iPhone SE (2022) SE vs Mini - Why is the SE screen easier to read despite being much smaller than the Mini?

[shamus99]

What the title says. Despite being much smaller, the SE screen is easier for me to read. The icons and text are bigger on the SE. Does it have to do with the SE being a slight bit wider?

And yes, I have messed with the zoom and text settings…

 

[Sheepish-Lord]

SE has much lower resolution making things bigger as a result. Additionally, Apple poorly scales the iPhone Mini and especially the iPad Mini so they do it to themselves.

 

[frogslapper]

The mini screen width is smaller than the SE so the UI is actually scaled a bit smaller. Even though the mini screen area is larger, in practice I found the mini screen to "feel" smaller than the SE screen.