GP is everything Stadia was except done better. If you have an Xbox or pc, it downloads to the console. You pay a monthly fee. If the game gets cycled out, you get a coupon to buy the game at a discount to own it.

I played Gears of War 5 on my iPhone and had amazing video fidelity. It depends on your connection and there can definitely be lag but it’s really good overall.

I went from the XR to the 12 mini and love it for the sole reason that I can reach everything on the screen a lot easier. I also happen to drop my phone a lot less often. To be honest, all that extra screen you have with other models I don’t miss. The only way I see it being a problem is if you like to play games on your phone or read books on it and have a difficult time seeing anything that small.

I would have bought another one to replace my 13 mini, but that wasn’t possible (as a developer, I need recent models). I wish the 14 Pro had a small size, I like the better camera but sometimes struggle to pocket it (I wear male pants).

Never had a mini but always thought it was appealing. The only nitpick for me would be to somehow get the pro max battery into the mini

Not if one of them is broken. Which is one of the most common cases where you'd need to switch sims urgently.

And, what if I want my "spare phone" to be an older iPhone (or even an Android) that doesn't support esim? I'm not going to keep a $1,000+ iPhone as a spare. I'd rather have it be a <$100 phone from a few years ago.

You can transfer esim with two iPhone next to each other as long they both support it. Flawless for me so far

Basically had the same exact situation with my iPhone 14 PM.

Currently traveling outside the country and my carrier sucks.. I called them about putting the eSIM and I would basically lose my US carrier if I switched it in the countries I’m visiting.

So what I did was, I got roaming from my US carrier and fortunately I was able to keep my old iPhone 7 Plus phone (because the trade in value was garbage), and used that as my “back up phone” where I bought the local SIM card and used it that way.

Hope this helps. It’s working great so far for me.

Went from 6 inch android to se2, basically 100% got used to it within 3 days, youll be just fine. Good luck with your purchase

I went from an 11 to a 13 mini. It’s nice being able to use it one handed, but I honestly still use it two-handed most of the time when typing.

I love the size, screen size is perfect for me and I personally keep it on the smallest font setting because I prefer the look of it. Reading content on it is easy.

I primarily use my phone for social media and consuming music and podcasts. I don’t watch too much content on it — primarily use my iPad mini and MacBook for youtube, netflix, etc. but the mini is fine if it’s what I have on hand.

Battery life is decent enough for my usage and I don’t mind having to juice up in the evening or throughout the day. Having a battery pack does come in handy. But if I drained the battery completely I could get a solid 6 or 7 hours of SOT.

Take a toothpick to it and go to town.

I have had zero issues regarding the esim. Setup was easy, asked for your # and then you get a text on sim card phone with verification. Takes a few minutes and done.

No connectivity issues in the US nor when I went to Europe.

Somehow I had the same greeting from when I was a kid and just now found it after helping you😂 I deleted it right away

Of SOT ? Perhaps if I turned on dark mode and adaptive brightness , 5g off, and tweaked every setting I could…definitely.

I’m running this bitch hard and fast, plugged in fast charging, full brightness, dark mode off, Waze and Spotify running while I’m recording 4k video every few minutes….no mercy Tim apple….

I was blocked out of nowhere 😑

Buy a phone from Canada. Simple!

Ever since the 11 pro max I decided no more big phones have been with the regular 13 and have been happy was considering the mini but couldn’t give up battery life

No issues for me, went from Galaxy S20FE to 14PM. All I needed to do was log into my T-Mobile account, look for my line and scan my QR with the iPhone during setup. Super easy, super fast.

Carry an Xr for work, and traded Galaxy S20 for 13 mini for personal. Very sad the mini line is discontinued. Love the small size, almost never miss having a (slightly) bigger screen.

Imagine getting blocked

It's "not needed", sure, but you lose the convenience of being able to remove a sim card and put it into another phone and just having it work.

What happened to Apple's mantra of "it just works"?

Physical SIM cards on a GSM network are the pinnace of "it just works".

I have a physical T-Mobile SIM. I can put it into an iPhone and it "just works". I can then take it out and put it into a different phone and it still "just works". It's great! If my phone breaks, I can take a old spare phone out of a drawer or out of my car's glove box, pop the sim in there, and I'm good to go.

With an eSIM you just can't do that. You need to call the carrier or go to their website in order to transfer service to a new device.

What if I'm away from home, and my phone breaks, but I have a spare phone with me? If my primary phone was an iPhone 14 with eSIM, I'm screwed regardless. I can't move the SIM over because it doesn't physically exist. I can't call my carrier to move it over because my phone is broken. Apple took something that worked great and created a situation which makes it more likely to be stuck without a working phone.

Zero issues here. Switching to the e-sim was effortless. Getting actual 5G connectivity where I live, however, is a different story …

KEWL BEANS!! Thank you. I'll have to try that. Thank you.

I switched from AT&T to T-Mobile a few weeks back and they were running a promo of 1k off. It’s really only $640 off bc they give you “fair market value” of $360 up front in bill credits, then the $640 is spread over your installment agreement.

You can set some of your contacts as favorites and you won’t have to search for them.

Or you can have Siri dial them for you.

You got $1000 dollars off the new phone? What promo is this??