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Why I am Buying the iPhone 12 mini Despite Battery Life Concerns

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3 min readDec 16, 2020

By now, everyone has seen the reviews of the latest iPhone 12 mini. The biggest concern that reviewers have about the iPhone 12 mini is its battery life. YouTube is filled with videos calling iPhone 12 mini an excellent phone which doesn’t last long. But despite those videos and hype of short battery life, I am buying the 128GB iPhone 12 mini. I am upgrading from my iPhone X to the iPhone 12 mini, and I couldn’t be happier. Let me tell you why:

Why The Small Battery Hype is Ridiculous

Many reviewers sometimes forget that normal users are not spending their entire lives on the phone. They have jobs to do and chores to take care of. They use their iPhones mainly as a communication device with sprinkles of social media, photo and video recording, and light reading through-out the day.

Not everyone spends hours on their phone watching YouTube videos or playing games. I do neither of those things on my phone. I use my phone for calling, texting, light reading, and listening to podcasts and music. That’s my primary use of the phone. If I want to stream a TV series or play games, I prefer a large screen, like the one on my MacBook Pro or the iPad Pro.

Even the biggest iPhone 12 Pro Max is not big enough for me to enjoy quality content. And…

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A big attraction of upgrading from an older iPhone to this year's model will be as MagSafe battery packs become available. Most of the time we don't need extra battery and we don't want to carry extra weight. But being able to grab a battery and slap it on when needed is very attractive.