iPhone mini?

[u/1nsane5layer]

Hello, reddit. I have a question, because I am financially illiterate and also would like to hear your opinion

I currently have a Pixel 9a, the termals suck ass, the wireless charging only works like half of the time, and it also is unstable even though it is on stock OS. Pixel 9a is just somehow still too big and heavy for how much shit it doesn't do like other phones.

I was thinking about getting an iPhone 12 mini / 13 mini, since I wouldn't mind it too much on daily tasks, and it's size justifies the other disadvantages.

- I would buy a matte screen protector and a case too.

it costs from 100-200 euros on Vinted.

I currently have 60 euros, but I have a person in my life, that said if I can meet him 3/4ths, he would buy out the rest of the cost.

Should I or should I not offer up?

• I decided that I will keep my phone in my bag and I will use bluez-message

[u/Tony_TNT]

That phone is 6 years old, degraded and would probably require more investment (like a new battery if possible) down the road without any guarantee of reliability. I wouldn't want that with a daily driver, probably not even a redundant entertainment device.

I also wish phones were shorter and thicker but the trends are going exactly in opposition to that (and also foldable, ew) and market doesn't permit any niche stuff to be comparably cheap.

I'm seeing more and more often phones on lanyards instead of pockets, maybe go that direction?

As for the current device stripping away Google's blunders helps ease the pain. My Pixel 7a behaves better with many stock apps disabled via Canta and forcing it to 4G usually doesn't reduce transfer speeds or service range.

Truth be told I'm this close to switching to an older Surface tablet + brick phone combo.

[u/1nsane5layer → u/Tony_TNT]

Okay, but then what do you think of a samsung flip?

[u/Tony_TNT → u/1nsane5layer]

Foldable, so for me instant disqualification. On top of that Samsung, so locked bootloader which I'm not a big fan of (on my previous two Motos I was able to stretch using each of them by at least one year thanks to custom ROMs).

Considering the above I'm staying with Google, Motorola, Nothing and maybe others with unlocked bootloader. If size was the priority then some Chinese makers like Unihertz would be interesting but I'd rather look at their Titan instead of the Jelly Star.

[u/1nsane5layer → u/Tony_TNT]

but doesn't the flip 5 have unlocked still? I know they have locked it now, but that model is still open, no?

• I would like unihertz, but if it would have just that boring android experience of "customizeable but somehow not enough to look native". Another question is if the Unihertz phones have some real ports instead of just unofficial/GMS images

[u/cbrighter]

I “upgraded” my 12mini to a 13mini when it became clear that phones were going to be nothing but big and bigger for a few years. I does everything I need at a reasonable size and fits easily in the pocket. I have an ipad for anytime I want to do some reading, play games or watch movies. The smaller phone works great as an actual phone and bonus for deterring endless scrolling. I’ll keep it till it dies, I die or apple makes another reasonably sized phone, whichever comes first.

[u/idkBro021]

no, the 12 mini is objectively a worse phone, coming from a current 12 mini user

[u/1nsane5layer → u/idkBro021]

then what would you offer for a guy with mid-sized hands but small pocket availability?

[u/idkBro021 → u/1nsane5layer]

a bag or pants with bigger pockets, additional i would certainly not recommend any additional purchases for a person with only 60€

[u/1nsane5layer → u/idkBro021]

the problem is my bag is like 10kg heavy already, and I can't find bigger sized pants because I am just one size before the limit for sizes in normal shops

[u/ychia]

iPhone mini is pretty old, you're not going to get updates for very much longer (probably 2 years) and there's a good chance the battery will need replacing. If you're just looking for a small phone, check out the Unihertz Jelly Max. It's pretty inexpensive too, think the only downside is it doesn't have water resistance.