Which is better, iPhone 12 mini or iPhone 13 mini versus iPhone SE 2020 iPhone SE 2022 iPhone 13/iPhone 12

By Dominic, 23 April, 2023

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Hi
My contract with Telstra ends in 2024, so I’m wondering which one would be better at that time
An iPhone 12 an iPhone 12 mini and iPhone 12th pro an iPhone 13 iPhone mini button and iPhone 13 Pro an iPhone SE 20,000 on iPhone SE 2022
I have small hands
But battery life would also be good
I also need a device with more than 120 acres of storage

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By Bingo Little on Sunday, April 23, 2023 - 16:40

Why do you need 128 acres? Are you going into farming? If you are, well you seem to have so many devices (iPhones, Google Pixels, etc.) knocking about the place you could probably sell them all and get your hands on a decent combine harvester.

I echo what Brad said on another topic. are your parents paying for these phones? You seem to break, abandon or otherwise render unusable a whole lot of devices for someone so young. #CostOfLivingCrisis

By OldBear on Sunday, April 23, 2023 - 16:40

Get the one that comes out in 2024. As far as the farm, go for goats, fodder beets and legumes in the rotation. Let the birds plant the landscaping, just water where you want the trees and shrubs.

By Dominic on Sunday, April 23, 2023 - 16:40

My parents pay for those devices. I would like a device that has
Between a 4.7 inch and 6.5 inch screen
Good enough battery
,, At least 128 GB of storage
Have support for iOS 17
Some kind of biometric authentication, Have lightning or USB see port
Have good enough camera quality for OCR

By Bingo Little on Sunday, April 23, 2023 - 16:40

In that case, Dominic, let me in all sincerity say that whatever you get in 2024 (and it sounds like you're asking your parents to fork out for pretty decent specs) take better care of it than you have of your devices to date. I repeat that you seem to have broken, abandoned or rendered unusable an alarming number of devices thus far. I shall probably get all sorts of folk kicking off about this comment but it does need to be said and, if the point is not taken as it does not seem to have been, reiterated.

By Morgan Watkins on Sunday, April 23, 2023 - 16:40

I tennd to take very good care of my iPhones and have never busted one. Even so, I did move from an iPhone 12 mini to an iPhone 13 mini and have been very pleased with that choice. I really like smaller iPhones. I have no light perception and could care less about screen fonts, brightness, et cetera. I just like lighter weight phones in my pockets. I did switch early from a 12 mini to a 13 mini because I found the battery life of my 12 mini just way too short, and just before the iPhone 14 came out, I thought it prudent to buy the last of the mini models so that I could wait Apple out until they (hopefully) reintroduce a higher end small iPhone. The iPhone 13 mini does have a bit longer life battery, although I do top it off during the day. I have owned larger iPhones like the 10R, but they were like hot bricks in my pocket so I moved on. I do find the iPhone 13 mini to be a good phone, but the battery still does not last an entire day.

Good luck on whatever phone works best for you!

Of course, I am not a man of great patience when it comes to my iPhones. The next time Apple introduces a feature that I just must have, I'll make myself get used to a bigger phone, if I must!

By Dominic on Sunday, April 23, 2023 - 16:40

Hi Morgan
Thank you for your comment.
I want to ask you, what major switch from the iPhone 12 mini to an iPhone, 13 mini
Was an upgraded battery life, a better processor, any of that? Or was it the fact that Hi Morgan
Thank you for your comment.
I want to ask you, what major switch from the iPhone 12 mini to an iPhone, 13 mini
Was a upgraded battery life, a better processor, any of that? Or was it the fact that you’re not at 1 to 8 GB standard For the 13th Siri unlock the 12 series?
I have like perception, but have everything enable screen curtain display brightness. Zero low power mode, enabled raise to wake enabled.

By miguel3025 on Sunday, April 23, 2023 - 16:40

Hi there!
Since my iPhone SE 2022 has been experiencing freezing and crashing issues, I've been considering replacing it with an iPhone 13 mini, which I believe won't have the same problem. What do you think?

By Dominic on Tuesday, May 23, 2023 - 16:40

I need a phone Larkin have all of my data from my SE, 2022 which is gonna be my mum soon. Originally it was going to be my mums after I set it up but, well,, I guess I got carried away, LOL

By Chris Hill on Tuesday, May 23, 2023 - 16:40

As someone with no vision, I think the face id thing would be excessively annoying. I never hold a phone up to my face, and since I need security, I would have to if I had a phone that used face ID. I'll use my old SE as long as I can, I bought a 256gb model back when you could get them, and I'll keep it until it won't update.

By Dominic on Tuesday, May 23, 2023 - 16:40

That will last me until 2027 or 2028, hell, it might even last me until 2030s.
I’m staying in touch ID devices for as long as possible, I have an iPhone 12 a face ID, else an S 21 Ultra with face recognition and a pixel seven face recognition.
I will never use any other phone face recognition.
An android’s fingerprint recognition, don’t get me started.