iPhones work with any wireless headphones not just AirPods. And if you’ll remember the first iPhone without a headphone jack came with an adapter AND a pair of lightning headphones.

The AirPods line up speaks for itself. They would sell just as well even if the iPhone still had a headphone jack. You can easily buy a 10$ adapter to use traditional headphones. So you aren’t forced to buy a more expensive anything.

Went from 11P to 13 mini to 14P. I loved the small size of the mini. It was like going back to the 4/5 series. I did however miss the better camera and battery life. I also struggled to type on the mini.

Going back to the Pro series has fixed all of those things, but I do miss having a one-handed phone. I wish the mini was every so slightly bigger.

Thanks!

I 100% agree, I’m considering selling my mini and buying a refurbished 11 pro. The ideal size in my opinion.

I’m happy with it. Truth be, it is absolutely useless, but is also pretty and nice to look it. When I’m anxious, I sometimes play with the silent mode switch on the phone to make dynamic island pop. Feels somewhat like a famous zippo click to me. I do not like to zoom into videos, so it does not interfere with my activities otherwise.

I went from XS to 13 mini and I love it. I use my phone a lot, and my wrist had started to hurt from it. Until I read your question about switching, I’d almost forgotten it used to hurt.

I make a few more mistakes on the smaller keyboard, but overall definitely like the mini better.

You can create a shortcut to disable the hotspot when you leave a place or when you unplug your phone from the charger.

Can be even more convenient than the icon

yes, that’s why their esim implementations were so quickly rolled out and well supported.

I spent an hour in a T-Mobile store teaching their staff what esim even was so I could activate mine, and they still charged me $25 for the privilege.

I’ll have to check into it this weekend

Depends on preference honestly. I have both 13 mini and 14 pro and I wish there was a size in between like a 5.8’ that would be the ideal size. Sometimes mini is too small for some tasks but I love the weight. The Pro has a lot of screen real estate but is sometimes too heavy. I would recommend testing the mini sized iPhone (if possible) and seeing it it’s worth downsizing.

+1 vote for Airalo

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Have the HK one, dual sim, but no esim

I'm waiting for the answer too because I never ever saw that.

The 14 pro max, the unit I'm talk about does

I don’t suggest it. I went from the iPhone XR to the 13 mini last year and am now using the 14 Pro. It didn’t feel better in my hands like I thought it would, still dropped it on my face in bed just as much because I had to hold it closer and squint to read things, and using the keyboard got annoying because everything was so close together. The battery life throughout the day was crap too. Don’t do it!

I don't fit exactly into the parameters of your question. But in terms of switching from a larger phone (Google Pixel 3A XL) to a much smaller phone (iPhone SE 2022), it was exactly what I was looking for. It's way less clunky to use one-handed and more comfortable to carry around.

The only real downsides you might run into are the reduced screen real estate (some, but not many, apps are poorly optimized for smaller phones) and lower battery life (in general, bigger phone = bigger battery).

Canada version has the eSim tray

I use Orange eSim which works for a large part of Europe and Asia

Went from Huawei P30 Pro to iPhone 12 mini. I consider mini more as a pandemic phone since most of my media consumption are either from pc or ipad. It takes some getting used to but worth it due to portability

Yeah, the reason why Apple removed the headphone jack was to get you to buy $200 AirPods from them (that you will have to replace in a couple of years when the battery conks out/they push a firmware update to break noise cancellation) as opposed to $10 wires earphones from someone else. Don’t kid yourself about removing features like the headphone jack to promote more expensive options being innovation.

I'm keeping mine. I hope you're around more than a few years.

lol, fixed my comment

I went from the XS Max, and holding my phone uncomfortably, to the 12 Mini, which I get to hold uncomfortably.

Neither phone really suited the measurements of my hands, but the Mini was cheaper, and I tend to use it a lot less than the Max, which I also consider a bonus. It's just for texting and calling because it's such a wee little thing.

Not exactly what you’re asking, but I moved from the 11 Pro Max to the 14 Pro and am not regretting the downsize.

Fits better in my pocket. Feels better in my hand.