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iPhone 12 mini time! Get CuriosityStream AND Nebula for less than $15/y (26% off!) https://curiositystream.com/reneritchie
The iPhone 12 mini is just… a more elegant weapon for a more civilized age.
It’s like… For years… for years, you’re dreaming of this sports car, this little, convertible, hotter than Hades sports car, super legere, that you’ve just always wanted but for so many reasons just never… just couldn’t have… couldn’t get.
That’s how small iPhone lovers have been feeling ever since Apple replaced the iPhone 5s with the big and bigger iPhone 6 and 6 Plus. They just haven’t been able to get the phone they wanted in the size they loved.
Sure, the OG iPhone SE provided some temporary relief. The iPhone 5s with iPhone 6s internals. But then, just… nothing. Especially after the iPhone X with its full screen, modern design, and Face ID. And the XS and 11, just went Max instead of mini. Like giving them a paper cut and pouring lemon juice on it.
Even the second-generation iPhone SE, released earlier this year, was based on the iPhone 8 with iPhone 11 internals. Same size as the 6, no smaller, and same classic design as well, not the not hotness.
So you hang onto your original SE, get iOS 14 but start worrying you might not make it to 15. And you start to wonder. You start to doubt. Will Apple ever make a smaller iPhone again? Could Apple? Would the OLED display even be legible or practical? Would the latest, greatest A-series processor be able to run without burning or browning out? Would a battery that small with a chipset and display that big even last more than an hour and change?
And, for small iPhone lovers, for years, the only answer has been nothing and more nothing.
Until now. Until the iPhone 12 mini.
See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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iPhone 12 mini time! Get CuriosityStream AND Nebula for less than $15/y (26% off!) https://curiositystream.com/reneritchie
The iPhone 12 mini is just… a more elegant weapon for a more civilized age.
It’s like… For years… for years, you’re dreaming of this sports car, this little, convertible, hotter than Hades sports car, super legere, that you’ve just always wanted but for so many reasons just never… just couldn’t have… couldn’t get.
That’s how small iPhone lovers have been feeling ever since Apple replaced the iPhone 5s with the big and bigger iPhone 6 and 6 Plus. They just haven’t been able to get the phone they wanted in the size they loved.
Sure, the OG iPhone SE provided some temporary relief. The iPhone 5s with iPhone 6s internals. But then, just… nothing. Especially after the iPhone X with its full screen, modern design, and Face ID. And the XS and 11, just went Max instead of mini. Like giving them a paper cut and pouring lemon juice on it.
Even the second-generation iPhone SE, released earlier this year, was based on the iPhone 8 with iPhone 11 internals. Same size as the 6, no smaller, and same classic design as well, not the not hotness.
So you hang onto your original SE, get iOS 14 but start worrying you might not make it to 15. And you start to wonder. You start to doubt. Will Apple ever make a smaller iPhone again? Could Apple? Would the OLED display even be legible or practical? Would the latest, greatest A-series processor be able to run without burning or browning out? Would a battery that small with a chipset and display that big even last more than an hour and change?
And, for small iPhone lovers, for years, the only answer has been nothing and more nothing.
Until now. Until the iPhone 12 mini.
See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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