I owned one and returned it. The biggest flaw was the battery life just wasn’t long enough, which is coupled with a relatively slow charging speed.
I might be more fond of the form factor once phone technology advances ten years or so.
I might be more fond of the form factor once phone technology advances ten years or so.
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.
Edit: I negate this somewhat with a Magsafe magnetic wireless battery.
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.