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iPhone 12 Mini Reviews: The Best Small Smartphone but Battery Life 'Leaves Much to Be Desired'
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I’m coming from an xs as well.
I returned the iPhone 12 pro.
looking forward to the mini
Everything is relative I guess. I went from the iPhone 6 Plus to an iPhone 7 (non-Plus model) because at the time I got tired of lugging around the bigger 6+. The 6+ had great battery life, but that was because it was big enough to contain a larger capacity battery. The 7 with its much smaller capacity battery ran it down much more quickly. I learned my lesson and stuck with larger models after that. Bottom line, if you want longer battery life, buy a phone with a larger capacity battery than you can get in the "mini" versions of phones.
Battery life is essential. Stupid cameras are not. Do better Apple.
It can't be the best small smartphone if it has a bad battery.
All about perspective... Since I've always had (by choice) a small iPhone - the iPhone 12 mini will actually have the best battery life of any I've had!
How is video playback vague? The screen is on, the video is being processed and decoded. It's a good measure.
Do you really need a battery case though? Trying to picture a situation where one would be out for the entire day without some sort of bag they can throw an external battery in.
I really wish Apple would realize that for many people, an extra 1-2 mm of thickness would not be an issue if it meant realistic all-day battery life.
Thinner-and-lighter is directly at odds with battery life in this post-removable-battery world, and not having a battery that lasts all day makes for bad user experience.
Thinner-and-lighter is directly at odds with battery life in this post-removable-battery world, and not having a battery that lasts all day makes for bad user experience.
I'm upgrading to the 12 mini from an iPhone X with a battery at 76% capacity and still get by just fine through the day on it. Sounds like the mini will be quite a nice upgrade!
no one says it has a bad battery. just lesser than the regular and pro/max.
why cherry pick the smallest model today, and another from 3 year ago?
why not the 11s, other 12s, or competitors?
Currently it’s the only small smartphone in the market, apart from the SE2.
Something something not everyone wants a bigger screen or needs better battery life something something
Oh, wow! May I ask why you returned the Pro? Was it even more unwieldy than a XS?
Well that’s not good at all. My average over the past 7 days is 4h26m, and I tend to end the day at around 50%... on my original SE! Granted it has a newer, larger-than-OEM battery, but still, I would have expected battery life to have advanced over the past 4 years, not diminished so greatly.
I would trust Panzarino. His reviews are the gold standard now, and he says the battery life is good.
Not sure what the headline is about. I'm trading up from an original SE to an 12 Mini. So the battery life isn't a step down, but a step up.
It‘s not a good measure for general usage, because video decoding exercises specialized portions of the hardware and/or CPU instructions that aren’t much used in other tasks, which is likely to either overestimate or underestimate general battery consumption.
This wasn't directed at me, but I'm doing the same, returning my 12 Pro for the mini. I never wanted the big phone, if anything I wanted smaller. Lighter and more pocketable, but without compromises. The mini feels like that. I had the 11 Pro before the 12 Pro - the 12 Pro is obviously even bigger, even harder to use 1-handed, and despite the spec weight, just feels heavier. I'm excited for the size and weight of the mini
The SE1 was considered to have excellent battery life at the time though.If Apple called it iPhone SE 3 instead of iPhone 12 mini, would it sell better? Justifying the small battery? Sure, why now
I also returned the 12 Pro. It's a beautiful device, but damn it was too heavy and too large for me. I can't see a lot of people being happy with the weight (and a case). Months from now I expect a lot of people wanting something smaller or lighter.
When they say disappointing battery life, like how disappointing? I have iPhone 7 and it seems ok, I would like to last more sure but not too bad.
comments like these make me laugh where they consider iPhone 12 mini...actually mini. The screen is 14% larger than iphone 7 and that was a large phone. As for gaming, this screen is 5.4 larger than Sony's portable PSP at 4.3 and Nintendo 3DS XL at 4.88.
iPhones 4 at 3.5 is mini phone for communicating and navigating, this has a larger screen than Galaxy Note(5.3) from 2011 refered to as a phablet! This is complete brain washing by Apple!
comments like these make me laugh where they consider iPhone 12 mini...actually mini. The screen is 14% larger than iphone 7 and that was a large phone. As for gaming, this screen is 5.4 larger than Sony's portable PSP at 4.3 and Nintendo 3DS XL at 4.88.
iPhones 4 at 3.5 is mini phone for communicating and navigating, this has a larger screen than Galaxy Note(5.3) from 2011 refered to as a phablet! This is complete brain washing by Apple!