It's about the size and even more importantly the weight. I like small, light phones (I currently have the iphone 13 mini). I want something small that I can slip into my pocket and it's not this brick bouncing around as take a walk.

Although, I'm not a big phone user though, mainly use it when I'm outside of the house. In the house, I'll just use my laptop.

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mikepurvis 6 days ago | parent | next [-]

I'm also pretty happy with my iPhone 13 mini and loathing having to upgrade to something much larger.

For reference, the 13 mini has a 5.4" screen, and the new-gen iPhones are 6.3", 6.5", and 6.8". Pixel 10 is 6.3" as well.

iPhone 5 was the most perfect size ever and was about 0.3" shorter than the 13 mini, though it had a much smaller screen due to the bezel: https://www.gsmarena.com/size-compare-3d.php3?idPhone1=5685&...

	▲	seec 6 days ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Exactly in the same boat. Apple offering is underwhelming to say the least and way too expensive for my use case. I want to go Android anyway, I'm too disillusioned with Apple currently, I'm tired of dealing with their predatory behavior. But there aren't a lot of decent options there as well but at least you can get it much cheaper, so that's something, I guess. Previously Apple was the provider of hardware which made the right compromise to allow specific/focused use case, they called it "taste" in a sea of nonsense with bullshit "features". But now it feels like Apple has joined in on the nonsense and is actually leading the pack; which is why the price feels bad. If you are going to make the same crap as everyone else with the same set of bad compromises, I'm not going to overpay for it. I think this is why Apple "AI" got so much backlash. If they didn't make it or at least market it as heavily as they, did it would have been fine, but it was just the same crap as everyone else, just worse and more expensive. They could have released the exact same phone, just shaving a 100 dollar and have been acclaimed and made more money that way I believe.
	▲	computerdork 6 days ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Me too, will probably keep the 13 mini for like a decade

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a785236 6 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

It's 17% heavier than the iphone 13 mini.

Source: https://www.apple.com/iphone/compare/?modelList=iphone-13-mi...

	▲	joshjob42 6 days ago \| parent \| next [-]
		But lighter than any iPhone since except maybe an SE.
	▲	nwienert 6 days ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		With a much bigger screen and better battery life.

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mallets 6 days ago | parent | prev [-]

No mention of the actual weight here but a quick search says 165 grams. Not as light as I expected.