to my wife "Can you bring my phone down? Oh no sorry, it was in my pocket". Every time I pick up her 12 Pro 5.8" it feels huge.
I have even asked colleagues to pick it up to experience how small it is feels in their hands. Very few share my enthusiasm though.
SMOL FOR THE WIN!
I have even asked colleagues to pick it up to experience how small it is feels in their hands. Very few share my enthusiasm though.
SMOL FOR THE WIN!
Gen 1 SE user. With a GF who bought a 12 mini I got to play with. I just put a new battery in my SE. On iOS14 it’s a champ. The new battery was installed the same day she returned her 12 mini and went with a 2nd Gen SE instead.
My thoughts are the 2nd Gen SE attracted price conscious buyers from the Android camp. Had it been attractive to Apple users, it would have been iPhone 6/6s users. Gen 1 SE users had no desirable upgrade path. Still don’t. After all, we want a compact form factor. The 12 mini is not selling well for a simple reason. It can't attract price conscious buyers. It can’t attract people who want a compact form factor.
My thoughts are the 2nd Gen SE attracted price conscious buyers from the Android camp. Had it been attractive to Apple users, it would have been iPhone 6/6s users. Gen 1 SE users had no desirable upgrade path. Still don’t. After all, we want a compact form factor. The 12 mini is not selling well for a simple reason. It can't attract price conscious buyers. It can’t attract people who want a compact form factor.
The mini is a lot more compact and easier to hold and use than the SE2 your girlfriend bought. The problem is too many OG SE users are so hung up on the size of that phone, that they have a severe problem looking past it to the present.
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Been using the 12 mini for the past week. I love the size but the battery being below 50% with light use before I return home from work kind of bugs me.
I’ll have to decide if I’m willing to trade battery life for convenient size.
I’ll have to decide if I’m willing to trade battery life for convenient size.
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What phone can? What phone is there available with this compact form factor you speak of? Show me any phone, the size of the Mini or smaller, that has the features the Mini has. Nobody makes anything like it.
Your light use is probably a lot more than light. I start every day with my phone at 85% and at 7:00pm when I charge, my phone is usually 30- 40% battery. I consider that light use.
So you make it home with a little under 50%! You've still lasted the work day with plenty of battery to spare, where is the issue?
I’m not collecting features. Otherwise I, as well as everyone else, would be sporting iPhone 12 max's. Just like most people, I have the capacity to decide what’s more important. Size is my foremost criteria. If your's is features, we’re likely to buy different phones. “Nobody makes anything like it.” So? I don’t buy a new iPhone. Oh dear...
I guess I have to refocus. I didn’t realize not having the latest iPhone has me living in the past. Has Apple patented that?
I am one that is returning my iPhone12 mini. Actually returning my second one. Now understand it could just be bad mini's I have had. Both have a touchscreen on the edges problems (not responding) and the second one would stop conductive charging all of a sudden unless I turned the phone off then back on. But would do it again a few days later.
Now the good part - I like the size. If you want a phone that you can truly put in any pocket and size feels good in one hand...the mini is great. Is the battery a bit small...yes...but you can get through the day fine.
I think I am done after two in a row having hardware problems...but that could just be my luck. - If you want a smaller phone that does all the things the iPhone 12's do...just buy it. I am moving to a 12 Pro...but that is just my experience.
Now the good part - I like the size. If you want a phone that you can truly put in any pocket and size feels good in one hand...the mini is great. Is the battery a bit small...yes...but you can get through the day fine.
I think I am done after two in a row having hardware problems...but that could just be my luck. - If you want a smaller phone that does all the things the iPhone 12's do...just buy it. I am moving to a 12 Pro...but that is just my experience.
The issue is that my previous phones have had a lot more juice left at the end of my day. That’s fine now but when things get back to normal and I’ve got to be more out and about after work, that’s something I’d rather not have to worry about.
It’s funny how people get so defensive. My experience and my preferences are what they are... the battery life being less than other 12 models isn’t a secret.
If it works for you that’s fine but I’d like a bit more.
If it works for you that’s fine but I’d like a bit more.
I've switched to a mini full time. I don't even miss the bigger screens. When I pick up a 12 Pro, it feels gigantic. This is coming from a guy that used to exclusively buy the biggest models. For those on the fence, buy it and use it for two weeks. The battery life is good unless you're a super power user (in which case, why don't you have a portable battery?).
My point being, if you’re hung up on having a phone the size of the original SE, and it works for you, that is your only alternative. Nobody is making a smartphone that small anymore. You can’t buy a new smartphone with a form factor that small because nobody makes one, regardless of features.
Never worked for me since the first iPhone. I just like to type in portrait mode.
So i was excited to receive the phones on tuesday. Ups says delivered at front door but no package was left.
I have started the claim process with ups and tmobile. Told me they will have an answer and what my options will be on the 29th.
I am beyond pissed and stressed out.
Will they block the lost unit? Or how many free iphones can one get?
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Why would you call Apple about a delivery from tmobile ?
Man, I’m going to be so disappointed, with this talk of lackluster sales for the 12 mini, if Apple quit releasing the smaller form factor phones in 2021/2022 and beyond.
My gut would say, based on product development timelines, that a 13 mini is already in the cards, but a 14 mini is possibly in doubt at this point.
Maybe it’ll be a good opportunity to consider it a successor to the SE at the very least. I don’t know. I’m head-over-heels for this phone more than any I’ve ever owned, and I don’t want to have to settle for a bigger one again.
My gut would say, based on product development timelines, that a 13 mini is already in the cards, but a 14 mini is possibly in doubt at this point.
Maybe it’ll be a good opportunity to consider it a successor to the SE at the very least. I don’t know. I’m head-over-heels for this phone more than any I’ve ever owned, and I don’t want to have to settle for a bigger one again.
It’s gonna be a legacy product and a rare findings in the wild like the SE 2016. Actually fine by me.
But I see your concern for the future, I too imagining hard to move from this size. Even my old iPhone 6 feels bigger now.
My concern is more so that this likely dashes any hopes of a 14 mini Pro model. But the smaller form factor will stick around in some form, maybe just back into the budget market.