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Other Who else is buying iPhone 12 Mini?
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No. Brightness is the same. But of course, if you multiply by area a bigger screen well emit more light at the same brightness as a smaller display. But that would only be interesting if you plan on using it as lamp/flashlight. Not when looking at the screen
Sure, I was replying to the poster’s concern that the screen was too small to view the photos. iPhone 12 mini’s screen is taller (this does not matter for viewing rectangular photos) and just slightly narrower than the previous 4.7” screens. When viewing photos, this “narrowness” is barely visible, yet the quality of mini’s much sharper OLED screen makes anything viewed on it look way better. 🖐
That is why there is the iPad. For the price of a 12PM, you can buy a mini+iPad and have money left over.
Got the Mini 12 yesterday, in white as a nod to the first-gen iPod back in the day. Really great phone, I'm coming from an XR which was a super phone. I wanted to go smaller as these phones seem to just get bigger each year. My iPad Pro is what I use for most content consumption, so a small phone ultra-portable is great and it reminds me of my previous 4S which I thought was a great phone and so well made. I like the straight edges and I don't have a case yet, I ordered the Apple Silicon case but I really like it without the case. The white back shows no finger prints. You can stick this thing in your jeans pocket and it's not bulging. It's quick, the 5G is very fast. I use the phone for business and thankfully, no issues with typing emails, that's the only thing I had a concern with beforehand. I'm surprised how used I already am to the smaller size and don't feel constrained reading on it etc.
Highly recommended phone. Will be interesting to see how the battery holds up over the coming year.
Highly recommended phone. Will be interesting to see how the battery holds up over the coming year.
No streaming vids. I've been working from home and I haven't use it without a charger nearby so i was curious how much battery I'd lose. I was prepared to go lower power mode. So 70% surprised me.
I had a heavier use for 10 hrs on Sunday and i had 35% battery life at the end of my shift.
I work in IT and manage my company's cell phone fleet as part of my job. I picked up a mini this week only to have one available for cell phone eligible employees to check out. I liked it so much I'm making it my daily use phone. I've had plus and max sized models for as long as they been available. The mini will replace an 11 Pro Max for me.
I really like how portable the mini is and is easy to keep in a pocket while in the office. Battery life has been about what I expected and I have easily made it through my office days without issue. Once I'm home I generally use my iPad so whether I end my work day with 50+ percent remaining on the max or 30 +/- percent on the mini isn't important to me.
I really like how portable the mini is and is easy to keep in a pocket while in the office. Battery life has been about what I expected and I have easily made it through my office days without issue. Once I'm home I generally use my iPad so whether I end my work day with 50+ percent remaining on the max or 30 +/- percent on the mini isn't important to me.
Then get an iPad Pro. Still cheaper than an iPhone 12 PM and and iPad Pro 🤷♂️
Good for you. You just seem to be arguing every point against the mini.
weird comment, you said get a iPad I said I have one, goodbye.
We get it. You don't want an iPhone mini. Move on.
The other thing to note is that this is a device with relatively small battery, so you are also better off having as much of your data as possible ONBOARD the device, rather than using up battery on WiFi and mobile networks to download the data.
Also once you start travelling abroad again, post crisis, same thing. Better to have your data onboard than dealing with data charges or dog slow hotel network.
Using my mini for a one month now and frickin' love it! Easily the best iPhone I had since 5!
I think I looked at the situation you described deifferently.
1) I thought that you are thinking about buying mini from the point of the people around you. That would be silly. Sorry to misunderstand that.
2) I don't think that Apple even now could see if the mini is success. It's just a few months, it came after the popular ones (12 and 12 Pro - many prepaid "had" to upgrade because of their plan) and many users on low budget still using first gen of SE. There are a lot of questions now, more than there are answers for them. So I think, for the 13-series, it will be still on the line. After that? I don't know. It is a device you can use for a 4-5 years with no problems at all. So worry now should
3) About iPad mini, yeah it is the same. I have so many friends who love it.
That why most of us, who are fond of compact/SE/mini iPhone, would pray for keeping Mini as standard for every years
I think there is no room for 12 and 12 Pro, its almost identical iPhone, size/specs, only slight minor camera differences
13 Mini, 13, 13 Pro Max
I think there is no room for 12 and 12 Pro, its almost identical iPhone, size/specs, only slight minor camera differences
13 Mini, 13, 13 Pro Max
The mini will keep on being sold because it exists as a price anchor so Apple can keep the standard non pro iPhone at a raised price. It’s poor sales don’t matter they will just cut supply to meet this demand; and they’re likely cheaper to produce cos smaller displays, footprints and batteries. Don’t ever expect a mini pro tho.
The standard non pro is only $150aud more and better value, but thanks for the future update Tim.
Depends what features you value.
Better value if you care about super in-depth camera specs which most don’t. The 12 camera is good enough for most and it’s also significantly lighter than the pro. The 12 is the best selling 12 series iPhone by far so obviously the general public don’t agree with your assessment.
the standard non pro 12 is only $150 more than the mini Is what I meant.
I have the standard 12.
Where’s your proof of that then seeing as you bought it up, the 12 pro has been the phone hardest to get.
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I’m a 12 owner, I agree it’s the best value hence why I purchased it, so I’m not sure why you quoted me like you were disagreeing with me. The 12 pro has been hardest to get because it did better than apple anticipated; they anticipated the 12 would be the highest sold hence more supply.
