Apple iPhone 13 mini review

The Apple iPhone 13 mini is the most compact flagship smartphone money can buy. It is astonishingly rare to find such a pocket-friendly smartphone, let alone one of flagship caliber. Check out our video review to learn ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW about the iPhone 13 mini's top features, build and screen quality, battery life, performance, and camera image quality.

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Timestamps|Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:40 Design and build
2:01 5.4'' XDR OLED, 1080p, 60Hz refresh rate
2:45 Speaker and sound quality test
3:16 2,438 mAh battery and 20W fast charging
3:50 Apple A15 Bionic, 4GB RAM
4:27 iOS 15
5:06 Camera specs
5:25 Daylight Photos quality
6:00 Lowlight Photos
6:27 Selfies
6:50 Video quality
7:44 Conclusion

[jessicawaddingham]

Upgrading from an IPhone XR. I do not regret going for this smaller phone. It is the perfect mini device and the performance and battery life is excellent. I can’t fault it in anyway, it feels so good in the hand too and I can finally use my device without having to play hand gymnastics. Texting with one hand is great. I can fit it into my pockets now with ease. Over-all a powerful mini phone. I do hope apple continues these mini phones because I will never go back to a bigger one.

[JumpFloater]

I upgraded from the 2020 SE and holy shit. I was lucky to get 3-4 hours of screen on time with the SE. Now I easily get through a day with 6.5-8 hours of screen on time. The design feels like the 5s which was my favorite design of all time. Screen size is nice. Battery, performance and design are all 10/10. Unfortunate we might not get a 14 mini.

[obzen]

Had the 13 mini for a week now and its just amazing. A brick in the pocket is not ideal for me so this model is the perfect size for me. Smaller battery but it is still a very good one. Love it!

[johnhitzroth]

I picked mine up the day it came out. It is incredible. The battery life has not been a problem and, like my old iPhone 4s, I have to double-check my pockets sometimes because I barely feel the weight of it. I had an iPhone 6 and and iPhone 8 before this and this phone blows them both away - smaller size with a larger screen. Big phones have never made any sense to me - like a cave-dweller lugging a TV set around, not very dignified. I hope Apple doesn’t abandon the mini format. If they do, it will be a long time before I upgrade again.

[ahmadobeidat]

Upgraded from iPhone 8 to 13 mini really best iPhone ever, size, battery, fast charging, screen size . Amazing

[GSMArenaOfficial]

1:58 Correction: 30min in up to 6m of water, not 60m!

[harissend]

I own 13 mini I love it. I moved to iPhone after 12 years of android fan because there are no small phones in android.. apple should continue mini ..

[lukeburinsky]

As someone who is only 5’4, I have small hands and this phone couldn’t fit my hands better. I do prefer the feel without a case and that’s a part of the size. The battery is amazing. Screen looks amazing because of the very high pixel density unlike the larger phones.i only wish they will make a new one with the Dynamic Island and better ram and battery

[MissCagoita]

Im really annoyed at how phones keep getting bigger and bigger but not our hands though. I currently have a samsung and I've ended up with wrist pain. I will admit I had never considered buying an apple before but now I am. Kudos to Apple for releasing compact flagship phones

[Railking]

I recently bought the 13 mini in the beautiful forest green color. Currently running iOS 17 beta 2 with no issues whatsoever 😂😂

[MacCentrisSimpleSencilla]

Hell yeah, I've dropped my XR a million times. I rarely dropped my iPhone SE. Bigger phones are a BIG problem.

[davidariyan]

I never seen Ricky before, only in the ending sequences. Refreshing.

[QyllCrochet]

I got mine blue 256gb 2 days ago..not small for me …not much different from my previous X…i like the size and battery pretty solid..

[darkwhite]

I hope the mini line will continue with iPhone releases because this is the perfect size for me. This is the reason why I switched from android.

[qcrctgavarcesxrfab]

I believe one of the reasons the iPhone minis have bad sales or at least in my country (outside US) is because the price difference in the mini and the regular is not that huge. For example here, when you look at Apple authorized resellers the gap is barely 50usd. So you gotta at least really want the mini to justify choosing it over the regular sized one.

And don’t really know why that is the case for pricing, but I see a lot of discounts or promos for iPhone 13 and not for mini. That makes the 13 more affordable but the mini so close in pricing. That’s just my observation.

[Namastay]

Got my mini today its perfect…lets just say its smaller than the iphone 6s just a bit😍

[djezio]

Is it true that Apple is planning in discontinuing the iphone mini lineup? This is the one of the best ones ever 🥺🥺🥺

[kwakyeernest]

I bought a flagship mini because it just feels natural using it. And wait, I work 7 to 7 n I always go home at 50% or more since the last two weeks

[cledugay]

Watching in my ip13 mini right now and feeling blessed lol

[TheSupremeSkill]

A good compact phone I see, but expensive and battery life could be better, so basically the same cons as last year, but the improvements are solid. I think, as a no Apple fan, that I regard the company just a little bit more highly due to this well executed compact phone. Sales of a good 400 € compact phone would explode at this point with so minimal selection.