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Re:New iPhone SE by givemeethekeys on Tuesday March 08, 2022 @05:58PM (#30608489)
Hows the battery life?
Re:New iPhone SE by meerita on Tuesday March 08, 2022 @06:25PM (#30608786)
I am an iPhone 13 Mini user and the battery sucks. I am waiting to see the next gen and i will go for a larger iphone.
Re:New iPhone SE by gnicholas on Wednesday March 09, 2022 @12:14AM (#30611186)
How do you use it? I've not had any issues with mine, but I've not been using it super heavily due to COVID/WFH. I don't think it'll be an issue for my normal post-COVID behavior, but I can see it being a stretch when I'm off at a conference, using it a lot, and without easy access to charging. I also expect that 2 years from now it'll probably be borderline for perhaps 20% of my days.

I'd be curious to know what your situation/usage is that it's been unsatisfactory.

Re:New iPhone SE by meerita on Wednesday March 09, 2022 @04:26AM (#30612539)
My daily usage is mostly whatsapp, twitter, reddit. I don't do heavy apps like TikTok, Instagram or Facebook. Figure that out how much battery but a friend of mine depletes the battery twice as fast as me during a day. The mini and SE would be good for some casual usecases, but for example, when i go offroad and use apps that uses the gps, the battery dies pretty quick. I will not go for the max models, but the middle size models are much battery performant than mine.
Re:New iPhone SE by ako on Wednesday March 09, 2022 @07:00AM (#30613528)
I guess I use it differently, but i have absolutely no problems with the battery.
Re:New iPhone SE by dopidopHN on Tuesday March 08, 2022 @09:51PM (#30610388)
I’ve changed it twice. Long overdue for a third time. It’s still completely manageable.
Re:New iPhone SE by edwinyzh on Tuesday March 08, 2022 @08:57PM (#30610115)
Here in China you can replace a new battery for about 16USD. I've done that 3 times, each of which lasts about 1 year.
Re:New iPhone SE by kube-system on Tuesday March 08, 2022 @11:02PM (#30610797)
1 year? Can you pay more than 16USD to get an OEM quality battery?
Re:New iPhone SE by thesmok on Wednesday March 09, 2022 @06:01AM (#30613205)
I'm replacing my own and my close circle old iPhone's batteries with Nohon brand batteries from China. They work as well and as long as new original ones. Advertised capacity is even higher than original, but I haven't measured it to confirm.
Re:New iPhone SE by girvo on Tuesday March 08, 2022 @07:10PM (#30609225)
Depends what you use it for (with my 12 Mini). If you use your phone for lots of media consumption, like most do, you'll find it lacking I think. As for me, its a communications device, and handles an hour or so of YouTube in the morning, then gets through my workday and onto my charger in the evening with no issues.
Re:New iPhone SE by anta40 on Tuesday March 08, 2022 @09:45PM (#30610368)
Even if we use iPhone mostly for Whatsapp/email, for us with bigger fingers, typing on smaller screen is more typo-prone. Annoying.

iPhone 12 Mini is still acceptable. iPhone SE? Nahh... pass.

Re:New iPhone SE by onemoresoop on Tuesday March 08, 2022 @06:16PM (#30608697)
I've replaced the original but it's still not really great. I do need to recharge my phone at my office...