Make it in the mini form factor and use physical SIMs and I will buy two.
As a matter of interest, what is wrong with e-SIMs?
I thought they were super convenient until I had to repair my phone and apple deleted my old sims because they thought there was a physical sim (there’s wasn’t). So I have to go to the agency for the sims I lost. One of them is in another country. So I won’t be able to get that until I go there again.
I think the confusion stems from eSIMS being very convenient for Americans, but not true for every other country.
They’re pretty convenient everywhere. Check out the Airalo esim app. You can get one for pretty much anywhere in the world.
I also switched my local provider to esim because it means the sim can’t be removed from the phone if lost or stolen to take it offline. I guess they could keep it wrapped in tinfoil but that’s probably more than the average street rat knows.
The mini seems useless, how so you even watch content on a screen that small?
Not everyone is glued to their phone 24/7
That is true. But having such a powerful computer using it for calls and texts seems unnecessary. No need getting such an expensive phone for that.
Who are you to say what people need their phones for?
You don’t need a good phone to watch videos at all, so I’m not even sure why that’s the example you chose to fight about.
I take pictures. I use apps. I listen to podcasts. If I want to watch something I typically use my TV , laptop, or iPad. But I don’t want a monstrosity in my pocket. Insert penis size joke here
insert penis size joke here
There isn’t enough space for one that short
I don’t get what you are saying. I use it for loads of stuff and have never found the size a problem.
Or they’re like multiple people in my family that will get a phone, use it for 5-6 years, and this just happens to be when they’re deciding to upgrade.
I watch content on a big TV with my wife
Kirk Van Houten: “I watch content in a racing car! Do you?”
Homer: “I watch content on a big TV with my wife.”
Kirk: “… Oh. Yeah.”
It’s the perfect size for me. It actually fits in my pocket and it’s not my primary device for watching video.
It’s actually a decent sized display.
If I want to watch Netflix I go to my couch and use the TV. The mini is perfectly fine for short <15 minute videos, anything longer than that I just want to watch on the tv anyways.
All my apps work perfectly fine, the camera is still great, I can view my photos fine, and I can use basically every website. There’s nothing I want to do that requires a larger screen.
I also have a Pixel Pro and I cannot imagine lugging that bear around, though it is nice for watching video on, I still don’t like watching long video on it.
I’ll say the only downside to the small screen is reading full width PDFs, which also sucks on the pixel and any other phone (because phones are smaller than paper, even big phones).
The first several iPhone models were even smaller. I say this as someone who misses my last 16:9 6" phone: 5.4" is definitely not useless.
Well I too had the first iPhone just a few weeks after launch and the 4 before switch to various androids and now back to iPhone.
Watching content back then wasn’t as widespread as today so in that sense it’s quite useless imo. Watching a 1080/4k on YouTube or watching a show on Netflix/Apple TV+ on such a small form factor seems like an annoyance.
Besides, my phone is what I use for 95% of my computing needs. Banking, identification.
Wish it were all true
Yeah they said the similar things about the current SE before. 12 mini would be the next best SE, but let’s see if it pans out that way.
13 Mini, surely? I have one and I’m very happy with it.
I’m just trying to manage my expectations.
They usually bump the chip, so the difference between the 12 and 13 mini will come down to slight change in body size and the camera module.
I’d take the 13 battery over the 12, but the 12 camera over the 13. The 12 is the last gen before they added their smoothing into the camera software.
I also expect they have more 13 boosters on hand since they cleared 12 inventory really early into the 13 cycle, so keeping the 13 around will be easier long term.
Good points
For sure. If this phone were to come out I’d immediately regret getting the base 15.
Just want USB-C and iOS, dog.
Wish the TouchID rumors were true; I have the iPad Air M1 with the side TouchID button and it works amazingly.
I wish Apple would bring it to their phones, but they really seem to like FaceID for some reason.
The Touch ID in my iPad mini is very awful, I have to type my code constantly. I’ve gotten in the habit of wiping it often which is helping but not much, I feel the Touch ID on my old iPhone 8 was way better
I got excited about that headline until I thought about how big it’s probably going to be. I’ll keep my XS and will switch to a 13 Mini when needed.
I have a se 2022 and I just love the size! I just wish apple keep bringing out iPhones of those sizes every now and then.
If this is essentially a XR with USB-C and a newer processor I’m really interested. Hope the rumours pan out as they sound way better than what I’m expecting.
Didnt we already have iphone 4SE long ago?
This some modern warfare 2 shit
Gen 3 (2022) is the newest currently
Gen 4 was in 2010
We’re talking about the SE, yes? Not iPhone 4.
We talking about the iphone
