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Still holding onto my 13 mini. Dreaming of another small form factor release one of these announcements.. :'}
$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?
Ironic that there are so many iPhones but such little diversity in the design. It went from "Think Different" to "Conformity & Comfort".
What do you mean? With every launch they change the orientation of the camera array so you can tell who has the new model, and thus, is a better person.
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 Was honestly thinking about downgrading to the last SE model even though it's several years out of date.
I'm happy for the existence of the e line mainly because it forces them to bump up the specs on the base iPhone. 17 is so good now that there's very little reason to get the 17 Pro.
Genuinely asking -- How about the camera? I keep hearing that camera is much better on 17 pro than 17 base. The OP article keeps saying camera on 17e is 'stunning', but again, I am waiting to find out how it compares with 17 pro.
Coming from a 15 Pro Max, it was perfectly serviceable if you were happy with the limited zoom options and lack of wide angle shots.
I never realized how much I used those two features, so, regrettably had to go back to the chunky 17 Pro Max.
Maybe one day…
256GB? My laptop has 8TB. Why is Apple so stingy?
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> the ability to reliably send quality video to iPhone users. Just curious but why? Is it iMessage lock in?
Yes exactly. RCS exists but unless an iPhone user goes and turns it on it won't work. Which means no one has it turned on.
Still holding onto my 13 mini. Dreaming of another small form factor release one of these announcements.. :'}
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> Still holding onto my 13 mini. That's why they stopped making them, because the people who buy minis are willing to stick with them for 5 years, whereas Apple wants you to buy a new phone every year. Every single person I know who uses a phone of more than 4 years old, uses an iPhone 13 mini. Without exception. Now I'm sure there's plenty of HNers who use other 4+ year old phones, but I'm talking about non-tech peo…
> Every single person I know who uses a phone of more than 4 years old, uses an iPhone 13 mini That's because they haven't came out with another small iPhone in more than four years. Half the time when I'm home I still use my iPod touch because it's even smaller than the mini.
They also haven't come out with another iPhone with a headphone jack, yet no one kept using those.
I get what you're saying, but what I think is that the average mini buyer is inherently someone (on average!) who changes their phone a lot less often. They're less likely to be glued to their phones. Bigger phones = more infinite scroll addiction, and so on. Apple doesn't want to cater to the mini buyers.
I think the most valuable part of this “e” lineup is the in-house developed modem. The power and security benefits are probably enormous.
Indeed. I have 16e from it's launch and can't be happier. Battery life is incredible while no issues with connections whatsoever (I am heavy traveler so can test it on multitude of telco hardware)