Best phone I ever owned. A small phone with a great camera, all the modern niceties (Face ID, fast processor), and a beautiful design. I'll keep this baby until its final legs.
Particularly with the old school LG back of device sensor, I could have the device unlocked by the time it exits my pocket.
Face ID may be good for driving and Ubers, but my phone is not always pointed at my face.
I might be more fond of the form factor once phone technology advances ten years or so.
Edit: I negate this somewhat with a Magsafe magnetic wireless battery.
But I mainly use my phone to quickly glance at things, use a map, and a few things like that. And occasionally talking. So I'm with you: less is more. These days I often go out without the phone and just use my watch. Works great.
I had one of the "megaphones" (plus sized) for a while and it was horrible.
But I don’t really travel far enough with just what’s on my person for it to be noticeable. At the very least I have a small bag, and some form of small power bank has always been in there. The 12 Mini charges incredibly fast in my perspective.
I was stubborn enough to use an iPhone SE until almost the release of the 12 Mini, and that thing has atrocious charging speed and battery life. But back then I was just amazed at how much better it was than the 5 I’d been holding out with previously.
Sure it was a downgrade from the X I used for 6 months battery wise, but I just never got used to the size. Maybe the long battery life was partially because I hated and avoided using it the whole time.
TLDR: Every 4-5 years Apple releases another small phone, and I generally refuse to upgrade until then.