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#Big brother rewind button full#

With the iPhone 12 mini, I almost never made it through a full day without needing to recharge. On most evenings I end up with 10-15% battery life remaining, although on occasion I’ve had to top it off to make it through a full day. Although it won’t compare to the ridiculously long-lasting Max model, the iPhone 13 mini improves just enough for me to usually get through a full day’s usage. This year, primarily thanks to a more efficient A15 chip, Apple addressed the battery life issue on its smallest iPhone. Last year I came close to making the iPhone 12 mini my main device, but the battery life wasn’t quite good enough to make that happen.

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ProMotion is one of the key features that had me strongly considering going with the iPhone 13 Pro as my daily driver, but I ultimately decided that I valued the portability of the iPhone 13 mini more. ProMotion, which first debuted in the iPad Pro, brings variable refresh rate technology to the iPhone, making it possible to enjoy 120Hz refresh rate for smoother scrolling and improved text rendering while scrolling. The iPhone 13 Pro features significantly higher typical brightness (1000 nits), and more importantly, ushers in ProMotion support to the iPhone for the first time. This results in a device that’s a little bit easier to use while in bright conditions, but it’s one area where the iPhone 13 Pro separates itself from the baseline models.Ī brighter display than last year, but not as good as the iPhone 13 Pro The iPhone 13 mini features 800 nits max brightness (typical), which is a decent improvement over the iPhone 12 mini’s 625 nit max brightness. Subscribe to 9to5mac on YouTube for more videos Display Sponsor: GET 30% off iMazing for a limited time The Rewind: iPhone 13 mini – my favorite smartphone ever When you combine its proportions, materials, and user experience, it doesn’t get any better than this.

While it doesn’t feature the lofty battery life, pro camera features, and display improvements of its bigger brother, the iPhone 13 mini is the pinnacle of iPhone design, if you ask me. It’s also easier to store the iPhone 13 mini in a jeans pocket, and it looks better than its siblings when mated with accessories like the MagSafe Battery Pack and the iPhone Leather Wallet. I can easily navigate around iOS with just one hand, and finger fatigue is much less of an issue than it is with larger phones. Granted, the iPhone 13 mini sports a roughly 2:1 aspect ratio versus the decidedly wider 16×9 aspect ratio of older generation phones, so it’s not exactly apples to apples.īut what really makes this smartphone so great is its handheld usability.

The iPhone 13 mini features a 5.4-inch display, yet it’s placed inside a chassis that’s only 0.31 inches taller and 0.22 inches wider than the iPhone 5. This gave way to a much larger display than we had with the 3.5- and 4-inch displays found in the iPhone 4 and 5, respectively. With that release Apple perfected an already great design by removing the Home button in favor of what roughly amounts to an edge-to-edge display.īy adopting swipe gestures for navigation and Face ID for authentication, Apple was able to delete the Home button. DesignĪs I’ve stated many times in the past, iPhone 4-era design, with its flat edges, sandwiched between two pieces of glass, was my favorite iPhone design up until last year’s iPhone 12. That’s unfortunate, because as I discuss in this episode of The Rewind, the iPhone 13 mini is my favorite smartphone of all time. Although Apple released the iPhone 13 mini last summer, it’s possible that its release is the last “mini” iPhone that we’ll see. Rumors have suggested that Apple’s mini iPhone, which first came on the scene with 2020’s iPhone 12 mini, won’t be long for this world.