I’ve been using this iphone 13 mini for more than a month now, i thought i want to write something about it.. initially i intended to give this to my kid, but i somehow curious and end up having it for myself

I was a sucker for big screen phone for long time, always went for any biggest phone out there.. if a tablet can fit into my pocket, it would be my phone.. so that a background to start off lol

But this iphone me practically changed my preference.. i never thought i could live with a small screen phone, but i did and i think i will use this for long time. i’ve been using iphone since iphone 4. Due to its small screen, when big screen android phone became better, i craze for the biggest phone out there. Then iphone become bigger i also go for the bigger iphone.. and never turn back to small screen phone..

But after i use this iphone 13 mini,man what a breeze.. For the first time after years, finally a phone feels “professional” again.. if you get what i mean, imagine the blackberry era. I was from that era.. a phone that feels professional.. this iphone mini fits nicely in my palm.. it is not flashy, hence the professional feel.. gone was the day when i pulled out my phone in a meeting it attracted everyones eyes lol.. this is a phone that is very capable, yet very subtle.. from performance to camera, it does everything decently, that makes me feel easy when using it. It dissapear into my pocket, gone is the boner lol. But it serves me well whenever i need a phone. It doesn’t makes my hand and fingers tired when using it, the weight is almost negligible, feels very nice to hold. The screen size surprisingly adequate for anything i want to do. And if i need bigger screen, means i simply need my ipad or laptop..

There are a few reasons i prefer this than the max big borther.. firstly again the size, i just realize with this size its less cumbersome to use. I’ve been using this without any casing nor screen protector since day 1, partly because of the apple ads emphasize that this iphone is strong lol.. after more than a month now, indeed it is still flawless.. last time i did tried to use my phone naked, but after a while i started to see very fine scratches on it and regretted. But on this one, i can’t see any even if i tried to really look for it under bright light. It could be this time the glass is really strong, but i also think the size and weight contributed to this. The benefit of using it naked is i can enjoy the premium feel, whenever someone hold my phone i can see how their face touching the apple stuff lol.

Then, price. At this price range, it is within my cash buy without have to think twice or trice.. unlike the ip max, i think for most ppl its a heavy heart to put down that 5k+ cash whenever we buy it A premium and capable phone at this price range feels just right. the feel of buying this cash outright it somewhat rewarding.. but even ip max got hefty price, everyone are flashing ip max around, well its easy to get a loan unit from telco right, gone was the day when you flash you iphone could mean you are rich lol.. funny there was a time when i want to tip a grab food rider, but when i saw he was using ip max, i changed my mind lol.. also because this is not too expensive, i’m not too worried to drop and damge it, another plus point.

On iphone 12 mini ppl complaint about battery life. It is improved on 13 mini, but we all know the battery life is just enough for 8-5 usage. But then this is where magsafe brings magic. With magsafe battery pack, i never had to worry about bettery life. The small form factor of this phone combined with the magsafe battery, it is still very much portable. I tried to put the magsafe battery on ip 13 max, dem just too bulky.. the magsafe battery pack seems like it was made for this iphone mini.. also due to the mini have small battery, the battery pack feels more practical to use. If u use it on big battery phone, it may seems to charge very slowly and not too practical.

I really hope apple will continue producing this iphone mini, and i may like it more if they make iphone pro mini. Finger crossed.

This post has been edited by un_id: Apr 11 2022, 07:04 PM


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Roughly 6h sot.. its ok la. Battery is small.. never die until back home after work, its fine for me

Power button on my iphone mini seems broken, doesn’t have that clicky feel anymore.. doesn’t really affect my daily usage tho.. but just wondering if i claim warranty, will they just fix the button or replace an entirely new phone? Anyone know?

This post has been edited by un_id: Jun 11 2022, 11:47 AM