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Other Who else is buying iPhone 12 Mini?

What a pain in the ass is this notch on such a compact phone. It would be even better.

It has passed some time and updates, how are you guys satisfied with battery now? I ask from the point of view average phone user - surfing, YouTube a few videos through the day and mostly chatting.
 
Never even think about battery. Usage is about 3.5 hours SOT per day. Typically end the day above 30%.
 
Stefan Miljkovic said:
What a pain in the ass is this notch on such a compact phone. It would be even better.

It has passed some time and updates, how are you guys satisfied with battery now? I ask from the point of view average phone user - surfing, YouTube a few videos through the day and mostly chatting.
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Between 3-5 hours depending on the tasks. I’m not watching much YouTube or play games. Mostly just phones and chats and social media.
 
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Just adding something about my experience with Mini. I’m a neurosurgeon so I wear scrub all day and the mini fit gorgeous in each pocket (front or rear pants pocket, front shirt pocket, in the white coat), no need to distress about fell away during the journey. The same with all of my jeans and pants and all of my suits (stealth in the internal pocket of suit’s jacket).

About screen size: for me, it’s good. If I want to watch or read more than an email or some forum’s messages, I use my iPad.

Battery: my daily routine is one hour trip by car to reach work and one hour trip to come back home. During this time my Mini is on charge and in use with Apple Car Play. Never had any problems during working day with battery. Tested it in few occasions outside (trip to seaside, with photo and some browsing and texting all with high brightnes) and able to came back home in the evening with 40-50%.

Material: the aluminium is, in my opinion, better than SS because is really lighter and less prone to fingerprint (I always finish with using my iPhone naked).

I think that this mini is something like the X that I want instead of the X that Apple made. Anyway I’m totally satisfied by it.
 
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Purchased my 12 mini in blue Thursday (retail Paid in Full), immediately updated to 14.4 fully charged, and slapped on a skin, but messed that up with a ultra slim case :(

Oh and screen protector - even though I have AppleCare+

I downgraded from an 8 after using it for 2yrs to the OG SE for 4-5mths. That was hell, capacitive touch bugs on 14.4 and extremely poor 90% daily batt life.

IPhone 12 mini ...

I. ... LOVE ... THIS ... PHONE!
Perfect size for me, absolutely perfect! This has been the standard size for iPhones pretty much for years (save .5-.8” difference to the 8 and others before it). I still need to use reachability to get to the URL in Safari, no big deal.

FaceID is FAST in this version compared to the X.
Restoring from iCloud backup seemed to have taken half the time it normally does, maybe just in my head. When I switch carriers I’ll also get a deal on another, this time Black.

Super impressed with the camera and the camera UI ... as I’ve never used 2 cameras before - I’m actually afraid of fully trusting it just yet (missed an incredible blood orange moon last night). Lidar would’ve been nice to have - but man the Zoom is sweet.
 
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