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iPhone 12 iPhone Mini First Impressions
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I couldn’t have said it better. I’m also coming from an 11 Pro and I was just tired about the size and the weight. The screen is almost surreal, it feels enormous for such a tiny iPhone.
You can turn it off, well switch to LTE. Go into settings, cellular then cellular data option.
The phone size feels normal to me, as did the SE. When i had the XS Max, I was always having to juggle it in hand and pocket which got tiresome rather quickly. I am glad I came to my senses and said no more. Going back to what works for me.
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Well I have mine now lol so I will see. Not sure why you need a month, I was curious with a full day use like for me, it will be my test today, yesterday was about setting up, holding, comparing etc, now the real test begins.
For me habits don’t change, just the phone. And also, my use of !!! was only because you gave such a beautiful detailed review but no mention of the battery? So that’s is why I said umm?? Lol. I was into the story and I was left on edge. Lol
Thank you for the response.
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Maybe the old device is gone already.
I doubt btw that that’s a data migration via Bluetooth. My guess is some ad hoc Wifi feature. But yes I would have attempted that route too.
I don’t think there’s a correct answer for every use case. I know plenty people use a new device more in the first few days hence consume more energy.
On top you have the search indexing, re-downloading your backup and syncing with various online services. These tasks are especially power hungry as they require more network traffic than regular operation afterwards. Sure that doesn’t apply to everyone but to many.
The first days of using a new phone are not typical, and also I’m not using it fully yet because I’m going to exchange it for a different color and hopefully for a better screen. I’m also not a heavy user, so battery is not a priority for me. I don’t expect the battery to be a downgrade from the SE1, which was fine for me.
Glad you liked the rest of my review.
Great point and yes definitely, your welcome. You and @Apple_Robert gave great perspectives and yes I see I will need a few days too 😂
iOS takes a little getting used to if you are a longtime Android user. Widgets on the iPhone Home Screen are brand new in iOS 14 and implemented somewhat differently from how they are in Android.
I’d start here and also use the built-in Tips app to get to know iOS better.
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Apple supports its phones for much longer than other companies support Android phones. The iPhone 6S released in 2015 still supports iOS 14, for instance.
It takes time to get use to. Biggest learning curve is how many steps you need to take take to do something with iOS, while android could only take two clicks for example. After some time you’ll appreciate is just works.
Did you not up there in my quote call higher battery consumption a myth? I am responding to that.
Edit: I am indeed wrong, my apologies.
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No. They were referring to a comment about yellow screen tint, not battery. Go through the history of those quoted posts.
It is less than 3mm narrower than your 7. A case will fix that for you. Most cases add 3-5 mm. More if it is the "military" grade protection.
Yes, learned about it on this thread and enabled it. Works well, momentary delay while the phone is working out what the taps meant I think. While I never used reachability on my 6S (probably should have), having the control center on the top of this rather tall screen means it is out of reach with either hand holding the phone. So the back tap is very useful.
I played a little with accessibility options and you can tap a corner for the control center. Despite selecting top left (my one handed use is generally left hand), it doesn't seem to work. Would be great if it does work because reaching for a tap is far easier than reaching for a swipe down from the top.
That's a show stopper for me; particularly if the 5G sim won't be swap-able back with the 4G only phone. I've always used at least 2 phones by simply swapping sims. Please let me know if you can use the new SIM in your old phone.
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Thanks for that! I looked yesterday for that setting and couldn't find it where I expected to find it. This morning I used search, found it, and disabled. Looks like my phone isn't defective, now it is brighter than the 6S. However, I should think that it should be as bright with both set to auto brightness (which my 6S has always been). So perhaps I should still have a chat with a Genius.
It is defective. If disabling Auto Brightness increases your brightness, it IS INDEED defective. If your phone was normal, your brightness level would stay the same with Autobrightness on/off except for when brightness was 100%. Please get it changed. No genius will have a clue about this, so do me a favour and return it before you regret it for the rest of its life.
That’s some harsh generalisation about all Genius folks. If it’s indeed defective it would be easy to verify with another store model, right?
Yes. It can be verified if you compare to other iPhones at the store. But I’m confident the genius won’t have a clue about this.
Plain and simple, I'm loving my 12 Mini.
