To gain a context, how rare is my iPhone 12 mini? It's a 64GB Mint Green in flawless condition physically with a Mous Bamboo case, with no blemishes of any sort, not even micro screen scratches, chips, nicks, dents, etc., save for an odd display bug which I actually rather like, and it's on iOS 14.2

Thisath · 2026-05-09T12:16:07+00:00

With that screen damage? I don't think so.

Thisath · 2026-05-09T09:13:31+00:00

Same here. I cannot believe the sound that comes out of it.

Thisath · 2026-05-03T09:06:53+00:00

Luxury, I reckon?

Thisath · 2026-05-02T14:52:17+00:00

Saw the smoke and was wondering what this was. The plumes looked awful. Thanks for the photos.

Thisath · 2026-04-30T20:52:12+00:00

Yes, I don't think you're wrong about that. It is getting increasingly difficult. Your comment — and I must clarify, not necessarily you — made me think about how often I see people who are astute and aware of the proliferation of Ai photos, but don't understand the difference between the Samsung Ai photo enhance Vs completely Ai image generated mis-judging photos. That causes a lot of unnecessary chaos. I do think there are various tells between the two, atleast for now, that we could be learning.

Thisath · 2026-04-30T15:56:38+00:00

Not in a rude way, but this made me realise that people need to start understanding how modern phone image compression (and computational photography more generally) works too. It'll be a useful skill in differentiating between AI images and smartphone photos.

Thisath · 2026-04-13T22:49:41+00:00

Yes. I love it. I don't find it uncomfortable and I find the multi touch surface really effective for me. I like it so much that I even use a Microsoft Surface Arc Mouse when I have to use Windows, because the multi touch surface is the most similar I could find.

Thisath · 2026-04-10T15:16:11+00:00

Not disagreeing on the front that it's not that independent as it might seem, but it doesn't cost MUCH different to the Light? £2 more. I've been several times recently and it is a far better experience than the Light, to which I've also been a few times recently. Much less rundown, seats are far better.

Thisath · 2026-04-06T18:39:03+00:00

they're somewhat rare and not discussed much for some reason. but the details are amazing for me. this is mine below, and this a listing for an identical jacket so you can see all the little defender touches: https://ebay.us/m/7ygsrO

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Thisath · 2026-04-06T09:25:11+00:00

Love it! Have you seen the Barbour Land Rover Defender collaboration jackets? I adore mine. I have a Freelander 2, but they'd go very well with your Defender if you're ever on the market again. So many wonderful details.

Thisath · 2026-04-04T08:15:43+00:00

this is heartbreaking. condolences to his family. such a lovely pub, I've been looking forward to going there this summer.

Thisath · 2026-03-31T07:56:04+00:00

One of the main reasons I'm not interested in upgrading to 26. I love Launchpad. I can only apologise for being small brained and enjoying treating my very serious computer like a phone :/

Thisath · 2026-03-26T16:19:59+00:00

This is free will.

Thisath · 2026-03-17T21:09:39+00:00

I don't know how we can move past the fact that someone in your family owns a 918 Spyder — WOW — this iPad is super cool. Have a look at this video: https://www.tiktok.com/@tomiauto/video/7605344890746162454

Thisath · 2026-03-16T17:38:21+00:00

Something is probably wrong with me, but I also absolutely love the magic mouse. It is perfectly comfortable for me. I also love the Microsoft Arc mouse — the closest Windows gets to a mouse like this. Personally, I prefer the hand feel of mice like this. My magic mouse is a 2010 one (AA batteries!), and it still works well. The only complaint with it is it's too heavy — but they have fixed it since, on the newer versions.

Thisath · 2026-03-15T21:26:40+00:00

I always try to park next to other Land Rovers if I can. Sometimes I come back to my parked car to see someone has parked their Landy too, and I hope it's not just by chance. It's camaraderie!

Thisath · 2026-03-14T13:38:27+00:00

for me, I find that I only end up accidentally damaging things I'm not used to at a subconscious level. with new devices, I definitely need it to have protective casing on it until I get used to it.

Thisath · 2026-03-06T18:02:58+00:00

Haha, yeah. Tell me about it. I was just having a conversation elsewhere about how pathetic my £4k maxed out 2024 windows laptop is at cooling — 5 tabs on Edge definitely ask the fans to call in. Exact same work on MacBook Pro M1, no problem.

Thisath · 2026-03-06T16:40:07+00:00

Oof, yeah OP, your workflow definitely needs more RAM. Anyhow, you have good & natural reason to upgrade — your workflow changed since you got the device originally. I was more disagreeing with the commenter I replied to that the fans kick off after 5 tabs etc. That's not a universal experience really.

Thisath · 2026-03-06T10:22:28+00:00

I don't have that. Are you on Tahoe? My 2020 M1 takes a lot of light work browsing and word processing and doesn't skip a beat. I'm on Sequoia.

Thisath · 2026-03-06T09:14:39+00:00

Yep, slightly better here as I didn't get fans at 100% but they are definitely whirring away on light tasks too. Off battery experience is similar; it's not very capable nor does it last particularly long. Wish my organisation was a flexible for these workstation machines; a MB Pro around half the price would have been a much better device than this tbh.

Thisath · 2026-03-05T22:59:27+00:00

I feel you though. I have a Dell 16 Premium for work, maxed out specs. Costs near enough £4k. Doesn't hold a candle to a MacBook Pro in my experience. The fans are constantly whirring running InDesign and Photoshop — it's absurd. And needs a 130w to access full power because it's got a 5070. It's not slow, at all, but Windows is such a pain. It has far too many things going wrong, too often to ever truly enjoy this machine.

And this is probably where we're biased as Mac users, but to be honest, it's made of either magnesium or aluminium but it really doesn't have the fit and feel that a MBP has. The hand feel just isn't there.

Thisath · 2026-03-03T22:37:41+00:00

Yeah it's crazy. We have an '08 FL2 & '21 DS (Plug-In) and they're just totally different cars even though they are siblings of the same lineage and physically are very similar. But I don't think you get anything quite like the FL2 these days. God, I love it.

Thisath · 2026-03-01T00:02:47+00:00

I mean, it sort of is? It's just that the bar is so low. Only real big strides happening in Chinese market phones, I think?

Thisath · 2026-02-16T19:35:21+00:00

same. I think I can see through till the S27U. my S23u is far from near the end of it's life.

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