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> I have an iPhone 6s, and even the A9 in that is fast enough that my phone never feels slow.

Last year I upgraded from a 6s+ to a 12 and I can confirm this the other way around: my old phone did feel slow for a couple of key apps; turns out they are still slow on the new phone. They are just poorly written, and one is basically just a CRUD app with no excuse.

So my lesson is to likely keep this phone for a decade. It's not like I couldn't afford to upgrade but why bother?

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I will echo this, I was on a 7 and it broke, so I got a regular model 12. The phone itself feels much faster, it loads quicker, the batteries last longer and the screen is much nicer to look at--but some of the apps I use are about the same for opening/loading time. I blame the apps not the phone; some are much better--Pokemon Go for example loads in just a second or two on the 12 but takes 30 or so on the 7.

Isn't the camera better? And also the battery life?

[happy owner of a 6s here]

I found the biggest difference to be the display. I changed from iPhone 7 Plus to iPhone 13 mini. From 7 on the display is wide color and the newer phones are all OLED with true blacks. They’re impressive.

Another big difference is 5G. I can easily get 500+ MBit/s downstream while outside.

How did you find the change in display size?

I found that I can adapt to any display size. I used to have an iPhone 5s which I replaced with a 6s Plus and a 7 Plus. Recently I have changed my mind and I wanted a compact phone again to carry less weight and to distract me less. I thought it might deter me from watching videos all the time. I like how the small phone feels like, it’s more elegant.

Oh, and about the cameras: the one update I especially like is the night photography, I can now even take photos of the starry night sky.

Besides that: it’s just a phone, it just has an absurdly powerful CPU in it, and now it does text detection in images. Screenshots and photos have selectable text in it.

The camera is better at low light photos but I don't really care about that. Camera plays no role in my selection of phone and I wish the lenses didn't protrude (which they could address by putting more battery in!).

Yes, the battery was kinda shot but I could have replaced it.

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