That seems like either I’m 100% satisfied with my iPhone 13 Pro Max, and I have reached my peak cell phone feature set, or the iPhone 15 just is not very enticing of a purchase, especially considering the considerable cost.

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    The only thing I was hoping for in the 15 was a mini model. I’m on a 14 pro now but I still miss the size of my 12 mini

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      I went from an 11 pro max to a 13 mini last year because I was sick of having a brick in my pocket, and I feared that the 13 mini would be the last small non-budget phone. Hopefully Apple will go back to making small phones, but in the meantime, I will be hanging on to my 13 mini for as long as I can.

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        The 14 Pro’s battery is the best of any phone I’ve owned. Easily lasts me all day with usually 40% left when I go to bed.

        The 12 Mini’s was decent enough. It would nearly always last until around when I went to bed but would sometimes die and need recharging before if I was using it a lot

        Honestly though, I’d give up the longer battery life for a Mini sized 14/ Pro

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          I was similar with the s22 small but upsized for the battery and stylus. I still love the feeling of a small phone in pocket and in my hand ):

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        Yes!!! It is terrible!! Barely last a day with moderate usage.

        Overall very disappointed in the 14 pro, it is slower than my Samsung s10+. Half the time when I unlock the screen it won’t respond for a minute or 2. Apple says everything is fine with it.

        As. Comparison. Samsung s22 ultra streaming music, watching hours of videos, navigating for hours. Will still be 50% after 12hrs of heavy use.

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      Why would you need usb 3 for charging, there are better ways to data transfer on it

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        Thunderbolt would’ve been nice for transferring photos, but no pro is going to actually use an iPhone for a long photo shoot that is going to produce several gigs of data. That’s what the DSLR is for.

        99.9999% of the time, this is a charging port.

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        Just did a reinstall in my 13 mini through Wi-Fi iCloud backup I have gigabit internet it was still slower than I would like.

        A usb3 connection would’ve been great.

        I also like to use wired connection to use Lightroom on the go with my camera RAWs I ended up not using it cause usb2 is too slow. My camera doesn’t transfer raw through Wi-Fi

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          That’s one of the only use cases where it’d be a benefit. But i can wait for a little extra while in these one off situations. Especially if I’m recovering from a boot loop or a bricked phone. Knowing it’s working is relief.

          Can’t survive an android without one of those

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    Why would a feature that a company had to be forced to implement excite you?

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      My thought reading the title - ‘That’s all it takes for you? You were going to buy it regardless.’

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    I’m upgrading, but mostly because I’ve got an 11 and the battery is starting to go. It also doesn’t have 5G, and a USB-C connection will be nice. I’m looking at the larger one, because I have big hands, so I like bigger phones.

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      I think a lot of people misread my intentions on this post lol

      I’d love to upgrade, but I think my phone is great still. Battery still lasts more than a day. I also like bigger phones, I use my phone like a PC, a lot of reading, writing and watching videos and stuff.

      Bigger = better imo (at least for my use case)

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    I’m glad you are happy with what you have. I had been happy with what I had for the past many years. I have a 12 mini right now and it is the perfect time for me to upgrade. Looking forward to it because of what I currently have vs what I will get.

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    It’s a step in the right direction but they’re a long way off convincing me to try again.

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    I rock two phones. Was gonna either upgrade one to an iPhone 15 Pro or a Fold 5 and I chose the Fold 🤷 only interesting thing is the USB C

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    I only charge my phone via MagSafe… and the roadside emergency feature is coming to iPhone 14 as well, so I will probably sit out this upgrade cycle.

    Honestly, this refresh was so unimpressive I’m surprised they bothered to have an event at all.