<story><title>The Best iPhone</title><url>https://notes.ghed.in/posts/the-best-iphone/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>LeoPanthera</author><text>I bought a Mini with great excitement, thinking that it would take me back to the glory of the &amp;quot;my phone fits my my pocket and I can type with one hand&amp;quot; days.&lt;p&gt;I kept it for 3 months, and then traded it in for a Pro. It turns out that the world has moved on. Web pages are getting harder to read on small screens. I had to squint a lot. The phone&amp;#x27;s short height means that it often doesn&amp;#x27;t charge &amp;quot;vertically&amp;quot; in Qi chargers. It doesn&amp;#x27;t fit in my car&amp;#x27;s integrated phone holder, it just rattles around.&lt;p&gt;And I really missed the zoom lens.&lt;p&gt;So I&amp;#x27;m OK with the Pro, and I will get used to slightly larger phones.&lt;p&gt;(The &amp;quot;Max&amp;quot; is still stupid.)</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>fossuser</author><text>I have the 13 mini and love it - I’m sad it’ll be the last one for a long time. The 12 was great too, but the battery life hit was noticeable- the 13 fixed that.&lt;p&gt;I would prefer the telephoto lens to the the warped wide angle (which I find useless). I also miss out on the high refresh rate display (for the 12 year none of the phones had it).&lt;p&gt;The mini is probably my favorite iPhone design of all time. It’s basically a 5 (my previous favorite) with a full screen display.&lt;p&gt;It’s a shame we’ll lose a small phone that doesn’t compromise on features this year - I don’t want an SE.</text></comment>
<story><title>The Best iPhone</title><url>https://notes.ghed.in/posts/the-best-iphone/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>LeoPanthera</author><text>I bought a Mini with great excitement, thinking that it would take me back to the glory of the &amp;quot;my phone fits my my pocket and I can type with one hand&amp;quot; days.&lt;p&gt;I kept it for 3 months, and then traded it in for a Pro. It turns out that the world has moved on. Web pages are getting harder to read on small screens. I had to squint a lot. The phone&amp;#x27;s short height means that it often doesn&amp;#x27;t charge &amp;quot;vertically&amp;quot; in Qi chargers. It doesn&amp;#x27;t fit in my car&amp;#x27;s integrated phone holder, it just rattles around.&lt;p&gt;And I really missed the zoom lens.&lt;p&gt;So I&amp;#x27;m OK with the Pro, and I will get used to slightly larger phones.&lt;p&gt;(The &amp;quot;Max&amp;quot; is still stupid.)</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>petercooper</author><text>I have luckily had the opposite experience. I&amp;#x27;ve always had the biggest phone I could get (Pro Max and all the rest) but decided to try the 13 Mini after hearing so many good things. Given how fussy I usually am, it&amp;#x27;s been amazing. The pros outweigh any cons for me, but it seems the Mini is going the way of the dodo in future anyway and the SE really is a step too far down for me.</text></comment>