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Re: I want an iPhone Mini-sized Android phone

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Post by masklinn »

giaour wrote: post #217
kuschku wrote: post #167

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> The iPhone 13 mini has a 2400 mAh battery, the 13 has 3200. 33% more battery capacity is a lot, and at 2400mAh I don't think the mini doesn't survive an entire day of relatively heavy use without a charge. So make it 3mm thicker?

This would probably be a dealbreaker for a lot of people. Unihertz makes small android phones that are on the thicker side, and I've been hesitant to buy one because of their girth (despite there not being any alternative small android phones on the market).

There’s “thicker” and there’s “thick”.

The iphone 13 is 7.65mm. The Unihertz Jelly is 16.5.

Apple hasn’t made a phone thicker than 10mm since the 3GS, and that was 12.3 (up from the original 2G’s 11.6 because of the rounded plastic back vs flat aluminum).

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Post by zerocrates »

pizza234 wrote: post #107
jen20 wrote: post #71

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> FamousProducer™ Why be so coy about this? Naming and shaming should serve as a warning to those who might buy one expecting long term support, or as a spur to action towards LineageOS for those who many have been or are about to be blindsided by the support window expiring.

You're correct. The reason is not to attribute industry common practices to a specific company, but it makes sense also to expose it :) The producer is Google. I think (not sure) that they support their phones for 3 years.

The previous security update window guarantee for Pixels from Google was 3 years. With the 6 series (I believe they confirmed this includes the 6a) they extended that to 5 years.

My real problem isn't the previous 3 year window but that it counts from the first day they sell it, not the last. I bought my current phone, a Pixel 3a, late in its cycle for cheaper, early in 2020. It's now basically at the end of its updates because the guarantee counts 3 years starting from the release date in mid-2019, not from when I bought it.

5 years is obviously preferable but I'd like them to have also shifted it to be based on when they stop selling them new.

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Post by gpvos »

0des wrote: post #80
hn_throwaway_69 wrote: post #31

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>people just like big stuff I'm inclined to think that applies more to Americans than people generally. Europeans and Australians can be quite content with smaller vehicles, smaller properties, and quite frankly smaller lifestyles.

Weird, all the europeans who visit me in the US talk so much about how great it is to have this much space.

It's nice to have that space for your house, but on the other hand your kids can't go to school by themselves, and neither can you jump on your bike for some shopping and be back in ten minutes.

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Post by nfriedly »

I'd like a small premium Android phone too.

I was thinking about my previous phones the other day, and I really miss some of the more innovative ones from HTC. I think the Startrek was my favorite - a Windows Mobile flip phone with a "dumb phone" keypad. The myTouch 3g might be next - Android with physical buttons and a trackball(!)

Phones have gotten faster, but they keep getting bigger, the battery life is rarely more than a day's worth of use, and the "premium" ones keep getting more expensive - while simultaneously loosing features like expandable storage and the headphone jack.

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Post by mgkimsal »

torstenvl wrote: post #265
mtoner23 wrote: post #227

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Sounds like you've answered your own question. Margins are lower, why would they want to sell more of those compared to the regular iphones?

So increase the price? As a criminal defense attorney, I will never own a FaceID device. Ever. I owned an iPhone 7, then an iPhone 8, then an iPhone SE 2020, then another iPhone SE 2020. I may upgrade to the iPhone SE 2022. Cost is not an issue for me. I don't buy the iPhone SE because I'm cheap. I buy the iPhone SE because it is, on balance, hands down the best phone Apple makes right now for people who value conven…

I stuck with the 12 mini, vs going to another SE (had SE for years). I miss the Touch ID. A lot. Having to look at something, then swipe up, then ... do other stuff to get back to the home screen, instead of literally just putting my thumb on a button the pressing it... it's so much more convenience. Of course, you can just turn off the face stuff altogether, but you lose some security (and IIRC, some of payment stuff won't work?)

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Post by gusgus01 »

tom_ wrote: post #208
kuschku wrote: post #144

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The Moto G (2013) had a microSD slot, a 3.5" port and all of it in a 4.5" form factor. Why can't we just get an updated version of that?

It didn't have an SD card slot of any kind!

Wikipedia says it did, at least on the LTE model.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moto_G_(1st_generation)

Edit: ah found another source as well about it being on the LTE model https://www.phonearena.com/phones/Motorola-Moto-G-LTE_id8655

Re: I want an iPhone Mini-sized Android phone

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Post by efficax »

TheGoodBarn wrote: post #115

I jumped at getting the iPhone 13 mini immediately and haven’t looked back. I remember having an iPhone 5 and how much I loved the formfactor for the same reasons OP mentions. Sure the battery sucks and the phone locks up from too many things happening sometimes, but those are perfectly fine trade offs for a phone that fits into my life and isn’t my life. When I bought my 13 mini I also bought the new iPad mini to ha…

battery life is good on the mini for me, as for locking up, not sure why you would see that, it's got the same chipset as the non-mini iphone 13

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Post by MockObject »

teaearlgraycold wrote: post #190
TheGoodBarn wrote: post #115

I jumped at getting the iPhone 13 mini immediately and haven’t looked back. I remember having an iPhone 5 and how much I loved the formfactor for the same reasons OP mentions. Sure the battery sucks and the phone locks up from too many things happening sometimes, but those are perfectly fine trade offs for a phone that fits into my life and isn’t my life. When I bought my 13 mini I also bought the new iPad mini to ha…

That's a shame - I heard the 13 Mini had acceptable battery life. And for someone that doesn't make their phone their life that's especially surprising.

I've had my 13 Mini since they dropped. My battery is fine, always lasts the day with overnight charging. I'm constantly playing podcasts, talking on Signal, and have the dynamic weather service running.
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