[NiagaraThistle]

i love my iphone 12 mini for this very reason. It's still small enough to fit 'mostly' comfortably in my pocket, even a shirt pocket. I hate how large most phones are now and everyone i know that sees my phone makes fun of me/it. I just don't get why (or how) one uses such huge devices as their phones now.

[michaelbuckbee]

The reason the market has shifted to larger phones is that for many people outside the HN crowd, phones are their _primary_ computing device.

Reading books, watching videos, social, etc. but also interacting with webforms, etc. are all easier on a larger device and screen.

[judge2020]

Phones are more of a content consumption devices than a communication device for probably the majority of users; a bigger screen directly makes it a better content consumption device, even if you sometimes need to adjust your grip to tap something on the top edge of the screen.

[cjk2]

A friend of mine has an iPhone 12 mini. She has to carry a powerbank the size of the phone around. Thus it is bigger than my iPhone 13 Pro. YMMV.

[vladvasiliu]

Depends a lot on what she does with it, doesn't it?

My friend with a 12 mini complains it's still too large and basically always needs to have a purse with her since it won't fit any of her pockets. Never complained about battery life and doesn't cart any external power source, either.

Different friend had one of those cases with integrated battery packs around her iphone pros. She spends her days on the phone, though...

As another data point, my iphone 7 had basically enough battery to last me through the day until last year. I changed it because the battery was bulging, and at the end the screen was hanging on to the body by next to nothing.

[veunes]

Love my iphone 12 mini too. I was so disappointed when I found out they wouldn't be releasing mini versions anymore