Hi Gabe, Thanks so much for sending such detailed feedback! I have to say the better battery life is enticing. I charge my 12 mini over night, and then usually again around 4-5 in the afternoon. As you can imagine, I’d be glad not to have to do that.
I don’t use braille screen input, so that wouldn’t be an issue for me. I’ll be setting up the phone all on my own here at home, so don’t know if that’ll be better or worse than your experience. :) Cheers, Donna > On Oct 3, 2022, at 11:43 AM, Gabe Griffith <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi, > > I've had my 14 pro "For just over a week now. I upgraded from the SE 2020 and > my main reason was that the battery on the S"A had gotten to where I had to > charge it at least once a day. The battery on the 14 pro is awesome! I can > make it through the entire day on a single charge and often have 30% or so > left over. > > I find the screen on the new phone to be very sensative. One of my biggest > issues so far is that I use braille screen input all the time for texting and > emailing and very often get a dot 2 when I don't want one. The workaround > I've figured out for that is to place my fingers down one at a time until I > have all that I want for that character then let go. The other thing that > happens a lot is that I am told to only place no more than 3 fingers on > either side of the screen quite a bit. > > The biggest issue I had in setting the phone up is that the store tried doing > the restore from my old phone and somehow VoiceOver was all screwed up. For > example, no numbers were reading correctly so I was having a heck of a time > unlocking the screen and couldn't get past that to get the hang of the > swiping gesture for the home and app switcher. I finally had to download one > of the smaller voice packages before I could even download and select the > Alex voice I use. Once I finally did that and got VO speaking properly I was > able to focus on learning the screen gestures and am getting to like this > phone. > > Bottom line is that I agree with what others have said on here and upgrading > is definitely a personal choice. I'm hoping this is a phone I can now have > for several years. At this point I think most of the issues are the braille > bugs that seem to be in almost every major iOS update lately. I do find the > mantis display to have the fewest bugs of the displays I have access to and > that's probably because of the qwerty keyboard and it not using braille > commands. > > There you have my initial thoughts from my first 9 or 10 days with this new > phone. I'm happy to try and answer any other questions folks might have. > > Gabe > > > >> On Oct 2, 2022, at 4:33 PM, Dave Carlson <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> I’ll give my impressions when I get it set up. BTW UPS just alerted me that >> it’s coming tomorrow. >> >> Dave Carlson >> Farfar, Pioneer, Musician, Oregonian, Engineer, and Woodworker >> >> >> >> On Oct 2, 2022, at 4:08 PM, 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries >> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> >> wrote: >> >> Let me know your thoughts once you’ve had a chance to play around with it. >> Cheers, >> Donna >> >> >>> On Oct 2, 2022, at 5:07 PM, Dave Carlson <[email protected] >>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >>> >>> Presumably, coming on Tuesday for me. >>> >>> Dave Carlson >>> Woodworker, Farfar, Oregonian, pioneer, engineer, and Musician >>> >>> >>> On Oct 2, 2022, at 11:08 AM, 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries >>> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> >>> wrote: >>> >>> Thanks. I’m also experiencing degrading battery life on my 12 mini, which >>> was my original impetus for upgrading. Thanks for the heads-up about the >>> additional weight. It’s not a deal breaker, but I’m glad to know >>> beforehand. >>> Cheers, >>> Donna >>> >>> >>> >>>> On Oct 2, 2022, at 12:59 PM, Brad Snyder <[email protected] >>>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >>>> >>>> It's a nice phone. I like it. It is a lot heavier than my 12 Pro. camera >>>> bump is very large. The battery on my 12 Pro had degraded to about 83%, so >>>> I decided to go ahead and tratrade in the 12 Pro, and do the upgrade. >>>> It's really a personal choice, rather to upgrade or not. If you're happy >>>> with your 12 mini, then you might want to just stick with it for a while >>>> longer. >>>> >>>> - Brad - >>>> >>>> On Oct 2, 2022, at 12:46, 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries >>>> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi Brad, >>>> >>>> Well, that is certainly not what I wanted to hear. Unfortunately, I seem >>>> to be experiencing every single bug that is present in iOS 16. My latest >>>> discovery is that this issue that I’m having with sorting playlist also >>>> seems to be a problem on the 12 minis. Basically, the sort button isn’t >>>> showing up. That’s just one of many many many things that I have >>>> experienced since the upgrade. I was hoping that life would be better with >>>> a 14 pro. On a more general level, are you happy with the phone or not? >>>> How so, how not? >>>> Thanks, >>>> Donna. >>>> >>>> >>>> Sent from my iPhone >>>> >>>>> On Oct 2, 2022, at 12:42 PM, Brad Snyder <[email protected] >>>>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Don't believe everything you read. >>>>> My wife has a iPhone 13 mini, and she is not experiencing some of the >>>>> bugs that I am experiencing on my shiny new iPhone 14 Pro. >>>>> >>>>> - Brad - >>>>> >>>>> On Oct 2, 2022, at 11:52, 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries >>>>> <[email protected] >>>>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Hi all, >>>>> >>>>> Just wondering if anyone’s gotten a 14 Pro yet. My reading is suggesting >>>>> that the Minis are experiencing the most bugs with IOS 16, so I’m >>>>> thinking about taking the plunge. 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