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Re:Apple iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max by hedora on Tuesday September 10, 2024 @02:35AM (#41497812)
I’m typing this on the last mini.

I have huge hands. This phone is too big for them.

My second biggest complaint is that the 5g modem eats an insane amount of battery when it has weak single (20% in 10 minutes. I set an automation to force airplane mode.)

My third complaint is that the se3 is missing the UWB radio (and I actually use it!), so when this phone dies, I’ll need to get a refurbished phone.

My typical budget for a phone refresh is $1000, but apparently my money isn’t good enough these days.

Re:Apple iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max by fragmede on Tuesday September 10, 2024 @02:41AM (#41497852)
you might have better luck with battery life if you switch voice and data to "5G auto" instead of "5G on" in cellular options which chooses to only use 5g only when needed for performance to optimize battery life.
Re:Apple iPhone 16 Pro and iPhone 16 Pro Max by hedora on Friday September 13, 2024 @11:13PM (#41537204)
I did. 4G only and 5G only are both worse than 5G auto, but they’re all basically unusable without automatically enabling airplane mode.