I had the mini for a week and returned it for an SE2. The screen is slightly smaller on the SE2 but in a good way because your thumbs can reach better. It also

I had the mini for a week and returned it for an SE2. The screen is slightly smaller on the SE2 but in a good way because your thumbs can reach better. It also lacks the cutout at the top. I have average size hands but my thumb can really roam around everywhere on the SE2/iPhone 8 screen size. I just wish the SE2 had OLED and a bigger battery. That would have made it a tank of a phone. I really have to agree again with Steve Job's old reasoning for small phones. It really changes how you interact with the phone. I'm happy to be able to pull up the control center from the bottom again rather than from the top right corner. Source: I'm an iPhone X convert.