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[–] iuser 31 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I take new battery news always with a grain of salt. How often do we see news of a new great battery advancements just so apple can make the devices thinner. Guess we will see in fall.

[–] avater 13 points 1 year ago (3 children)

put it in a new iphone mini and I'm interested. Since I got the 13mini I will never go back to a brick in my pocket !

[–] TORFdot0 4 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I know that the mini is something of a niche product but I don’t get why. Who is asking for these giant bricks of a cell phone? Well everyone apparently is, but why? I’d love apple to design a clamshell foldable so that I could get an even smaller pocket footprint

[–] macintosh 6 points 1 year ago

Your phone is a portal into a large part of the world. It’s not that odd that the average person would prefer a larger window.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

My phone is a screen I use for reading, viewing media, using UI, etc. It’s a web device. Real estate matters, and larger keyboards are easier to type on.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Larger screens are harder to use one handed though. I really just want a screen sized to be used one handed by most people. I'd also argue that with Swype and similar stuff, typing on a keyboard really doesn't need that much accuracy these days.

[–] Pregnenolone 2 points 1 year ago

I used to be a small phone guy, but I hadn’t actually used a bigger phone before. I decided on a 14 Pro Max as “something different” when it came time to upgrade and I can’t go back to smaller.

[–] bjeanes 3 points 1 year ago

Ugh I’m so mad they ditched minis. I’m on a 12 mini still. I want the newer chips in like the iPhone SE body please.

[–] FordBeeblebrox 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

13 mini is basically the same size as the 4 I had years ago. I just want new chips and better battery, not a bigger phone every year

[–] avater 2 points 1 year ago
[–] billwashere 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You want me to upgrade a phone pretty quickly? Tell me I can use it a week without having to recharge. I know we aren’t anywhere near that but I would pay a lot for that.

[–] improvisedbuttplug 0 points 1 year ago

Do you not have a fast charger? It became pretty easy for me to stop thinking about the battery when a 20 minute charge gets me through the entire day.

[–] Chadsmo 2 points 1 year ago

I wonder if the EU is going to get their own ( IMO comprised iPhone ) or no new iPhones at all if their battery law goes in to affect making designs like this not able to be sold there.

[–] Bonzo 1 points 1 year ago

Or just pin an average battery life of 24 hours and suck up as much energy as possible for tons of applications.