Flagship smartphones are great, right? Super-smooth performance, awesome cameras, huge screens to enjoy your content on. But hold on — those huge screens demand a lot of room in your pocket. Some people are not fans of lugging around a slab for a smartphone.

Compact, light, comfortable to carry, Bright and accurate screen, Great camera system, Fast performance, 128 GB base storage

60 Hz screen, Small screen is not for powerusers - feels cramped, Battery life is OK, but still the worst in the lineup

If you think most devices these days are too huge to handle and you’d prefer a smaller-sized smartphone, then this is undoubtedly the best around thanks to its brilliant camera, top-level performance, and good battery life.

I doubt this is going to change anyone's mind.

Compact and refined. The iPhone 13 mini offers the same hardware as the big iPhone 13 but in a much smaller phone. Read on to find out whether there are any other differences.

very fast system, very good battery life, very compact, good dual-camera setup, bright OLED display

60 Hz display only, no 5G mmWave, comparatively slow Wi-Fi 6

Overall, we can’t really recommend upgrading from an iPhone 12 model to this, but for anyone with an older iPhone or an Android phone, the iPhone 13 Mini could make a great change, especially if you’re after a compact phone.

Improved battery life, Great cameras, Exceptional power

No telephoto camera, No 120Hz screen, High price for small upgrades

The iPhone 13 mini is without doubt the best small phone you can get. The few competitors that exist are usually cut-down, cheaper models with compromised experiences, where the 13 mini is a full iPhone, just condensed.

Pros: small and easy to hold, great camera, water-resistant, MagSafe, Face ID, top performance, great screen, 5G, long software support.

Cons: no USB-C, need your own charger, no telephoto camera, screen may be too small for many, not cheap.

The Apple iPhone 13 mini is a pocket powerhouse that comes with better battery life, a better camera and twice the storage

Twice the storage, Slightly better cameras, Improved battery life

Lens flare is still a problem, No 120Hz display

It is one of the great conundrums of modern-day technology: why have small phones disappeared? Blame it on the constant need to consume content — especially video — on the smartphones or just that people have become used to big screen phones but the casualty has been compact phones.

Compact size, Excellent performance, Impressive cameras

If you don’t like carrying jumbo-sized phones, the iPhone 13 mini is worth looking at. This is a regular, fully capable iPhone in a compact size and that to me changes the way you use a phone.

The iPhone 13 Mini is a brilliant proposition if you don't already own the iPhone 12 Mini, but less so if you do. For owners of older iPhones, particularly those looking for a smaller handset, it's a no-brainer: the photo and video quality is superb, with Cinematic mode adding a new tool to your...

Upgraded cameras, Cinematic video mode, Better battery life

Incremental updates, No telephoto lens, No ProRes / ProRaw