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    iPhone Apple overtook Samsung in phone sales for 1st time in 4 years - 9to5Mac

    February 25, 2021

    iPhone Apple overtook Samsung in phone sales for 1st time in 4 years - 9to5Mac

    Apple overtook Samsung in phone sales for 1st time in 4 years - 9to5Mac

    Posted: 25 Feb 2021 08:22 AM PST

    Judging by the majority of posts I see, I must be in the minority: I switched from the 12mini to the 12Pro. Mixed emotions.

    Posted: 25 Feb 2021 01:10 AM PST

    Most posts I've seen - granted, I only skimmed around the sub - seem to be full of people going from 12PM/12P to the Mini. I did the opposite (12m > 12P).

    Let me start by saying...I am writing this because I simply want to help other people make their buying decisions easier. And I feel like I'm pretty unbiased, as I've had both the 11, 11P, 12m, and 12P (no I'm not rich, I just do a lot of swapping, trading, and taking advantage of deals I find here and there).

    I absolutely loved the mini. LOVED it. The weight. The size. Everything. Except .... two major issues:

    1. Battery. I don't want to have to alter a dozen settings as battery saving techniques just to eke out a few extra %'s during the day. All the SoT posts (5-7 hours, some even claiming an entire day or more) on r/iPhone12mini simply never worked for me. I'm not even a heavy user either - no videos, no games, just emails and simple web browsing, a few podcasts, 30min a day cap on social media, etc.

    Yet two hours into the day I was hovering around 50%... And while it was never a true issue, per se, since I'm always around a charger during the COVID era...hot damn it sucked being out and about (or worse - traveling) - and worrying about battery %.

    1. As much as I loved the size in theory, it was too small in practice (unpopular opinion-I know!!). Why? Because it was too big for one handed use typing, and too small for two handed use (and too small for reading kindle or longer articles or writing longer emails). Maybe I didn't explain my aversion to the size well, but .... there was just something awkward about it. It's almost like I wish it was either smaller or ... well hell, yeah - smaller ;)

    I kept trying to find my groove between one handed typing and two and never got it down.

    My love hate with the 12P:

    I love the 12P. Period. But then again, I loved the 12 mini.

    1. Here we are again with size. I'm extremely happy that my reading experience has improved greatly with the change. Typing, too. Everything feels scaled perfectly and it's not too big for one handed typing use (it's a tad too big for one handed drag-down use, which I've remedied with the back-tap motion to bring the screen down for reachability. I guess I just feel like my 12P looks more like a 12PM. Why was it so hard for Apple to stick to that X/11P size sweet spot? :D

    2. The wallet. I LOVED the MagSafe wallet on my mini. It fit like a glove! Didn't budge at all, felt safe and strong (when it was directly on the phone - without the case - it was actually hard to get off sometimes. But with the 12P, the Wallet - seriously - hardly stays on! Every time I move it shifts a bit. It also looks a bit awkward on the naked phone. Getting the black leather MagSafe case in the mail today so hopefully it sticks a bit stronger.

    OVERALL....

    On the one hand, I wish the mini worked out for me. I loved that mini phone! The phone that was mini but simultaneously too mini yet not mini enough :)

    Yet I'm happy I moved to the 12P. It just fit my needs more. But I do wonder - once the newness of the 12P wears off - and the bigness starts to weigh on me (literally and not so literally), will I want to switch back?

    Mixed messages I know but maaaaybe it helps someone? I can wish!

    (FWIW, it would have taken me eons of type this with my mini - lots of mistakes and typos - but is taking me half the time on the 12P)

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    Apple Pay could be coming soon to Israel according to Pepper bank

    Posted: 25 Feb 2021 01:24 AM PST

    IPhone XS Max

    Posted: 24 Feb 2021 06:29 PM PST

    Ive been holding on to my 7+ for almost 4 1/2 years. Replaced the battery at 2 and am now almost at the point it would need another one (low 80s). And it seems to have occasion dead spots on the screen so before it puts me in the position of I need one now I figured out was time to look.

    I've waited patiently for Verizon to offer up some kind of deal on a newer phone but the 11s came and went and now we are into the 12s and they don't seem to ever offer anything for existing customers and since I'm not really wanting to spend $1100 of a new phone I'm looking at refurbs.

    The XS Max seems to fit the bill and I have about $100 in verizon bucks so it brings the price down even more to something reasonable.

    Has the XS been a good reliable phone and still worth getting it 2021?

    FWIW I have bigger hands and full size pockets and larger frame of the 7+ with a case is easier to hold. They make a bigger deal of the cameras on the Pro models My main issue is screen real estate.

    How the hell does a question get downvoted to zero?

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    iPhone 13 Lineup Expected to Use Qualcomm's Snapdragon X60 Modem With Several 5G Improvements

    Posted: 24 Feb 2021 05:52 PM PST

    Does anyone else think that the design of the front of the iPhone will not change for at least the next ~5 years?

    Posted: 25 Feb 2021 09:01 AM PST

    I mean to say that there won't even be a notch size reduction either and the only changes we'll see will be just screen size.

    If we look back on every iPhone from the original all the way to the 8 then every phone had basically the same front with massive top and bottom bezel. Tim Cook even said in the announcement of the x that it will "set the path of technology for the next decade". So even though I would be sad to see it could it be that the notch will stay the same size for a while to keep the easily recognisable "iPhone" look?

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    Protocol for getting replacement phone

    Posted: 24 Feb 2021 07:34 PM PST

    I have a mini and went through advanced troubleshooting team with AT&T and am having the no service issue. AT&T advanced team says it's hardware. Do I just make an appt with the Genius Bar and they'll swap phones? Is that how it works? Phone is like 2 months old bought new from apple. Thx!

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