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iPhone 11 Pro Max Big iPhone users, what is the #1 reason you can’t go back to smaller iPhones?

Hieveryone

Hieveryone

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I recently got a 12 mini as a gift and they love it.

Truth be told, I love it too. It’s literally amazing and maybe even the best iPhone ever.

It’s not even a phone really, it’s more like art. I can’t even bring give my endorsement on how wonderful it is.

Naturally, I want one. Maybe the blue color or the black one.

But then I realized I don’t know if I could. And that is for one reason:

iMessage

After counting today’s iMessages, it was 508 sent and received. That’s just one days iMessaging.

it’s really nice having a big screen for it. I use iPhone 11 Pro Max. Harder to iMessage on a small screen.
 
More screen real estate for me means less zooming, more content, less eye strain, better typing experience, etc. I’ve had the max sized phones since the 6s plus. I really can’t say how large is too large when it comes to phone size, but I don’t think I can go back to a small phone, and with Apple’s incremental increase in size from the 11 PM to the 12 PM makes it a non issue for me and feels like a natural progression.
 
I could never go small after having big screened phones for the past 4+ years. It’s so much better to have more real estate for browsing and media consumption. As the saying goes, go big or go home.
 
Hieveryone said:
I recently got a 12 mini as a gift and they love it.

Truth be told, I love it too. It’s literally amazing and maybe even the best iPhone ever.

It’s not even a phone really, it’s more like art. I can’t even bring give my endorsement on how wonderful it is.

Naturally, I want one. Maybe the blue color or the black one.

But then I realized I don’t know if I could. And that is for one reason:

iMessage

After counting today’s iMessages, it was 508 sent and received. That’s just one days iMessaging.

it’s really nice having a big screen for it. I use iPhone 11 Pro Max. Harder to iMessage on a small screen.
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500 messages are you serious? Bored at work?

The screen is just your interface. Get the one you like best, everyone will be different.
 
The first large screen I had was the 6+... I use the phone for the screen more than making phone calls. If it was mainly used for making phone calls, I would go 12 mini.

The 12P gives perfect size screen and one handed use for most everything.

Another key reason for me... Real Racing 3
 
Wondering what else could be reasons other than the listed ones below?

1. Big screen real estate for browsing/video playback/gaming
2. Longer battery life
3. Much easier to type
 
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MyPhone99 said:
Wondering what else could be reasons other than the listed ones below?

1. Big screen real estate for browsing/video playback/gaming
2. Longer battery life
3. Much easier to type
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I forgot about the battery life advantage! That is so true.

I think another thing is that I've just gotten used to it. Plain and simple. I'm just used to a big screen.
 
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Robbosan said:
Prefer to have a real life myself l :)
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We're at the same place same time Chill Out

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And for the reason why I would be cautious about going small is cause I use a lot of entertaining apps on my phone and using a mini would somewhat change my screen estate so it would be different for me

But if I was to use my phone for contact only I would go with the Mini
 
12 Mini is just too small for me, and battery life is important for me and I don't want to be charging it on a daily basis. I prefer bigger.
 
Better Battery Life
Screen size for movies & reading on the go

Also, I’ve been a big phone user since the original Galaxy Note series and then switched to iPhone when the iPhone 6+ came out. Can’t ever go back to a smaller device
 
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I have a work issued iPhone 7 and didn't like using it by comparison to my own iPhone 8+. I like using it even less now that I have a 12PM. Battery is never a worry, camera and larger screen. Makes typing emails, texts and everything much easier.

I don't even hit 500 text messages in two weeks! Geez!
 
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