I’m not going to make a pronouncement other that to say, “This phone is not for me,” but the reviewer does go on to mention the stuff he typically does with his phone (including taking photos, editing them, etc.) which is basically in line with my usage patterns, give or take.
By and large, I do assign more significance to a person’s real world experience of using the phone to do ‘various random phone stuff‘ over the course of a week than I do the more scientific tests—which are admittedly great for comparing models empirically, but don’t necessarily represent how much juice I’ll get from a full charge under normal operating conditions.
But, as I mentioned a couple of posts ago, there’s probably some confirmation bias influencing my opinion as I’m traumatized by my 6S’s pathetic battery and upgrading to a phone with a bare minimum “average” battery life is a priority for me. The Mini looks fantastic by virtually every other metric though!
