- Technology
- Americas
It’s time to let my iPhone Mini go
- Allison Johnson
- May 6, 2026 at 1:00 PM
- 31 views
It's not the Mini, it's me.
Nearly five years after it launched, the 13 Mini is still the best phone ever made. That hasn't changed; it's just that I changed. And as painful as it is to admit this, after using it again for a couple of weeks, I think it's time to put my iPhone 13 Mini to rest.
The Mini is an underdog. An outlier. It's a weird little phone that Apple tried to sell twice, couldn't, and promptly gave up on. If you pick it up after using any modern phone it's laughably small. A tiny baby phone in a world of Maxes and Ultras.
But small phones are so nice. I can use the Mini one-handed without fumbling around trying to reach my …
Originally published at The Verge