The first thing to say is that the member of staff who assisted me was excellent. He offered to set the phone up for me (at a small charge) but I declined and transferred everything from my old IPhone 6 to this new one - very easy to do, even for a 62 year old, non-technical, person like myself (no cables needed, just put the phones next to each other and follow the clear instructions on the new and old phones),This iPhone is a great size (fits easily into Jean / jacket pocket, clear and easy to use. My phone was, of course, out of contract - it had been fully paid for.The member of staff also answered all the questions I had about the phone. Very knowledgable and patient with me!Would certainly buy from JL again - in fact I was looking at their TV's only this ... MoreThe first thing to say is that the member of staff who assisted me was excellent. He offered to set the phone up for me (at a small charge) but I declined and transferred everything from my old IPhone 6 to this new one - very easy to do, even for a 62 year old, non-technical, person like myself (no cables needed, just put the phones next to each other and follow the clear instructions on the new and old phones),This iPhone is a great size (fits easily into Jean / jacket pocket, clear and easy to use. My phone was, of course, out of contract - it had been fully paid for.The member of staff also answered all the questions I had about the phone. Very knowledgable and patient with me!Would certainly buy from JL again - in fact I was looking at their TV's only this morning! My wife needs a new phone and we would buy one from JL again. I have purchased beds, tables, chairs and much more from JL and will continue to do so - excellent customer service in every way, 10/10.Phone came with 2 year warranty as well.

This functions as well as my previous iPhones, but at a better size! Seriously, who wants to haul around a huge pocket computer when you can have this hand- and pocket-sized one!The drawback is in the camera. It *cannot focus on any object closer than 4.5 inches. This is a problem when photographing or scanning text, and especially when attempting to open small QR codes, which I have to all the time at the grocery store. I took the iPhone 13 mini to have it fixed and was told that that's just how the camera is. "They can't have it be as good as the Pro version." Nevertheless, Apple did replace the camera for free, but with no improvement on the problem. In 2023, a smartphone that can't handle QR codes is ridiculous.

I made the switch from a Google Pixel 5, after being [basically] a life-long Android user.I really like the iPhone 13 Mini itself, from a hardware perspective. However, I also feel like it's necessary to talk about the software considering it's what you'll be noticing and interacting with moreso than the specifics of the hardware [of the phone itself], if that makes sense.The Mini is more-or-less the perfect size. It's a small phone that you can easily put in your pocket and use with one hand, yet it has a relatively-large screen when you compare it to phones from 6+ years ago. The camera quality is just as good as the rest of the iPhone 13 line-up excluding the extra, third camera you get on the Pro models.The green finish, by the way, has to be one of the ... MoreI made the switch from a Google Pixel 5, after being [basically] a life-long Android user.I really like the iPhone 13 Mini itself, from a hardware perspective. However, I also feel like it's necessary to talk about the software considering it's what you'll be noticing and interacting with moreso than the specifics of the hardware [of the phone itself], if that makes sense.The Mini is more-or-less the perfect size. It's a small phone that you can easily put in your pocket and use with one hand, yet it has a relatively-large screen when you compare it to phones from 6+ years ago. The camera quality is just as good as the rest of the iPhone 13 line-up excluding the extra, third camera you get on the Pro models.The green finish, by the way, has to be one of the nicest colors I've seen on a phone. It looks more expensive than it is.Now that we've gotten the niceties out of the way, let's talk about why I'm giving this 4 stars instead of 5. It's a great phone, but iOS to me is just 'good.' It's not very inspiring. As a lifelong Android user, I always heard people tell me they liked iPhones because they were easy to use.Now that I've switched to one, myself, I have to say that Android is actually easier to use. It's more intuitive, and functions are laid out in a much cleaner fashion. Take the 'Night Light' or 'Night Filter' (blue light filter) function that gives your screen a yellow-ish hue, which makes it easier on your eyes at night.To enable the night filter function on an iPhone, you have to swipe down from the top of the phone to access the control panel/command center. However, you have to know to swipe down from the top RIGHT, specifically. If you swipe from the top LEFT, you get a different panel.Once you've pulled up the command center, you have to know to tap-and-hold on the screen brightness slider. Doing so opens up another panel that's like a 'Brightness Settings' page. On that page, there's a toggle on the bottom for the Night Filter.This isn't very intuitive to me. You may never know the command center exists unless you know to swipe down from the top right of the phone. Furthermore, once you're on the command center, there is nothing that tells you that you can tap-and-hold the brightness slider to access additional settings. You would genuinely never know unless someone told you, you read it somewhere, or you did it accidentally.On Android, you swipe down anywhere from the top to access the settings. On the settings panel, you can swipe left or right to navigate between 'quick settings' buttons. You just swipe until you see Night Light and toggle it on/off. Admittedly Android 12 has made this slightly more difficult as you have to swipe down twice to access 'additional' settings, but you can actually adjust which options are displayed for you after the first swipe. Even beyond that, Pixel phones actually have fantastic tutorials/tips that are baked into the phone.Notifications on iPhone just feel extremely outdated compared to Android phones. Interacting with notifications isn't very fluid. On Android, you can interact with quite a lot of notifications right on the Notifications window, without ever accessing the respective apps. You can do some of this on iPhone but for the most part, you'll have to open the apps themselves.I do like how the iPhone has a physical, hardware mute switch. I'm surprised that OnePlus is the only Android manufacturer that has copied this feature. It should be a staple on every phone.Overall, I quite like the Mini itself, but I feel like iPhone and iOS is rather uninspiring. I switched to iPhone because my Pixel 5 was giving me quite a lot of problems related to calling (on T-Mobile, it would just randomly drop calls, or I wouldn't hear the other person unless I turned off Wi-Fi). Google also didn't care to fix many of the issues I had, and I felt Apple was at least more reliable in this regard considering how many people owned iPhones. Thus, I do appreciate the stability of iPhones.Most people do not need the Pro-series iPhones. I highly doubt most of the people who have iPhone Pros have ever used the telephoto camera, rather than just the standard, default wide-angle lens. If you're in the market for a new iPhone, I can happily suggest the Mini. It's heavily rumored that the Mini phones will be discontinued in the Fall of 2022 (when the iPhone 14 line-up is announced), likely due to poor sales.Do yourself a favor and buy this smaller phone. You save money, but you'll also save yourself some trouble once you realize you really don't need that bigger screen. This one - and this phone in general - is big enough.