iPhone 13 Mini

Apple's recently announced iPhone 14 lineup includes a Plus model with a bigger screen, but this time, there's no Mini model for the fans of the small ...

Yes, the Mini becoming the budget model would certainly take away some of its charm — but at least it would still get new processors every once in a while, and, as Sean noted, many of us would be willing to trade having the absolute latest and greatest for a phone that actually works with our anatomy. [seen](https://www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/why-apples-foldable-iphone-isnt-thing-yet/) the [argument](https://www.phonearena.com/news/Apple-iPhone-Mini-foldable-phone_id134319) that foldables like [the Galaxy Z Flip](https://www.theverge.com/23312037/samsung-galaxy-z-flip-4-review-price-specs-screen-camera-battery) will replace the Mini. If Apple is plotting that sort of move, it probably won’t show up in supply chains for a few years. And that’s the real magic of the Mini — it fills (or filled, I suppose) a niche that was basically completely abandoned by other manufacturers. If Apple sticks with its current lineup and no Android manufacturer steps in to fill the small hole in the market, where are us Mini fans going to go? The Asus Zenfone 9 has a 5.9-inch screen, and the Pixel 6A rocks a 6.1-inch display (which my co-worker Allison Johnson [recently declared](https://www.theverge.com/2022/8/25/23321978/iphone-14-pixel-6a-phone-screen-size-6-1-inches) as “the ideal smartphone screen size”). And while it may have been able to go feature for feature with its bigger mainline counterpart, it’s hard to imagine that Apple could’ve made a Pro version that was practical. My point is that if you have an iPhone 13 Mini and want to upgrade while still keeping the small size, you basically have no options available. After years of features, like multiple incredible cameras, 512GB of storage, and bright, HDR displays, only being available in phones with 5.8-inch or (much) larger screens, the Mini finally made them all available in a device you could comfortably use with one hand. According to [estimates from Statista](https://www.statista.com/statistics/684294/global-smartphone-shipments-by-screen-size/), phones with 5- to 5.5-inch screens accounted for around 13.5 percent of units shipped by manufacturers in 2022. In early 2021, reports started to surface that Apple had vastly overestimated demand for the phone and had to It managed to be a 2020-tier flagship phone crammed into the footprint of a mid-2010s device.