I have a launch 12 mini with 91% battery. Upgraded to the 13 pro a great phone but I do miss my mini so I’ve decided to return the pro and now have ordered the 13 mini.
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iPhone 13 mini Have to say the iphone 13 mini is impressive
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There may be a lot of interest in people with older phones, particularly the legacy Plus models which have 5.5 inch screens. They can look at the mini with the 5.4 inch screen and see that they can get a much smaller and lighter phone with a slightly smaller screen size. Camera will not be an issue as the camera on the iPhone 13 mini is better than on all of the legacy phones.
Only 0.1 inch difference, but dont forget about aspect ratio. Area:
iphone 7 plus = 83 cm²
iphone 13 mini = 71 cm²
iphone 7 = 61 cm²
Exactly. Plus in green, Mini in blue, significantly smaller. Will people ever learn that screen diagonal is heavily dependent on aspect ratio?
The Plus is wider than even the regular iPhone 12/13:
You need a Max to actually exceed the Plus width:
You need a Max to actually exceed the Plus width:
Aspect radio numbers (not sure how accurate that is) ... but I don't think it really means anything.
the REAL world use is what you can see on the screen.
with a 426 PPI on the 12 and 13mini
iPhone SE (OG):
640 x 1136 pixels, 16:9 ratio (~326 ppi density)
iPhone 7:
750 x 1334/1136 pixels, 16:9 ratio (~326 ppi density)
iPhone 8:
750 x 1334 pixels, 16:9 ratio (~326 ppi density)
iPhone 12/13 mini:
1080 x 2340 pixels, 19.5:9 ratio (~476 ppi density)
now that is night & day difference you can take to the bank. Yes I'll be upgrading next week - deposit on my Giant Fastroad SL2 comes first (health needed to enjoy fun).
I have the mini and my 7+ on my table. Both have their own phone numbers and I could grab either when I go out or around the house.
I grab the mini when I need a phone now.
I have the font on the mini at the smallest setting. It seems like I have plenty of screen space for what I view.
Did you notice the weight of the pro a lot? that was my concern, i went with a 13 mini as well, coming from a 12 mini.
yes it’s quite noticeable could really feel the wait in my pocket and in hand, but it is something I personally could get use to. I really like the pro but I thought I’d upgrade to the mini 13 because selling my mini 12 the cost to upgrade isn’t much. And then depending on what next year’s iPhone is I will either upgrade to the pro or keep the mini
Got my 13 mini.
First impression:
I can feel that it is a little bit heavier. But not that much that it is a problem.
The screen looks the same from what i can tell, except for truetone. For some reason the 12 Mini is way more yellow with truetone on and i always had to disable it. 13 Mini is less yellow with it for some reason.
I wonder what changed, that they couldn't just fix with software on the 12...
Sadly the battery is from the same manufacturer... was hoping i would get another one and it wouldn't age as fast as the disappointing 12. But at least i'm going from 2016 mAh to 2470 mAh, which is a 22% improvement.
Apparently the internal charger has improved from 13 Watt to 15 Watt, which i guess is to account for the bigger battery.
First impression:
I can feel that it is a little bit heavier. But not that much that it is a problem.
The screen looks the same from what i can tell, except for truetone. For some reason the 12 Mini is way more yellow with truetone on and i always had to disable it. 13 Mini is less yellow with it for some reason.
I wonder what changed, that they couldn't just fix with software on the 12...
Sadly the battery is from the same manufacturer... was hoping i would get another one and it wouldn't age as fast as the disappointing 12. But at least i'm going from 2016 mAh to 2470 mAh, which is a 22% improvement.
Apparently the internal charger has improved from 13 Watt to 15 Watt, which i guess is to account for the bigger battery.
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My question, too- as I had my 12 Mini get so hot that I had to turn it off last night while I was simply browsing forums on Reddit. About as light of use as you can get.... makes me wonder if I might need to upgrade to 13 Mini, just to ensure I have a phone that will not crap out due to thermal issues in the coming year or so.
There have been a couple of videos out on the iPad mini 6 suggesting improved performance of the efficiency cores and this may be why the M1X has only 2 efficiency cores. It may be that tasks that used to run on the performance cores now run on the efficiency cores thereby improving thermals.
a few years back I purchased an ol 15" Apple PowerBook G4 "TiBook" which came out in 2000/2001. Surfing in 2013 absolutely killed any cpu performance and RAM and it would overheat. I expect that in such an old device but something less than a year old for just surfing modern websites that it was designed for really troubles me. I've had the same on these forums on my iPhone 12 mini as well.
Just received mine in the mail. It’s currently transferring data from my old 11 Pro. 30ish more minutes…. Can’t wait to play with it.
Absolutely loving mine. Switched from the X (had replaced the battery in the X a year ago). Battery life on the 13 mini is better. 
Really appreciate typing on the mini as well (and I have huge hands) - just something about the algorithm they have for the keyboard is more accurate for my thumbs in this form factor.
Sporting the wine coloured leather case and love how it fits in my front pocket.
Really appreciate typing on the mini as well (and I have huge hands) - just something about the algorithm they have for the keyboard is more accurate for my thumbs in this form factor.
Sporting the wine coloured leather case and love how it fits in my front pocket.
"Not much more or larger"?!? I guess everyone's idea of "not much" is different. In my world the Pro is a significantly more expensive and weightier phone. In my opinion the two iPhone's aren't even comparable.
They aren’t. I’ve got both. Ignore gsmarena, they probably haven’t even tested the phone!
Larger sensor, better software, better stabilisation in low light, different apertures etc. They might be similar in perfect lighting, but that’s about it.
13’s have less noise, less mush, better colour reproduction and are much better at exposing a natural look on low light and with night mode.
Got my new iPhone 13 mini 256GB in Midnight all set up. Did the phone to phone transfer from my 11 Pro and let it all settle down overnight.
Everything appears to be working great. Phone is fast though not noticeably faster than my 11 Pro — which was plenty fast so not expecting a huge difference anyway.
Only thing I noticed is that it downloaded ALL my photos at full resolution, using a ton of storage, despite things being set to “optimize phone storage”. Hopefully they’ll get removed automatically as more space is needed for other things.
Loving the compact size!
Everything appears to be working great. Phone is fast though not noticeably faster than my 11 Pro — which was plenty fast so not expecting a huge difference anyway.
Only thing I noticed is that it downloaded ALL my photos at full resolution, using a ton of storage, despite things being set to “optimize phone storage”. Hopefully they’ll get removed automatically as more space is needed for other things.
Loving the compact size!
Absolutely loving mine. Switched from the X (had replaced the battery in the X a year ago). Battery life on the 13 mini is better.
Really appreciate typing on the mini as well (and I have huge hands) - just something about the algorithm they have for the keyboard is more accurate for my thumbs in this form factor.
Sporting the wine coloured leather case and love how it fits in my front pocket.
Please do share a picture of your new hotrod!
I'm especially finding that you with big hands have no issues typing on the mini which is contradictory to so many others with big hands complaining typing on the mini or small phones. I'm curious if you have a screen protector on yours (which kind) or not?
I'm suspecting those that dislike the small mini keyboard or having issues typing on it maybe due to a poor screen protector choice??
How does the mini looks in the new Blue? I’m quite disappointed about Starlight.