The iPhone 13 mini is the sleeper hit of Apple's Cyber Monday sale - Macworld

Apple’s four-day buying event is inactive going on, and we recognize If you’ve ignored it. Apple is giving distant acquisition cards and astir of the offers are connected older products—the iPhone 14, Apple Watch Series 8 and Ultra, M2 iPad Pro, and Apple TV 4K are each excluded. And for galore of the products that are included, you tin find amended discounts elsewhere.

But there’s 1 instrumentality worthy considering: the iPhone 13 mini. Apple is giving distant a $50 acquisition paper with the acquisition of an iPhone 12, a not-insignificant instrumentality connected a $599 device. Unlike the different products successful Apple’s sale, the unlocked iPhone 13 mini isn’t connected merchantability anyplace other without needing to motion a semipermanent bearer commitment. We’ve been tracking deals each play and, successful the US astatine least, person yet to find immoderate discount connected an unlocked iPhone that isn’t renewed oregon refurbished.

Of course, the iPhone 13 mini is simply a twelvemonth old, but it’s inactive a large phone, with an A15 Bionic processor, dual 12MP camera system, 12MP beforehand camera with Face ID, 5G support, and MagSafe. The basal exemplary comes with 128GB of storage, which should beryllium capable for astir users. And since Apple replaced the mini with the iPhone 14 Plus this year, it’s astir apt the past of its kind.

And since you astir apt can’t find an iPhone 14 Pro until adjacent year, the iPhone 13 mini could beryllium a bully stop-gap until the iPhone 15 arrives adjacent year. So, if you’ve been looking astir for a bully iPhone woody without locking into a carrier, springiness Apple’s buying lawsuit a consideration.

Author: Michael Simon, Executive Editor