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Teledatageek

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Sep 22, 2017
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Upgraded from the 12 mini to the standard 13 on Friday. Liked the mini size factor, did not like the battery life and my ever aging eyes had trouble at times with less real estate. My prior iPhone was the 11 Pro.

I decided against the Pro because of the weight bump over the standard 13 + I don't take that many pics. Liking the increased screen real estate on the 13 and surprisingly I can still manage fairly well one-handed.

Bonus for us in that the Verizon signal at our house (which is trouble for all three carriers) is up to 3 bars. I think there was a chip change and maybe the antenna's are a bit better? That makes it very worth it for us (my wife also did the same upgrade) as Spectrum does not have reliable internet for us.
 
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Upgraded from the 12 mini to the standard 13 on Friday. Liked the mini size factor, did not like the battery life and my ever aging eyes had trouble at times with less real estate. My prior iPhone was the 11 Pro.

I decided against the Pro because of the weight bump over the standard 13 + I don't take that many pics. Liking the increased screen real estate on the 13 and surprisingly I can still manage fairly well one-handed.

Bonus for us in that the Verizon signal at our house (which is trouble for all three carriers) is up to 3 bars. I think there was a chip change and maybe the antenna's are a bit better? That makes it very worth it for us (my wife also did the same upgrade) as Spectrum does not have reliable internet for us.

There are more bands supported with the iPhone 13 lineup, so maybe you are on a better band (if on 5G).
 
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