My plan was to hold onto my 13 mini until it literally fell apart. I bought it as a replacement to my 12 mini the day the 14 was announced without a mini option.

However, I couldn’t take the bad battery life. The 13 seemed worse than the 12, even though on paper it was supposed to be better. I ended up getting a new phone when the 16 came out. I had also been wanting a telephoto lens, so I got the triple camera system with the 16 Pro. I really wish I could get this in the package of a mini.

I tried to see the bad battery life as a positive, and that’s all well and good while at home, but becomes a real problem when leaving the house and needing your phone for things like trains and taxis to get around. Having to carry an extra battery just incase, so you can get home isn’t a feature. Though to be fair, on my last trip with the 16 Pro I also carried an extra battery with me, because the 16 Pro will randomly burn through 80% of my battery for seemingly no reason some days. I can’t trust it.