I understand that. I have a similar problem. I love that size for holding in one hand but with two hands it's quite strange for me personally. I would love to have it in this body a little bit bigger. New regular 12 is big for me but mini is sometimes small for me. Not too small, just small in contrary to XS I had before. I now really love the weight and one-hand-use size. I think that this year Apple made me undecisive. 😀
I doubt people can operate the modern phone sizes with one hand, as a smartphone should be operated imo. historically people used cellphones one handed. They used to make them smaller, now they make them bigger. According to
this my hand is an average size. I can't reach the four corners with my thumb. I can't reach to drag down the control center and reach the home bar. I have to crawl up and down the phone.
I upgraded from an original SE (the one in the 5S body) to a 12 Mini in November. (I don't like big phones so I had been holding off until a smaller design came along). The upgrade for me has been a huge one in every respect. The phone is faster, takes better pictures, and just seems to work a little better in general, especially with many of the programs I use on it. I've been pleased overall with the upgrade. The battery also works better, although I could be saying this because I had an old, well-worn battery on the SE by that point.
iOS...well, it's still iOS 7 with new features. I still miss the old design of iOS 6 and earlier, which I just liked better in general and found a little more usable with fewer gestures that could be activated by accident.
Didn't you feel the 12 mini screen huge especially coming from 5S size?
I was one of the people who wanted to jump into a new more modern OS over the old OS 6 design, but along the line we list simplicity. Current iOS has a lot of hidden stuff under hidden stuff and secret gestures. I can't call it easy. I myself how to look up the web to find how to do things on it. So the average joe is clue less.
It was a very reliable iPhone though. My company issued loads of them to sales staff, managers, directors and I can’t remember a single instance where we had to contact Apple because of hardware failures. Even now I know of so many still in use and still going strong. Perhaps the US model was the crap one?
I will give that to Apple. Very solid devices those iphones. Reminds me of the Japanese electronics of the 80s/90s. It just keeps working. I don't know how things are on the Android side.
My daughter has one, just got a replacement with apple care as she dropped it in the toilet lol, warranty runs out in April.
How is that Apple's problem? Is Apple Care like a phone insurance or extended guarantee? I never understood people who bought these especially for iOS devices. Hardly hear something goes wrong with them.
Enjoy the SE. Made for you folks complaining about the mini. Joking aside, this is a classic iPhone as you know it with better internals and a compact size. Might be a better fit for some.
Actually I got an SE. Its a fresh of breath air. After looking at both screen sizes the extra screen on the min is just a filler. On Twitter for example its just filled with grey color. When you use the keyboard there is just a block of grey at the bottom.
What's going to be different with the 13?
Surely improvement over the 12, so if they are willing to wait they might as well stretch it to the 13.
Just updated my iPad mini 2 to iOS 12.2 the other day. . . It runs most things slower than molasses. But I use it primarily for reading or watching movies at the gym. It does both of those things wonderfully.
I never understood how this works. I swear when we got those devices they were pretty quick. The original iPad was a bit slower but I imagine its no where near usable now. I know they make new apps more demanding but sometimes its just the same task feels a lot slower.
Still use a 7+ 128 JB. Don't have many issues, albeit it does hang up occasionally. Thought about upgrading to the 12 Pro but decided to wait another year.
imo you did the right thing.
I don’t agree with the above as my son updated from a 6s+ to an iPhone 12. There was a huge difference overall, including the Oled screen. Maybe you didn’t like the way your screen was “tuned”, but the screen is excellent according to him and me.
I put the SE20 + mini next to each other. The only thing I will give the mini is that it seems sharper with more pixel density but it doesn't matter that much. To me the LCD is more vibrant. My only guess is that the 2 screen technologies have different "feel" and its personal preference. Mine is certainly yellow and sometimes feel it has greenish tint. I guess its all about adaptation.
