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iPhone 12 Mini Faces Production Cut Due to 'Far Lower' Demand Than Expected
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Thank you for your uninformed negative remark, I'm sure you have lots of research behind it!
Yep, I've also been positively surprised of the battery life. Coming from 6S, I feel that I finally don't need to worry about the battery lasting through the day when if I have to use Google Maps navigation or some other batter draining apps. It's so good that it should be ok even after the capacity will eventually drop.
Absolutely psychotic comment on your part.
holy moly, bean counting on battery capacity. "You ended the day with battery left over, but if only you had MORE LEFT OVER!"
What a ridiculous conversation.
maxfromdenmark
macrumors 6502a
Someone told me Apple shot its own leg when released SE before iPhone mini. It makes sense as a couple friends of mine bought SE last year and now regretting it.
iSayuSay
macrumors 68040
There's no such thing as "too much battery". Back in the old days a Nokia would last you a week over a single charge. When it degrades, it's down to 2-3 days and it's still good, when it breaks down completely it's down to a full day and it's still tolerable.
Now when that Mini degrades completely, you'd need 2 maybe 3 full charge in a single day while the Pro Max could've still withstand a full day. That's not bean counting. I don't want to recharge too often because it breaks the battery even faster.
Holy moly why would you yelling at people for wanting MOOOAARRR BATTERY LIFE?
We don’t need a iPhone mini. We need an iPad with a legit phone...not just FaceTime. A lot of us just don’t talk on these things as much anymore and slab phones aren’t comfortable for talking anyway. Just use air pods or make it a kick ass speaker phone. And/or optimize HomePod for speaker calls. C’mmon. This isn’t rocket surgery.
4jasontv
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The mini are priced to upgrade before battery issues are noticeable.
Who cares? I love my Mini and will probably get the 12s/13 mini when its released too if the upgrades are good enough. I couldn't care less how much money Apple makes or how many they produce...
iSayuSay
macrumors 68040
Yeah well nowadays I keep my phones about 3 years in average. So buying a Mini for me is asking for problems.
Le0M
macrumors 65816
Lots of people are used to big screens, and without being able to go and see the mini cuz of the virus, many just stick with big pan-size screens.
I don’t get why people think the mini should be a lot cheaper, it’s already £100 cheaper but other than screen and battery size it’s the same as a 12. I think people have been brainwashed into thinking physically bigger is better and more expensive but it’s usually harder to make something smaller work well. If they had made it cheaper they would have had to hobble other features otherwise no one would have gone for the then overpriced 12... If Apple had made a less good mini, I’d have not gone for it and gone for the 12 as well.
i personally hope they don’t downgrade the 13 mini.
i personally hope they don’t downgrade the 13 mini.
Okay, everyone points out Mini may be a bit overpriced and often compared to SE
What about iPhone 12 being 100 usd more expensive then?
iPhone 12 Mini still belongs among iPhone 12 series
Proclaiming its overpriced, doesnt make sense
Many of you correlated price and size without going further
What about iPhone 12 being 100 usd more expensive then?
iPhone 12 Mini still belongs among iPhone 12 series
Proclaiming its overpriced, doesnt make sense
Many of you correlated price and size without going further
Keep these reports coming, so funny seeing all the excuses people keep making on why it sells bad.
It sells bad because apart from a very small very vocal minority nobody wants a small full fledged iPhone.
It sells bad because apart from a very small very vocal minority nobody wants a small full fledged iPhone.
Super happy with my 12 mini. I REALLY hope they don’t cut this form factor out of the lineup. The size even works for Lightroom work for me. Battery is not an issue
entropys
macrumors 65816
I think that is the case. It is two hours longer than an iPhone 8, two hours less than an iPhone 12. The battery life is fine.
entropys
macrumors 65816
Not true. It’s two hours longer than an iPhone 8.
powerbook911
macrumors 601
I have a 12 mini to use in bed.
I have a 12 Pro Max for the rest of the time.
I sure hope the mini doesn't go away, I certainly could use it as my primary device if I had to.
I have a 12 Pro Max for the rest of the time.
I sure hope the mini doesn't go away, I certainly could use it as my primary device if I had to.
But you don’t want to call your own wife „most people”, do you? 😉
anyway, the weak sales numbers speak for themselves.
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Apple is not new in keeping a separate SKU specifically for the education market (contracts). Remember the eMac? The educational only iMac? Apple can maintain the current basic iPad in that special SKU, and raise the price of the consumer retail lineup.
If you don’t care the bells and whistles, why not just get the 2020 SE? Doesn’t make sense if you said you don’t need bells and whistles, yet you want the current 12 mini, which is a flagship hardware and features, to be cheaper.
anshuvorty
macrumors 68040
If this is the case, then I think for sure, the iPhone "14" will only come in 3 variants - 14, 14 Pro, 14 Pro Max. Bye bye Mini....it only ever worked with the iPad, it seems....when it comes to touch-enabled iDevices that is...
anshuvorty
macrumors 68040
So the ones expected to buy a mini didn't go for bigger phones, they are holding out, otherwise there wouldn't be a 21 million cut. Just like me, I need no new phone while sitting at home.