Thanks for sharing! Interesting, from all I have read I understood heat to be an issue with 12 mini across the board. Mine has been doing that only in the last couple of months- warm even just lightly browsing social media, reading the news, or using the camera.
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Thanks for sharing! Interesting, from all I have read I understood heat to be an issue with 12 mini across the board. Mine has been doing that only in the last couple of months- warm even just lightly browsing social media, reading the news, or using the camera.
Those affected could be plagued with lots of ads etc. Since I use a blocker and don't use Social Media, I don't run into that problem.
Unfortunately I would have to order the Caudabe case from them in the US and have no idea how long it would take to get to me or the customs duties. I may give it a go if I can't find anything else decent.
That’s the odd thing- I don’t have any ads to deal with, either- I use Tapatalk for reading this forum, and it gets warm doing that. Gets warm using Reddit via the Reddit app or narwhal- again no ads… and it gets warm even watching videos on YouTube or using the camera.
I may just have a bit of a problem device, as it never got warm up until about two months ago.
Anyway, glad you got your hands on a mini- enjoy!!
Gotcha. Well if you can get by with a cheap one until it can get delivered, I can promised its worth the wait.
Love it. The X was the last “perfect” size phone for me until the 13 mini. The 11 Pro was too heavy, the 12 was a lot lighter but just clunky and bit uncomfortable at times. I manage almost 7 hours of screen on time on my mini. Love it.
Absolutely loving the 13 mini.
I think for me it's the easily the best phone I've ever owned when taking into account device size, battery life, performance and just how easy it is to live with day to do.
I've occasionally had larger phones - X, XS, 11 Pro, 12 Pro etc - just to see if I can get used to them, but in the end the weight and bulk of those phones (even the non-Max ones) is just too bothersome for someone like me who keeps phones in a pocket and doesn't like the feeling of something weighty/bulky being with me all the time.
In all honesty, there's very little they could improve. Maybe a 120hz screen, no notch, touchid (as well as face id), and more pro/grown up colours, but they're all pretty trivial.
I think for me it's the easily the best phone I've ever owned when taking into account device size, battery life, performance and just how easy it is to live with day to do.
I've occasionally had larger phones - X, XS, 11 Pro, 12 Pro etc - just to see if I can get used to them, but in the end the weight and bulk of those phones (even the non-Max ones) is just too bothersome for someone like me who keeps phones in a pocket and doesn't like the feeling of something weighty/bulky being with me all the time.
In all honesty, there's very little they could improve. Maybe a 120hz screen, no notch, touchid (as well as face id), and more pro/grown up colours, but they're all pretty trivial.
Same situation here. No desire for them 6.1 120hz display I can’t even tell. Mini 4 life lol. Apple please make them every three years. I will even take that. Treat it like the iPad mini.
Soft rubber like TPU cases will fit but the cutout for the camera bump doesn't quite line up so it's a little wonky. My wife used her 12 mini case on her 13 mini for a while until we got her a proper 13 mini case. I had a hard shell Pitaka carbon fiber case for my 12 mini that wouldn't fit the 13 mini at all.
In the long term? Sure. But I expect ProMotion will remain a high-end feature for the immediate future, just like OLED was versus LCD screen models.
Would be nice if the base models get variable refresh rate up to 60Hz to help with battery life tbh
I got my Mini 13 today. It's a big change from my 2016 SE... finding it hard to get used to the lack of power button and slightly bigger screen. I'm amazed the size is now considered small in modern times... I really wouldn't want anything larger!
Find the off mechanism a faff too!
Find the off mechanism a faff too!
It's not anything with ads for me- it gets noticeably warm even when I am simply talking on the phone- with the screen off, not doing anything else on the device. And otherwise, simply using Tapatalk to browse this forum, or the Reddit or Narwhal apps for browsing Reddit- no ads, but it warms up when doing any of that, too. Same goes with using the camera.
I got my 13 mini late last week, upgrading from an XR. God i love this phone so much, i think it might have replaced the original SE as my favourite iPhone ever.
Dito. I only saw it getting WARM when I used Garmin Connect and synced also. You can also see battery going down 2-3% in 1min or so. And sometimes when charging, but normally my 12 Mini never gets warm.
I also do use an ad blocker and all security settings turned on from apple, iCloud Private Relay etc.
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At 55, nearsighted with vision correction for distance sight and also farsighted due to age so needing graduates lenses for reading, I don’t have any issues. But every person’s vision is different.
I must have a problem device, then. I always close my apps when I'm finished with them- and literally just talking on the phone- screen not on, no apps running in the background- the back of the phone was noticeably warm. Same thing happens when using some light apps as noted above. I suspect it's some kind of hardware issue, it just started a couple of months ago- and the upgrade to IOS 15 did not help.
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I do want to say, for clarification, that when I mention it getting warm- I use it caseless, and it's not hot to the touch, but just noticeably warm on the back and sometimes on the sides. Not uncomfortable, not making me think it's too hot- but it just never even got warm at all in the past, even with very light use.
I suspect with a case, I would not notice it getting warm at all.
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Yes that’s definitely iOS issues not your mini. I have the same hiccups on my 13 Pro, too.
I'm not concerned about performance, but just the heat in the phone- and I close these to ensure I don't have anything trying to run in the background.
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