Anecdotal but the reason I wanted a smaller phone was to be able to use it comfortable with one hand (I use an OG iPhone SE now), and the screen size of the iPh

Anecdotal but the reason I wanted a smaller phone was to be able to use it comfortable with one hand (I use an OG iPhone SE now), and the screen size of the iPhone 12 mini is on par with the 6/7/8 plus, which are very much not usable with one hand. The fact that my OG SE still runs perfectly fine on the latest iOS doesn't hurt either.