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iphone 12 mini has been my favorite phone I've ever owned, and coincidentally the first iphone I've ever owned.

by bfrog 4y ago

stefandesu 4y ago
Same for me. I was previously a huge fan of the original iPhone SE, but having a modern screen and camera is so nice. Battery life is lacking a bit though. If Apple won't release another iteration of the mini in the next two years, I'll consider getting a 13 mini with a new battery which would hopefully last me quite a while.
FredPret 4y ago
It starts with one gadget. Then you buy the second Apple device, and find that they work fantastically together. Soon, you're in an all-Apple household!
- yamtaddle 4y ago
  I legit wish they had any competitors doing the thing they do even almost as well. It's worrisome that there's nowhere to turn if Apple goes to shit (I'm very worried about their growing advertising income) that's not a significant downgrade in overall UX.
  - recursive 4y ago
    My experimentation with apple products started and ended with ipods. Their insistence to use itunes for putting music on the device eventually turned me away. I've used about a half dozen hardware music players. The ipod UX was easily the worst because of this, even compared to the Diamond Rio PMP300, which was powered with an AA battery. I don't doubt the apple has good UX for some things. But if you think they're much better at everything, you might have blinders on.
    - yamtaddle 4y ago
      Eh, I came to them after about 15 years of thinking Apple users were kinda culty and must be wrong about how good Apple stuff is, and mostly running Linux (though I started on Windows/DOS). No, they're that good, overall. They do fuck up or do annoying things pretty often (requiring iTunes for iPods would be one of those things) but every other option (and there... aren't that many, really) is so much worse that they've yet to push me to switch. I'd love to see a real competitor.
- pleb_nz 4y ago
  They do work together, but I've yet to see anyone in my echo chambers succumb to this.
- kugelblitz 4y ago
  Yeah, started with an Apple TV hooked up to my Sony TV (didn't want Sony / Android connecting to internet). Then got an Apple Watch because of running + vibrating alarm. Had to get the iPhone for the watch, so rented the iPhone 12 Mini on a Black Friday Deal from Grover. Then followed by iPad Air. Though my Desktop is still a Tower with a 12 Core / 24 Thread 3900X. And the next laptop would probably be a frame.work. Though for a family computer the low spec Mac Mini looks nifty.
- InvaderFizz 4y ago
  Yup. Started with iPhones, then added iPads, then AppleTV since the screen mirroring was great and we use it for Plex. Then the next thing you know, the entire household is now MacBooks because shared clipboard is amazing, handoff is nice, being able to reply to text messages from the laptop is great. Took a decade for the transition to complete, but now it is done and the stickiness of it will be hard to overcome. Now the Windows machines are just gaming machines, nothing else.
  - howinteresting 4y ago
    To be clear, on an Android phone you can use a desktop to write texts regardless of operating system. The Apple lock-in around writing text messages is a bad thing, not a good one (especially if you've realized that macOS is actually quite bad and can't use it without wanting to throw the laptop at the nearest wall).
- princevegeta89 4y ago
  >>Then you buy the second Apple device "Then you are forced to buy the second Apple device" :)
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- dontlaugh 4y ago
  Indeed. Got a macbook. Then wired headphones because no others fit my ears. Then an iPad. Then finally swapped to an iPhone. And eventually even an Apple TV.

iphone 12 mini has been my favorite phone I've ever owned, and coincidentally the first iphone I've ever owned.

by bfrog 4y ago

iphone 12 mini has been my favorite phone I've ever owned, and coincidentally the first iphone I've ever owned.

Same for me. I was previously a huge fan of the original iPhone SE, but having a modern screen and camera is so nice. Battery life is lacking a bit though. If Apple won't release another iteration of the mini in the next two years, I'll consider getting a 13 mini with a new battery which would hopefully last me quite a while.

FredPret 4y ago

It starts with one gadget. Then you buy the second Apple device, and find that they work fantastically together. Soon, you're in an all-Apple household!

yamtaddle 4y ago
I legit wish they had any competitors doing the thing they do even almost as well. It's worrisome that there's nowhere to turn if Apple goes to shit (I'm very worried about their growing advertising income) that's not a significant downgrade in overall UX.
- recursive 4y ago
  My experimentation with apple products started and ended with ipods. Their insistence to use itunes for putting music on the device eventually turned me away. I've used about a half dozen hardware music players. The ipod UX was easily the worst because of this, even compared to the Diamond Rio PMP300, which was powered with an AA battery. I don't doubt the apple has good UX for some things. But if you think they're much better at everything, you might have blinders on.
  - yamtaddle 4y ago
    Eh, I came to them after about 15 years of thinking Apple users were kinda culty and must be wrong about how good Apple stuff is, and mostly running Linux (though I started on Windows/DOS). No, they're that good, overall. They do fuck up or do annoying things pretty often (requiring iTunes for iPods would be one of those things) but every other option (and there... aren't that many, really) is so much worse that they've yet to push me to switch. I'd love to see a real competitor.
pleb_nz 4y ago
They do work together, but I've yet to see anyone in my echo chambers succumb to this.
kugelblitz 4y ago
Yeah, started with an Apple TV hooked up to my Sony TV (didn't want Sony / Android connecting to internet). Then got an Apple Watch because of running + vibrating alarm. Had to get the iPhone for the watch, so rented the iPhone 12 Mini on a Black Friday Deal from Grover. Then followed by iPad Air. Though my Desktop is still a Tower with a 12 Core / 24 Thread 3900X. And the next laptop would probably be a frame.work. Though for a family computer the low spec Mac Mini looks nifty.
InvaderFizz 4y ago
Yup. Started with iPhones, then added iPads, then AppleTV since the screen mirroring was great and we use it for Plex. Then the next thing you know, the entire household is now MacBooks because shared clipboard is amazing, handoff is nice, being able to reply to text messages from the laptop is great. Took a decade for the transition to complete, but now it is done and the stickiness of it will be hard to overcome. Now the Windows machines are just gaming machines, nothing else.
- howinteresting 4y ago
  To be clear, on an Android phone you can use a desktop to write texts regardless of operating system. The Apple lock-in around writing text messages is a bad thing, not a good one (especially if you've realized that macOS is actually quite bad and can't use it without wanting to throw the laptop at the nearest wall).
princevegeta89 4y ago
>>Then you buy the second Apple device "Then you are forced to buy the second Apple device" :)
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dontlaugh 4y ago
Indeed. Got a macbook. Then wired headphones because no others fit my ears. Then an iPad. Then finally swapped to an iPhone. And eventually even an Apple TV.