hey just a
couple quick thoughts here for you uh
with regards to
the iphone mini the 12 mini
the phone that um long story short i've
actually decided to use as the daily
driver
coming from the pro max which i decided
yesterday that was going to be my daily
driver and then today i
changed my mind because there's just
something special about the mini it's so
small and
perfect in your hands and feels so good
yo jonathan here much like peter i've
also switched to the iphone 12 mini
for me it's been over two weeks to the
point where not that it feels big
but it feels normal if that makes sense
and outside of battery life
which i'll definitely address i've
enjoyed pretty much everything about
this switch
so backstory i'm coming from the iphone
11 pro max and admittedly
it took me way too long to switch over i
knew in my heart even as much
as that bigger sensor appealed to me
that the 12 pro max was out because it's
like
the pro max is a step away from a few
notches away from my ipad so that was
from a chat with gada from one of my
favorite shows dave
just a real laid-back conversation about
that tech
life and if you want to check out that
full video i'll drop a link to that down
below
but i knew it was either down to the 12
mini or
the regular 12 pro ultimately i knew i
wanted a smaller phone something more
compact and lightweight
than the 11 pro max and the 12 pro check
that box
i could honestly live without the
telephoto lens but there were two really
tempting things like pro raw and lidar
ultimately though at the end of it
something about the 12 mini just kind of
called my name
now parallel to switching to the 12 mini
that kind of
propelled me into wanting to simplify my
entire
setup so i've ditched my mac pro imac
16-inch macbook pro and opted for a
13-inch m1 macbook pro
when ipad air instead of pro and
honestly this has been one of my
favorite setups of all time
part of the reason of wanting to switch
to the 12 mini was to use the phone
more as a phone and then when i needed
more creative or bigger tasks i would
hop
onto the ipad or macbook pro this video
that you're watching right now was
edited on
that 13-inch m1 macbook pro so if you
want to see a video on that switch
and that setup drop a like down below
but kind of reverting back to the 12
mini
even though the intent was to use it
more as a phone only
for the size it packs a ton of punch i
much prefer the ultra wide angle lens
over telephoto
so having that on 12 mini with the
inclusion
of night mode is actually an upgrade
over the 11 pro max for me as weird as
that sounds
yes it is a smaller phone but i think
the magic here is that it's essentially
the size of an iphone 8
with much more screen real estate and
it's actually the most pixel dense out
of the 12 lineup
on top of that you get the old panel
with the same peak brightness as its
bigger brothers and as much as i enjoy
watching and consuming hdr content i've
thoroughly enjoyed shooting it as well
now if you want a breakdown of why i
think dolby vision is a big deal
definitely check out my 12 pro review
but as far as a single piece of content
something that i made
where i could show you as opposed to
just tell you
this was it
[Music]
hollywood's
that was shot in dolby vision on the
iphone 12 mini
i'll drop a link to that full hdr video
down below but within that there's
actually
a direct download where you can view
that in its native dolby vision format
the comments within that video kind of
spoke for themselves where people really
truly had never seen
dolby vision or hdr but once you do it's
a different ball game
that right there is really a lot of the
magic for me i can shoot something like
that
on a phone this small speaking of dolby
vision this 55 inch beauty behind me is
part of vizio's brand new m series
lineup and big thanks to them for not
only sponsoring today's video but
keeping things warm and toasty
so the more and more i shoot in dolby
vision and hdr the more and more i want
to watch
everything in that format the problem is
though
normally you gotta drop a ton of cash to
get a good panel to take advantage of
that
whereas with this it is hands down one
of the brightest panels i've come across
for the price
on top of dolby vision hdr 10 hdr 10
plus it of course is also 4k so it is
the perfect amount of crisp
packed inside is their brand new iq
active processor which is going to help
with things like image quality upscaling
but also
how quickly you navigate through the ui
and on top of that also gaming
you have hdmi 2.1 support up to 4k 60
and what's really nice
is you have variable refresh rate with
amd freesync just in case cyberpunk is
giving you problems
what i really love about this is vizio
just wants to play ball obviously
there's a handful
of apps and streaming services within
the tv but
they want to hang out with everybody you
have support for alexa
chromecast homekit airplay vizio is just
like yo
we can all hang out together that's
thanks in part to vizio's smartcast so
as far as a feature set goes
this thing is packed when you pair it
with that beautiful image and the price
it is hard to find a better option if
you're interested in learning more i
will drop that link
down below so diving back into the 12
minute there was something about it that
just felt new
and fresh i'd been driving sedans and
cars and
suvs here and there my whole life it
wasn't until i started driving a pickup
truck that
driving it felt like it became fun again
the same mundane things i've been doing
all day the same vehicles the same roads
the same
stop lights and turns and intersections
that i've been going through my whole
life
were just a little more fresh they were
new there was something
different to it when i was going through
those roads and turns with a truck
and ever since then i've enjoyed the
process of driving
more so the same thing has kind of
happened with the iphone mini
i've been so used to using a large
screen phone for so many years now
having a giant phone in my back pocket
and it just became
what i was used to i i forgot entirely
what it was like to have something that
wasn't
a giant phone so when you pick up the
mini and you put your information on it
you start using it and you see your
photos and how kind of
cute and small it is you start to to get
back to like enjoying
using the phone again because it feels
new it feels different it feels like a
new experience all together that
i haven't had in a long time because
i've been used to those massive screens
now as much as i've loved the phone i
will say the battery life is definitely
just okay it's not iphone se 20 20 bad
but it's definitely the worst out of the
12 lineup
hopefully with the next iteration of the
mini iphone we get better better if we
get things that kind of trickle down
from previous phones like lidar if those
features are
really important to you the 12 mini
might not be the phone for you but
if they're less important and you're
more interested in the smaller form
factor
with most of the flagship features the
12 mini has been a
really refreshing experience that's the
reason
i decided to go back to the mini because
it's kind of fun again
for me it's it's interesting to use a
device that's seemingly in the opposite
direction of everything i've been doing
for the last however many years
and the wallet fits on the back
perfectly it's just such a great size
more and more going into the future i'm
just trying to pare down
everything that i have on me trying to
carry less just have less have less
around me
and also use my phone less i watch a lot
of videos on it and
youtube videos obviously and tv shows
and netflix
and stuff like that i'm also on my phone
a lot social media obviously posting
photos on instagram all the time
it's a little bit of a problem
admittedly my screen time is is more
than i'd like to admit
so i'm thinking the mini might also act
as a means to reduce that screen time
and
and keep me off the phone maybe
implementing some more
strategized ways to ingest media instead
of just constantly having a giant screen
where i'm doing it all the time without
thinking
maybe it'll be a little more controlled
with the smaller phone maybe we'll all
make a tally and see how long peter
mckinnon lasts with the little baby
phone it's a nice phone
it's like a kid's phone but it's a nice
phone what phone would you use
you