Same. Hopefully, the 13 mini or even iOS 15 can improve the battery life, but it's worth it to me for the form factor of the mini phone.
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iPhone 12 mini Is the iPhone 12 mini a good choice or not?
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Woah, let’s not get crazy. Lol
I’d pay up to $1,000 for a Pro mini with no compromises other than a thicker body for a larger battery. But $2,000? No, thank you.
Hehe, I live south of the border so that’s already close to what I’ve been paying for my last iPhones (highest storage capacity) lol
It’s such a shame that the 13 will probably be the last mini. I hope they keep the future SE’s at this size.
The 12 mini is my favorite iPhone so far, coming from the Xr & Xs. Perfect form factor for those who don't want a big phone.
Speculation that the 13 mini will be the last of its size is still just that; speculation.
It could become the next SE, it could continue on in the line up as it’s catering for a niche but that niche is still earning Apple millions and the tooling etc is pretty much already in place.
If it gets released at the same time as the others, you won’t have people who want it but are impatient to wait opting for the regular or pro models, as I bet a fair amount of would be mini buyers did just that last year.
We shall see
But the 12 mini is a great phone, perfect size, perfect weight with a great screen. Even if they can just improve the camera and battery, many would upgrade.
It could become the next SE, it could continue on in the line up as it’s catering for a niche but that niche is still earning Apple millions and the tooling etc is pretty much already in place.
If it gets released at the same time as the others, you won’t have people who want it but are impatient to wait opting for the regular or pro models, as I bet a fair amount of would be mini buyers did just that last year.
We shall see
But the 12 mini is a great phone, perfect size, perfect weight with a great screen. Even if they can just improve the camera and battery, many would upgrade.
Yeah, there are many Mini users on these forums, and sadly many haters too - for some unknown reason 🤷♂️ It’s obvious that they’ve never owned the phone, so why bash it? It doesn’t make any sense to me.
I didnt understand it either, but after discussions with some of these haters, it seems they think that the existance of the Mini means that Apple takes resources away from development of the larger mainstream iphones. This is just nonsense, as Apple are a 2 Trillion $ company, they literally have unlimited resources. Also some think that if the Mini was not in the line up, then the normal 12 would be £100 cheaper. But the biggest one of all is validation... how dare we love and adore our Mini iphones and not lust over the expensive, larger Pro models.
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um no. Saying that it’s speakers are worse than OG SE.. seriously
12 Mini has decent speakers and it’s speakers support spatial audio whereas OG SE’s speaker is Mono, doesn’t support spatial audio and even with full volume you can’t hear as well as compared to the 7 or even 6s ( I have a OG SE and know how bad the speaker is by today’s comparison)
Have you tried turning True Tone off or adjusting the Night Shift light warmth slider? This might help. My mini’s screen looks great and easy on the eyes, but I do notice an instant colder blue shift when I toggle True Tone off.
Plenty of people hating relentlessly on the iphone SE1 too when it comes up on this forum. For many people it's still the perfect phone, for the haters it seems to give them physical pain that it even exists.
I guess it's a weird size-insecurity thing a lot of people (guys mainly) have sometimes. Or just haters being haters.
All very strange though.
The SE had a fuller sound. The 12 mini were tinny. It might have gotten louder, or had stereo speakers, but the sounds itself was weak.
I'm trying to remember the run time of my old 4 or 6 so that I can compare it to the 12 Mini.
In truth, the battery life is probably exactly what you'd expect from a phone of that size with the space limitation that means. Obviously, with a device taking up more real estate (like a Max) but still having the same guts as the Mini, there's more room for a bigger battery. Its possible the larger screen will take up a bit more power, but otherwise, the battery is giving the performance to be expected from one of that size. The OS is the same, so no improvements there.
It might even be argued that with a larger screen, a user might be expecting to do more with the device than a Mini's user might be inclined - watching movies, reading books, etc - so that, in fact, the battery run time might not be all that much improved.
Yeah, you got that the other way around. Having stereo speakers, even on smaller devices, makes a big difference when it comes to the quality of the audio-output.
I’ve been listening to podcasts (as well as the ocasional music video and TV series) from my home country on a daily basis, for years, often only using the phone’s speakers. My old iPhone X and XS, although also great, stereo speakers are actually slightly worse than the Mini’s, despite the smaller form factor of the Mini. Either you haven’t actually tried a 12 mini, or you tried one with faulty speakers. Either way, your comment makes zero sense.
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Having gone from a 1st gen SE to the 12 mini, everything is amazing: the sound, speed, screen quality.
I bought one on launch, and returned it because it gave me migraines. I wouldn't put it past having a faulty speaker, it had a yellow screen too.
Sorry to hear that. I guess you’re one, of many (at least on these forums), who struggles with OLED PWM. It still doesn’t apply to just the Mini in particular, though, but all recent OLED screens (particularly related to the iPhone 12-series it seems), according to many anecdotes. Personally I don’t have that problem, fortunately.
The only time I notice that my Mini’s screen is slightly ‘warm’, is when I compare it side by side to my old iPhone X. Otherwise I don’t notice it at all.
Don’t assume that your personal experiences are universal… The Mini has extraordinary speakers, especially considering its physical dimensions.
Same. I mean the phone isn’t perfect but it’s my favorite iPhone since iphone 5.
if you want a fast powerful small phone mini is the bees knees.
Why are people still using this metric.
it’s only specific to the total IPhone 12 sales … but those models are not the only one’s sold in the 2020:2021 year cycle.
the iPhone 12 mini has no real competition in ALL devices regardless of manufacturer or sold anywhere in the world. Almost to the point Samsung is considering a mini on the next SGS lineup. Sony had considered but they were too entrenched into their 5 & 1 miii models.
Those that keep wanting an iPhone mini ‘pro’ … I gotta ask where is the basis of this want coming from?
NO other manufacturer ever created Pro features in a mini form facter - Sony is the ONLY manufacturer to get close:
Screen quality (not resolution due to smaller size),
Processor, chipset, storage options - ALL matching their top tier lineup (Z series Top End, Z Compact on the top end small size),
Variants for regions all supported,
etc.
There is a reason why the iPhone 12 mini is almost exactly the same dimensions of THE most successful Sony compact phone … the Z5 Compact. Check out the screen sizes … the resolution, the top tier A series chip that matches the Pro series. IT”S a PRO yet without the battery life/capacity and 3rd lens .. and for good reason: Neither will fit!
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There are just many many many people out there hating. Just to hate. With no real reason. Just anger inside that needs to get out. So they just bash and trash people, things, events or whatever. And they provocate. Makes them feel better obviously.
sad but true. This is the world we live in.
Yeah, sadly that market segment seems dead except for the IP Mini. I will admit that it's a bit of a niche and most people would probably be happy with just mid range technology, but even there, the market offers basically nothing (except for the SE 2, which still has the old design). So if the IP 13 is indeed the last of its line, that would be quite sad.
If it hadn't been for batter life, I would have bought the 12 Mini. While my current 11 Pro is a great device and especially the camera is quite nice, it is also quite unwieldy (for one-handed operation).