My 13 year old is a type 1 diabetic. He has used an iPhone SE / mini since he was 7. He plays ice hockey and has a pouch in his hockey pants for his phone. It’s never had an issue through all the bumps that ice hockey brings.
iPhone SE4 ~= iPhone 14.
iPod Touch was good for kids, Apple should bring it back.
The phone just sends the CGM data on to the cloud so we can see his numbers any time.
I also have a NightScout setup that's downloading his CGM data and saving it for us. It's not strictly necessary for anything we're doing, but I like the saved data and it's was useful for working with his Endo when they hadn't yet bought a Dexcom clinic license.
This is an area in which technology is hugely helpful, however the development cycle is incredibly slow. Like glacial. It’s unclear how much that’s helping…
That said, I’m super happy to have the options we have at this point.