I and my wife both got one. Best phone I ever owned. The size is right for me. I never liked holding a burrito to my ear.
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iPhone 12 mini How many Mini owners here?
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I'm hoping the next SE redesign takes on the mini form factor, with only one camera lens and no MagSafe. I would also gladly take no wireless charging to maximise battery capacity. I really love the small size.
Massive fan of the cloud blue case 👌 thinking of getting it as my 4th case for my Baltic blue pro max. 🤦♂️😂
New phone means you should be able to spoil yourself to at least one expensive case 😁😂
I bought a clear case from Spigen as my first case for good protection. Coming from the OG SE, I was afraid I would keep dropping the 12 mini. 😂
Just received my 12 Mini. I am very impressed, coming from an iPhone 8. I also bought a Spigen clear case and it shows off the blue beautifully.
The phone is very fast and responsive and the features, form factor and quality are well worth the price to me. For my use case, I find the battery life quite acceptable. During my 14 hour day of use, I still had 55% battery. After a little more that an hour was charging back to 100%. Out of the 5 other iPhones I've had ( OG, 3G, 4, 4S,5S), this ranks as one of the best I've had.
Will this form factor go away? Quite possible. The SE is a price phone with similar attributes that apparently have cut into the mini sales. Depending on need and features, I am usually attracted to a smaller, less expensive purchase, as I am not a power user or are in need of more expensive camera features as I prefer using my DSLR for those purposes. With that said, I found the 12 mini to compromise between the price phone and the more elaborate ones. Each to their own need. I don't always upgrade to the latest and greatest for budget reasons, but I was able to get the great trade in deal from ATT.
The phone is very fast and responsive and the features, form factor and quality are well worth the price to me. For my use case, I find the battery life quite acceptable. During my 14 hour day of use, I still had 55% battery. After a little more that an hour was charging back to 100%. Out of the 5 other iPhones I've had ( OG, 3G, 4, 4S,5S), this ranks as one of the best I've had.
Will this form factor go away? Quite possible. The SE is a price phone with similar attributes that apparently have cut into the mini sales. Depending on need and features, I am usually attracted to a smaller, less expensive purchase, as I am not a power user or are in need of more expensive camera features as I prefer using my DSLR for those purposes. With that said, I found the 12 mini to compromise between the price phone and the more elaborate ones. Each to their own need. I don't always upgrade to the latest and greatest for budget reasons, but I was able to get the great trade in deal from ATT.
Full ack. The advantage of 12mini is not only the optimal size but also the much lower weight than all other iPhones.
I think it can afford to be a little thicker for a bigger battery tbh. It's not exactly a phone for one-handed use anyway, unlike the SE1, which is truly light and the whole screen is easily reachable with the thumb with one hand.
We got Minis in May. Black for him and purple for me. We use them as our main phones and they’re linked to our Watches. Love them! Our 12 Pros from last year are used as iPad Micros.
I've been toying with the idea of a 13 Pro. Better camera. Still haven't decided. I love the size of the mini.
Already did yesterday, Sept 24th @ Apple Store
12 mini ->13 mini
12 mini ->13 mini
Might go 13 Pro, but otherwise I’ll stick with my 12 mini. Don’t see a reason to go from one mini to the new mini.
I picked up a 13 Mini yesterday. Upgrading from the original SE
Battery bump and much improved camera system. Having the same camera system as the 12 Pro Max in the body of the mini is very impressive. I just got my 13 Mini (coming from tge 12 Pro) and wow. It feels SO GOOD in the hand.
Really hoping Apple doesn't discontinue this joyous little device.
Nice! Doing the same. I was totally going to ignore the phones this year until I heard about the better battery and and screen brightness (the two things I really wanted an improvement on). Can't wait to pick mine up.
I’m also thinking about going from the 12P to the 13 mini. How are you liking it? How’s battery life?