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I own a 12 mini, and I'm planning to upgrade my phone this year, it's time. If there were an iPhone 17 mini, I'd buy it, but because there isn't one, I'll probably go for the Pro to get a bigger battery. Apple knows that many folks like me would buy a cheaper mini if there were one, and not spend as much on Pro.

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Apple still has 12 mini batteries in stock, and will for a while.

Might be worth trying to get the battery replaced at Apple.

Extra bonus: while it does cost money in theory, every time I've gotten Apple to replace the battery they end up breaking the screen, so I get a battery and phone replacement for free. 12 mini battery replacements _might_ be de facto free.

Just had my 12 mini battery replaced around 1 month ago, the screen survived but it was still definitely worth the money. It had degraded to around 70% capacity which was just barely preventing me from only charging overnight.

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