{"id":3128,"date":"2020-10-16T15:24:47","date_gmt":"2020-10-16T23:24:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/iwasmisinformed.com\/?p=3128"},"modified":"2021-02-10T21:17:20","modified_gmt":"2021-02-11T05:17:20","slug":"mini","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iwasmisinformed.com\/?p=3128","title":{"rendered":"mini"},"content":{"rendered":"

“I still hope against hope for the prospect of an iPhone SE2, with the processors of the 8 and maybe a camera improvement while eschewing the space-wasting of 3D Touch and wireless charging. Or an iPhone X-Minus, with a 5-inch AMOLED display in a package roughly the size of the original Moto X \u2013 a hair bigger than the SE but smaller than the 6\/7\/8 line. Either would open my wallet.”<\/em><\/p>\n

-Sept 22, 2017, launch day for the iPhone X<\/em>
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“I guess I\u2019m good, really. There aren\u2019t things I want \u2013 anything that piques my interest for under $20 I\u2019m probably just going to buy, whether it\u2019s a pen or a Nerf gun or a bomber of milk stout \u2013 and if you gave me actual wishes for my birthday, I\u2019d probably spend them all on family health and regime change (unless I could sneak an iPhone X-Minus in there at the end, of which etc).”<\/em><\/p>\n

-Feb. 28, 2018<\/em>
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Well, here we are. Now that the iPhone 12 mini is a real thing, it\u2019s time to take a hard look at it. The space-wasting of 3D Touch is gone. The display is AMOLED and 5.4\u201d. The documented width is 64.2mm, just a hair thinner than the Moto X. It\u2019s smaller than the iPhone 9 in height and width, same thickness within a tenth of a millimeter, and the display is three-quarters of an inch\u00a0larger\u00a0on the diagonal. Seven years after the debut of the Moto X, Apple has finally matched it with a one-handed phone that has a modern display, a battery over 2200 mAh (per Brazilian regulatory filings) and the ability to run iOS.\u00a0<\/p>\n

So the question is: do I trust Apple to deliver the same size phone next year with an A15 processor and who knows what else? Because honestly, that\u2019s the trick. Every time Apple upgrades phones now, the only thing left behind is the 6.1\u201d variety, and if they choose not to repeat the 5.4\u201d size next year, I\u2019ve missed the boat on the first genuinely small flagship iPhone in seven years. On the other hand, as I said yesterday, if the smallest new phone were 5.8\u201d I wouldn\u2019t even be bothering to watch the event, let alone wondering whether to splash out for the new device; once I had the original iPhone SE nothing was of interest until the X. And on the third hand, the sudden rush to MagSafe has already opened speculation on how long the iPhone will have ports at all – the final revenge of Jony !-ing Ive.<\/p>\n

I don\u2019t have to make a decision right away; they won\u2019t even be taking pre-orders for the 12 mini until November 6. But it\u2019s kind of a dilemma: they have\u00a0finally\u00a0given me the phone I wanted – even if there are questions around 5G and whether it\u2019s worth a third of a damn – six months after I already spent good money on a phone which will trade in for half what I spent. Do I really want to be That Guy and can I afford to be in this economy with the state of the world as it is?
I guess we\u2019ve got three weeks to find out.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

“I still hope against hope for the prospect of an iPhone SE2, with the processors of the 8 and maybe a camera improvement while eschewing the space-wasting of 3D Touch and wireless charging. Or an iPhone X-Minus, with a 5-inch AMOLED display in a package roughly the size of the original Moto X \u2013 a … <\/p>\n

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