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They can pry my iPhone Mini from my cold, dead hands. I mean, what reason do I have to upgrade, even if I wanted a phone the size of a skateboard? Better camer
by mikestew 3y ago
They can pry my iPhone Mini from my cold, dead hands.
I mean, what reason do I have to upgrade, even if I wanted a phone the size of a skateboard? Better camera? Eh...I'm trying really hard make that a reason to layout $800, but I'm failing. Faster chip? My phone isn't slow the way it is now. I don't do iOS work anymore, so there goes that excuse for an upgrade. And let's face it: the novelty of smartphones has worn off. The iPhone was released seventeen years ago. It's not awesome new tech, it's the appliance that I carry around so that $PEOPLE_IMPORTANT_TO_ME can get hold of me, and I can check the weather. I'm otherwise about as excited about a new one as I am about a new washer. (Well, probably less excited, because our new washer/dryer all-in-one is awesome.)
A top-level comment says battery. When Apple will no longer plop a new battery in my Mini for $80, I guess that's when I'll upgrade. Or Apple could, you know, make another Mini.
- beretguy 3y agoJust buy batteries from ifixit. Replace iPhone battery yourself isn’t hard.
- 4rt 3y agoI've been looking for android phones to replace my 12 mini. I'm not interested in carrying around a huge phone, even if it means a few weeks of getting used to android again. I was secretly hoping they might announce minis on every alternate model, or release an SE that was smaller but it doesn't seem so.