The fourth-generation iPhone SE will have an iPhone 15 Pro-style Action Button, among several other significant new features, according to the leaker...
    • ZyQo@lemmy.worldEnglish
      436·
      11 months ago

      The mini seems useless, how so you even watch content on a screen that small?

        • ZyQo@lemmy.worldEnglish
          123·
          11 months ago

          That is true. But having such a powerful computer using it for calls and texts seems unnecessary. No need getting such an expensive phone for that.

          • some_guy@kbin.social
            15·
            11 months ago

            Who are you to say what people need their phones for?

            You don’t need a good phone to watch videos at all, so I’m not even sure why that’s the example you chose to fight about.

          • Lumberjacked@lemmy.worldEnglish
            8·
            11 months ago

            I take pictures. I use apps. I listen to podcasts. If I want to watch something I typically use my TV , laptop, or iPad. But I don’t want a monstrosity in my pocket. Insert penis size joke here

          • HeartyBeast@kbin.social
            7·
            11 months ago

            I don’t get what you are saying. I use it for loads of stuff and have never found the size a problem.

          • Alto@kbin.social
            5·
            11 months ago

            Or they’re like multiple people in my family that will get a phone, use it for 5-6 years, and this just happens to be when they’re deciding to upgrade.

        • CatZoomies@lemmy.worldEnglish
          5·
          11 months ago

          Kirk Van Houten: “I watch content in a racing car! Do you?”

          Homer: “I watch content on a big TV with my wife.”

          Kirk: “… Oh. Yeah.”

      • HeartyBeast@kbin.social
        10·
        11 months ago

        It’s the perfect size for me. It actually fits in my pocket and it’s not my primary device for watching video.

      • cheery_coffee@lemmy.ca
        7·
        11 months ago

        It’s actually a decent sized display.

        If I want to watch Netflix I go to my couch and use the TV. The mini is perfectly fine for short <15 minute videos, anything longer than that I just want to watch on the tv anyways.

        All my apps work perfectly fine, the camera is still great, I can view my photos fine, and I can use basically every website. There’s nothing I want to do that requires a larger screen.

        I also have a Pixel Pro and I cannot imagine lugging that bear around, though it is nice for watching video on, I still don’t like watching long video on it.

        I’ll say the only downside to the small screen is reading full width PDFs, which also sucks on the pixel and any other phone (because phones are smaller than paper, even big phones).

      • SatyrSack@lemmy.one
        5·
        11 months ago

        The first several iPhone models were even smaller. I say this as someone who misses my last 16:9 6" phone: 5.4" is definitely not useless.

        • ZyQo@lemmy.worldEnglish
          18·
          11 months ago

          Well I too had the first iPhone just a few weeks after launch and the 4 before switch to various androids and now back to iPhone.

          Watching content back then wasn’t as widespread as today so in that sense it’s quite useless imo. Watching a 1080/4k on YouTube or watching a show on Netflix/Apple TV+ on such a small form factor seems like an annoyance.

          Besides, my phone is what I use for 95% of my computing needs. Banking, identification.

    • nieceandtows@programming.dev
      8·
      11 months ago

      Yeah they said the similar things about the current SE before. 12 mini would be the next best SE, but let’s see if it pans out that way.

          • cheery_coffee@lemmy.ca
            3·
            11 months ago

            They usually bump the chip, so the difference between the 12 and 13 mini will come down to slight change in body size and the camera module.

            I’d take the 13 battery over the 12, but the 12 camera over the 13. The 12 is the last gen before they added their smoothing into the camera software.

            I also expect they have more 13 boosters on hand since they cleared 12 inventory really early into the 13 cycle, so keeping the 13 around will be easier long term.

    • itsJoelle@lemmy.world
      5·
      11 months ago

      For sure. If this phone were to come out I’d immediately regret getting the base 15.

      Just want USB-C and iOS, dog.

  • infotainment@lemmy.world
    91·
    11 months ago

    Wish the TouchID rumors were true; I have the iPad Air M1 with the side TouchID button and it works amazingly.

    I wish Apple would bring it to their phones, but they really seem to like FaceID for some reason.

    • weedwhacking@lemmy.world
      4·
      11 months ago

      The Touch ID in my iPad mini is very awful, I have to type my code constantly. I’ve gotten in the habit of wiping it often which is helping but not much, I feel the Touch ID on my old iPhone 8 was way better

  • tahoe@lemmy.world
    5·
    11 months ago

    I got excited about that headline until I thought about how big it’s probably going to be. I’ll keep my XS and will switch to a 13 Mini when needed.

  • DarkWasp@lemmy.world
    2·
    11 months ago

    If this is essentially a XR with USB-C and a newer processor I’m really interested. Hope the rumours pan out as they sound way better than what I’m expecting.