I would be fine with a longer refresh cycle, as long as they were transparent about it. We just need Tim Apple to say, “we hear you and we understand. Instead a yearly iPhone, we’ll release a mini phone every leap year on Feb 29th.” A little longer than I’d like, but I’d be ecstatic to have a clear upgrade path I could count on.
I don’t agree that people buying the mini are strictly budget buyers. There are plenty of phones with large screens for people on a budget. At this point, mini buyers are buying the mini because of the size, not the price.
I just bought a 13 mini for $78 the other day so I can upgrade from the 12 mini and hopefully get many more years or a reasonable phone. But if Apple would have dropped an iPhone 15 mini Pro for $2,000… I would have been refreshing the screen waiting for pre-orders to open up. What I can’t do is pay $1k+ for a phone I fundamentally dislike. I tied the iPhone 6; I tried the XS. I like the mini better, and it has everything to do with the size; the price is irrelevant. The 6 was my most hated iPhone of all time. I dumped it after a year, before my contract was up, and took the loss, so I could get the SE based on the 5S design. That was peak iPhone.
Apple may have lost my Vision Pro sale as well. I was pretty sure I was going to buy one, but now I see the only way to take those 3D memory videos (without looking like a creep videoing shit with a headset on) is to get an iPhone 15 Pro that is at least 6.1”. Nope. If they release a 5.4” phone with that 3D feature, I’ll buy that and the Vision Pro. Take my money…
I would be fine with a longer refresh cycle, as long as they were transparent about it. We just need Tim Apple to say, “we hear you and we understand. Instead a yearly iPhone, we’ll release a mini phone every leap year on Feb 29th.” A little longer than I’d like, but I’d be ecstatic to have a clear upgrade path I could count on.
I don’t agree that people buying the mini are strictly budget buyers. There are plenty of phones with large screens for people on a budget. At this point, mini buyers are buying the mini because of the size, not the price.
I just bought a 13 mini for $78 the other day so I can upgrade from the 12 mini and hopefully get many more years or a reasonable phone. But if Apple would have dropped an iPhone 15 mini Pro for $2,000… I would have been refreshing the screen waiting for pre-orders to open up. What I can’t do is pay $1k+ for a phone I fundamentally dislike. I tied the iPhone 6; I tried the XS. I like the mini better, and it has everything to do with the size; the price is irrelevant. The 6 was my most hated iPhone of all time. I dumped it after a year, before my contract was up, and took the loss, so I could get the SE based on the 5S design. That was peak iPhone.
Apple may have lost my Vision Pro sale as well. I was pretty sure I was going to buy one, but now I see the only way to take those 3D memory videos (without looking like a creep videoing shit with a headset on) is to get an iPhone 15 Pro that is at least 6.1”. Nope. If they release a 5.4” phone with that 3D feature, I’ll buy that and the Vision Pro. Take my money…
Where did you find that affordable used 13 mini by the way?
It was new from AT&T, I get deals every 2 years through work.