I upgraded only because the speakers on my 12 Mini were failing making it nearly impossible to have a phone call.

(1) This phone is too big, heavy, and slippery and uneasy to grasp with one hand.
(2) The camera bump is ridiculously large. It’s laughable how much it rocks on the counter as you type on it. Not in a good way.
(3) The Camera button is in the worst place (accidentally clicking it constantly) and too confusing so I disabled it forever.
(4) I also disabled the action button. This seems too easy to disable silent mode which I have enabled 99.9% of the time.
(5) The screen is noticeably worse and has a blue cast. It’s not as sharp and the contrast is dull.
(6) I love the material used on the back, even though it makes it difficult to hold.

I fully understand the hardware is significantly more advanced but the iPhone 16 genuinely feels like a downgrade from the iPhone 12 Mini. I’m not happy at all.

I’m going to stop by the Apple Store this weekend and look at getting the SE.

  • davelAEnglish
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    2 days ago

    There are dozens of us. Dozens! I think I may buy it just so I can finally stop thinking about it…

    The next gen SE will be virtually exactly as large—which is too large—so there seems to be no getting around it. I mostly don’t care about the newer features, so for me it comes down to patience & price, and frankly I have the money to blow and would like to stop thinking about it.

    Hopefully it will be my last iPhone, because I’d like to escape both the Apple & Google platforms for something FOSSy.