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I have an iPhone 12 mini, love it, but it looks old because it's small.

My requirement is to be able to tap the top-left corner with one hand (for going back on iOS).

So that’s the reason they in the latest iOS they moved the URL bar and navigation buttons to the bottom of the screen, to use with one hand.

I prefer small phones (iPhone SE 2nd was the first ever iPhone I bought because of that reason) but mostly because it is more comfortable to keep in my pockets.

Interestingly Windows 8 and windows phones in general had the url bar at the bottom

Strange that you think it looks “old.” Personally tiny phones with advanced internals seem more futuristic than tablet-sized slabs that practically require me to sit at a desk just to use them.

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