Losing FaceID is not good but if the TouchID button is in a natural place where the phone is held, then it won't be too much of an issue for me......I hope.
The rumors about the next iPad mini being more water resistant have made me hopeful that the folding iPhone’s multitasking system will make its way over, as iPadOS’ strangely hapless window management makes even less sense on the mini. And then one could get analogous screen sizes by buying both a waterproof, dustproof slab iPhone and a waterproof, dustproof iPad mini, for about the same price of the significantly more fragile (albeit much more pocketable) folding iPhone.