Anonymous
Post 12/15/2023 15:21     Subject: iPhone mini
Anonymous wrote:I have the 12 mini and love it to pieces. I am so sad that they don't make this size anymore.


+1
Anonymous
Post 12/15/2023 15:14     Subject: iPhone mini
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I have never heard of the 11 or SE called the mini.

We tried to give them to our kids but the planned obsolescence means that the batteries last two seconds because Apple forces the latest OS which kills older phones.

How are y'all getting these older phones to function?!!?


It’s only the 13 that is called the mini. They don’t make them anymore and you have to buy them refurbished online.


Unless this is a very new change, this is not true. We bought a brand new 13 mini from Apple directly just a few months ago.
Anonymous
Post 12/15/2023 15:11     Subject: iPhone mini
My 12yo boy was thrilled to get his iPhone Mini. It makes more sense to me from both a financial and a physical size perspective. He’s never mentioned wishing he had a different version
Anonymous
Post 12/15/2023 14:39     Subject: iPhone mini
Anonymous wrote:I have never heard of the 11 or SE called the mini.

We tried to give them to our kids but the planned obsolescence means that the batteries last two seconds because Apple forces the latest OS which kills older phones.

How are y'all getting these older phones to function?!!?


It’s only the 13 that is called the mini. They don’t make them anymore and you have to buy them refurbished online.
Anonymous
Post 12/15/2023 13:43     Subject: iPhone mini
I have never heard of the 11 or SE called the mini.

We tried to give them to our kids but the planned obsolescence means that the batteries last two seconds because Apple forces the latest OS which kills older phones.

How are y'all getting these older phones to function?!!?
Anonymous
Post 12/15/2023 13:42     Subject: iPhone mini
lol. Just bought my eighth grader a 12 mini. I don’t expect to hear anything except “wow, thanks mom!”
Anonymous
Post 12/15/2023 13:38     Subject: iPhone mini
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:It’s a pretty bad state of things if your kid is going to complain about receiving any iPhone in ms. Better plan is to give her a flip phone or keep her phone free. Have you seen the research about what phone use does to kids that age?


No, please educate me. She’s at a school where she’s literally the only seventh grader without a phone. Of course I prefer that we would live in a world where she doesn’t need to have a phone to keep friendships, but I cannot keep being this parent.
-OP


Ignore them.
Anonymous
Post 12/15/2023 13:31     Subject: Re:iPhone mini
My son (14) has the 13 mini. My daughter (12) recently got the 13 full size. He was a little envious of her larger screen but he also thinks the mini is good for him as far as fitting in his pocket.
Anonymous
Post 12/15/2023 13:30     Subject: iPhone mini
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:It’s a pretty bad state of things if your kid is going to complain about receiving any iPhone in ms. Better plan is to give her a flip phone or keep her phone free. Have you seen the research about what phone use does to kids that age?


No, please educate me. She’s at a school where she’s literally the only seventh grader without a phone. Of course I prefer that we would live in a world where she doesn’t need to have a phone to keep friendships, but I cannot keep being this parent.
-OP


Have you not read any news in the past year? Start here: https://www.waituntil8th.org/. Then Google Instagram and teen girls, google youth mental health crisis. Google tech leaders and phones for their own children. That’s a start.


I don't see the difference between giving OP's DD a phone now as a seventh grader vs as an eighth grader.


Word.
Anonymous
Post 12/15/2023 13:24     Subject: iPhone mini
I have the 12 mini and love it to pieces. I am so sad that they don't make this size anymore.
Anonymous
Post 12/15/2023 13:19     Subject: iPhone mini
Above sorry, 6th grader.
Anonymous
Post 12/15/2023 13:19     Subject: iPhone mini
My 5th grader has an IPhone SE and I’d better not hear any complaining. Good grief.
Anonymous
Post 12/15/2023 13:17     Subject: iPhone mini
I have one and love it. Mine was happy with our old iPhone 5 or 6 but we upgraded them to an se and they were thrilled.
Anonymous
Post 12/15/2023 13:12     Subject: Re:iPhone mini
My daughter has an SE and was just happy to have a phone. She doesn't care about the size.
Anonymous
Post 12/15/2023 13:11     Subject: iPhone mini
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:It’s a pretty bad state of things if your kid is going to complain about receiving any iPhone in ms. Better plan is to give her a flip phone or keep her phone free. Have you seen the research about what phone use does to kids that age?


No, please educate me. She’s at a school where she’s literally the only seventh grader without a phone. Of course I prefer that we would live in a world where she doesn’t need to have a phone to keep friendships, but I cannot keep being this parent.
-OP


Have you not read any news in the past year? Start here: https://www.waituntil8th.org/. Then Google Instagram and teen girls, google youth mental health crisis. Google tech leaders and phones for their own children. That’s a start.


I don't see the difference between giving OP's DD a phone now as a seventh grader vs as an eighth grader.