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iPhone SE (2022) The SE3. My goodness.
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I figure I'll grab a 13 Mini next year before they end production to replace my 7th gen iPod touch - the size is similar, and I'll be buying years more software support.
Context, my country, Indonesia.
iOS is surely has its uniqueness, but many features/services are exclusive to developed markets. We don't even have Apple News app. Siri cannot speak Indonesian (Google Assistant can). Nobody use iMessage, and Apple Maps is useless as well. So even an iPhone user will mostly rely on Google and Whatsapp. Worse, since the top 3 carriers here don't support eSIM, iPhones are practically just single SIM devices (in a market where dual SIM is almost a necessity).
Some people like me who are more privacy aware will at least have some value on an iPhone, but most people will wonder why should they pay Apple $500+ for such a dated looking phone with such poor battery life and low storage (64GB). Those who must have iPhone will just get the 12 and up. The others will get much better and modern looking Android for less. In context, you can get a Galaxy S21FE with 256GB storage around that price.
But of course, that's a regionalized perspective. Considering the SE will be basically a free/cheap phones on contract/prepaid carriers in countries like the US, maybe it's not a bad deal.
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It's o.k., I guess. I didn't particularly like the design when they introduced it with the iphone 6 in 2014 and they haven't changed it much since then. I also can't believe they still take €550 for that. Featurewise, it's probably the worst phone in it's price-bracket by a long margin.
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When I was buying SE2 two years ago, larger half of price was covered by promo coupon from the bank. That was a good bang for a buck.
the only thing I don't like about the Mini is battery life.I figure I'll grab a 13 Mini next year before they end production to replace my 7th gen iPod touch - the size is similar, and I'll be buying years more software support.
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My father has a 13 Mini, and battery life is enough to push him next cycle to Android.
(also his car now has both Android Auto and CarPlay)
Sorry for posting twice about Android in this thread... I'm done
Yeah, I've been in dilemma whether I should upgrade to the 13 mini or not. Battery life can be a huge deal breaker for me now that I put more thoughts into it.
Exactly when those signs in parking lots just say children, I always tell my mom to park there. I'm 49, but it doesn't specify the age of the child.
Can be same for Android; make sure you get one with a good battery life. But then will you need to go big again?
as per above, battery on the A53 is magical. I thought three days, but now I'm seeing up to 4-5 days.
That's crazy.
Charging is also taking me 15 minutes to go from 90-100%.
This gets overlooked a lot. The Mini's screen has a very "squeezed" aspect ratio that some find uncomfortable to use. While the screen to body ratio of the SE line is lower, it's a more natural aspect ratio.
Yes. I would say on average at least 2 more hours per day in usage. If you're not a heavy user, it could be more, as the A15 idles VERY well.
Ditto. I've actually preferred the photos to some of my wife's 13 photos due to the occasional overly aggressive HDR affect the 12 (and newer) line seems to put in photos. That said, I do occasionally miss night mode, and while nitpicky, there are times when the older lens hardware shows.
Irrelevant to this thread - how is your work/personal phone setup? Do you just carry them both around all the time? Or are they synced up at all?
I held a new black (midnight) SE3 today and you guys are right this little thing is actually a premium iphone. Just not cutting edge, it is still premium by the sum of it's parts.
I should probably just keep a Midnight SE and possibly MacBook Air for the foreseeable future until Apple stops using PWM to modulate brightness on its best displays.
Is the 2022 SE's photo processing significantly faster or better than the iPhone 8? I know the processor is faster, but the lens has the same specs. The 2022 SE does look really nice.
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It definitely looks better and benefits from all the A15 improvements. It seems quicker too. It’s impressive that the same camera sensor can yield noticeably better results, and I don’t think that’s an area of the iPhone that Apple had to improve.
SE2022 has all the neural processing as the current iPhone (13? 12?) regardless, it’s not the lens but the processing of the image that really boosts the photos.
The 13 mini has the same battery life, and maybe even slightly better than a 6.1” iPhone 12, so you could use this as a reference guide (Utube have battery test videos showing this).
I have no idea what you're talking about? The design is fine and well-proven. The phone fits in my hand and in my pocket. Sure, the phone isn't the latest & greatest, but it's mature and enough hardware for me. I use my 2022 SE daily starting around 7 am and usually put the phone down at midnight with ~30% battery remaining. The battery is fine for what I do all day, which to be honest hasn't changed much in the past 10 years. Phone, text, e-mail, slack, Remote Desktop, occasional web surfing. I am usually around a computer instead and prefer to use Mac OS over iOS when possible.
No. I would say on average, the 13 Mini will get you an extra 1-2 hours per day, depending on your usage.