Still holding onto my 13 mini. Dreaming of another small form factor release one of these announcements.. :'}
tambourine_man 28 minutes ago [-]
SE 3rd gen here as my daily driver. Small form factor and Touch ID. The perfect iPhone IMO.
Not looking forward to having to settle for those comically large phones with Face ID for my next one.
freetonik 1 hours ago [-]
Have you replaced the battery? My 13 mini shows 90% battery health but I can’t use it for the full day (and I don’t game or anything, just light use). I wonder if the battery is really ok and it’s the software that is to blame.
embedding-shape 23 minutes ago [-]
I still have my 12 Mini, changed the battery in a Apple store a year ago (and they broke the screen in the process so got a new screen too) for I think 99 EUR, now the battery still last ~2 days, easily worth it. Maximum capacity says "87%" right now although I don't know what exactly that's based on.
I'm keeping this phone until either Apple releses a new mini or until Motorola released a GrapheneOS phone, whichever comes first.
abhikul0 24 minutes ago [-]
I got the base 13 at launch day whose battery health now states 86%. While I have noticed degraded battery performance, the stated health has been stuck at 86% for quite a while now.
I guess it's bugged out and would opt for a battery change if you're feeling the battery pains, I'm thinking of upgrading to the new base model this year for the usb c and 120hz display.
Alifatisk 2 hours ago [-]
My next upgrade if my 12 mini gives up will be an 13 mini. And from there I will probably just stick to refurbed 13 minis until a good alternative comes out.
mini13mini13 1 hours ago [-]
I highly recommend hunting down a 13 mini now (with a lot of battery left) so you can switch when you have to. I did last summer and was glad I didn´t have to organize one on short notice. And if you avoid ios26 - make sure the ios18 on the device is updated because now you no longer get updated within ios18
mikestew 2 hours ago [-]
Where are you finding refurb’ed 13 Minis? Apple only goes back to 14s now on store.apple.com in the U. S.
Alifatisk 1 hours ago [-]
refurbed.com and swappie.com, I don't know if they do it on all phones but some of them get their battery changed to a fresh one aswell!
dmitrygr 1 hours ago [-]
FB marketplace and/or eBay.
mikestew 1 hours ago [-]
Maybe the iPhone Fold won’t be two 8” slabs of glass glued together, I think that’s the only hope for those holding out for another Mini.
joshstrange 2 hours ago [-]
I'm glad they added MagSafe with this version, that was my biggest "issue" with the 16e. Thankfully you can add a ring to the back of the device to "give" it MagSafe (the magnets part at least, if not the faster charging).
wps 1 hours ago [-]
I think the most valuable part of this “e” lineup is the in-house developed modem. The power and security benefits are probably enormous.
zamadatix 2 hours ago [-]
Seems like a decent deal for what it has and getting the full support lifecycle out of it instead of used. Does anyone know if this gets $50 off with the education discount?
busymom0 13 minutes ago [-]
Here in Canada, both the education pricing and regular pricing are at "From $899". So no edu discount.
satvikpendem 2 hours ago [-]
Sad it doesn't have the dynamic island, was going to pick up one of these for testing for iOS app development. Everything else looks fine however, as expected.
NetMageSCW 1 hours ago [-]
I would recommend the base 17 for that.
1970-01-01 2 hours ago [-]
$599 still feels like they're setting whatever price they can get away with. It's been 20 years, why don't we have sub $500 new iPhones yet?
joezydeco 2 hours ago [-]
It's a luxury brand. You don't sell cheap and risk losing the people that are happy to pay $1400 for a new iPhone.
NetMageSCW 1 hours ago [-]
It’s not a luxury brand, it is a quality brand. There is a difference.
joezydeco 1 hours ago [-]
So is Mercedes-Benz. But they don't sell a $20,000 commuter car.
NetMageSCW 1 hours ago [-]
No, Mercedes Benz is definitely a luxury brand. They don’t want to sell to everyone. Apple (Steve Jobs) has explicitly stated that as one of their goals.
tencentshill 22 minutes ago [-]
It’s not a quality brand, it is a luxury brand. There is a difference.
lotsofpulp 1 hours ago [-]
Toyota is a quality brand, Mercedes is a luxury brand.
Not looking forward to having to settle for those comically large phones with Face ID for my next one.
I'm keeping this phone until either Apple releses a new mini or until Motorola released a GrapheneOS phone, whichever comes first.
I guess it's bugged out and would opt for a battery change if you're feeling the battery pains, I'm thinking of upgrading to the new base model this year for the usb c and 120hz display.