I assume they will roll another one out in a few years, I think everyone who buys a small phone hangs on to it for a long time. Before I bought a 13 mini my previous phone was the original SE (also small) so obviously I’m not upgrading every year.
I just ordered a 13 mini, so it should be a while. Knowing how things have gone in the past, I’m going to keep it and get battery upgrades, until it no longer functions or it stops getting system updates.
Though, I’ve already run into app which don’t seem to fully test with the mini, which is pretty aggravating. Hopefully that doesn’t end up becoming too much of a problem. I have sent a support email to one developer so far, as it was a pretty big issue. They acknowledged it was a bug and still support the mini, but it has yet to be fixed.
It was 4 years between the original SE and the 12 mini, they released the 13 mini right away but I think that might have been because battery issues with the 12. Maybe the ghost of Steve Jobs begins to haunt Cupertino after a few years of Apple not releasing a smaller phone
I assume they will roll another one out in a few years, I think everyone who buys a small phone hangs on to it for a long time. Before I bought a 13 mini my previous phone was the original SE (also small) so obviously I’m not upgrading every year.
They always seem to throw small phone users a bone about 3 months after I give up hope and upgrade to something I hate. It’s really annoying.
Let us all know the next time you upgrade so we know it’s coming then :P
I just ordered a 13 mini, so it should be a while. Knowing how things have gone in the past, I’m going to keep it and get battery upgrades, until it no longer functions or it stops getting system updates.
Though, I’ve already run into app which don’t seem to fully test with the mini, which is pretty aggravating. Hopefully that doesn’t end up becoming too much of a problem. I have sent a support email to one developer so far, as it was a pretty big issue. They acknowledged it was a bug and still support the mini, but it has yet to be fixed.
That’d make sense, since it’s only a small group of people who’ll get it. Probably a phone they’ll release every 3 years or so.
It was 4 years between the original SE and the 12 mini, they released the 13 mini right away but I think that might have been because battery issues with the 12. Maybe the ghost of Steve Jobs begins to haunt Cupertino after a few years of Apple not releasing a smaller phone
I’m still running an iPhone 8; my partner’s broke so she upgraded to the 13 mini about 6 months ago, and now I have regrets that I didn’t as well.