I thought I’d love my iPhone mini for these same reasons.

It turns out that the reachable nature of it wasn’t really that much of a benefit compared to the downsides: short battery life (going from the 12 mini to 13 mini helped, barely), small text/interface (my eyes literally started hurting), reduced area to see content while typing, compromised cameras compared to the Pro models.

Add a $30 PopSocket to your phone and all the problems with a bigger phone are resolved.

The iPhone mini competed with a $30 accessory.