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Re: iPhone 17e

#61

Still holding onto my 13 mini. Dreaming of another small form factor release one of these announcements.. :'}

People make fun of me but I'll never skip a chance to complain about how large these phones are. I hate it so much. I have a standard iPhone, not a max, and it causes real pain in my wrist if I use it too much. Was honestly thinking about downgrading to the last SE model even though it's several years out of date.

Re: iPhone 17e

#62

Still holding onto my 13 mini. Dreaming of another small form factor release one of these announcements.. :'}

my wife upgraded from a 13 mini to an Air and she loves it. She thought she hated the larger size of new phones, but after holding the Air in her hand she realized the weight and thickness was the issue for her!

It’s a tough call though because the Air has a lot of pros and cons! My wife never takes nature photography or macro photography, so she was OK with the 1 camera compromise.

If you truly want a shorter phone, my condolences lol. Apple seems to be ignoring this user segment.

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#63

Still holding onto my 13 mini. Dreaming of another small form factor release one of these announcements.. :'}

Have you replaced the battery? My 13 mini shows 90% battery health but I can’t use it for the full day (and I don’t game or anything, just light use). I wonder if the battery is really ok and it’s the software that is to blame.

Just replaced my 13 mini battery this past week which was at 80%. Noticeable improvement. I'm not a very heavy user but did find that I was getting to the 20/10% range at the end of most days. Now its 30/40 and I'm happy! Many more years in the old steed yet.

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Have you replaced the battery? My 13 mini shows 90% battery health but I can’t use it for the full day (and I don’t game or anything, just light use). I wonder if the battery is really ok and it’s the software that is to blame.

I still have my 12 Mini, changed the battery in a Apple store a year ago (and they broke the screen in the process so got a new screen too) for I think 99 EUR, now the battery still last ~2 days, easily worth it. Maximum capacity says "87%" right now although I don't know what exactly that's based on. I'm keeping this phone until either Apple releses a new mini or until Motorola released a GrapheneOS phone, whichever…

> changed the battery in a Apple store a year ago (and they broke the screen in the process so got a new screen too)

Huh, I had a 12 mini and had the same thing happen at an independent repair shop I used to frequent. I've been pretty salty with the shop, but I guess it's an easier fuckup than I've been giving them credit for.

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#65

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Last time I complained about the pricing of the iPhone, people pointed out that inflation included the prices wasn't to far of from the original iPhone. Still, I don't care that the phones are faster, have larger screens, better camera, FaceID, AI, are thinner light and what have you. The iPhone design peaked in 2015, from there they could just have release the same phone year after year, making it cheaper and cheape…

No, they couldn’t, because then the company would stop existing due to lack of sales.

Bell System released about 10 models over 110 years, worked out just fine for them.

Re: iPhone 17e

#66
I really want to like the lower cost e phones, but the lack of ultrawide band support is a deal breaker. Does adding this feature really increase the cost, or is this a calculated move by Apple to ensure those who use this for air tags or keyless entry continue to buy higher end phones.

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#67
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So is Mercedes-Benz. But they don't sell a $20,000 commuter car.

Mercedes-Benz sells commuter cars in Europe. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercedes-Benz_A-Class

> The Mercedes-Benz A-Class is a car manufactured by German luxury automaker Mercedes-Benz

"luxury" is more of a marketing and product positioning term, it doesn't really have anything to do with engineering or quality practicalities

Re: iPhone 17e

#68

$599 still feels like they're setting whatever price they can get away with. It's been 20 years, why don't we have sub $500 new iPhones yet?

Taking inflation into account, a $599 iPhone in 2026 would have been $380 in 2007. Given that the actual launch price in 2007 was $499, that's a pretty hefty drop.

$499 with carrier subsidy too

Re: iPhone 17e

#69

Still holding onto my 13 mini. Dreaming of another small form factor release one of these announcements.. :'}

I moved off the mini to get satelite messaging which I use while hiking. But now that T-Mobile/starlink support satelite on the 13 mini, maybe I’ll go back.
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