I always recommend dark colors for big phones, and lighter colors for smaller phones because visually it balances things out. If you get a black mini, then the whole phone looks even smaller,....unless of course that's the look you're going for.
To be honest, the screen size of the mini isn't far off that of the plus - it just a little narrower. I'm not concerned about typing on the narrower screen - I use glide typing and that is awful on a screen the size of an iPad. A smaller screen lends itself well to this form of entry.
Actually it's smack bang in the middle if you go by screen area. The 8 plus for example had 83.4, the 8 has 60.9 and the new 12 mini has 71.9cm2.
What's deceptive: you can see the size of the phone, you can see the size of the screen, where's the deception?
Deceptive has more than one meaning. It doesn't have to mean that someone has pro-actively set out to deceive you. It can also mean that in certain circumstances and in certain situations you come away with a different perception of a product. I remember looking at smart cars in a Mercedes showroom. The black and the white smart cars looked completely different. The black one looked so much smaller, yet they were identical. The showroom manager had not set out to deceive, but we would still say it's deceptive. The display size of the mini is much closer to the plus than most people would imagine but because everyone focuses on the 'mini' nomenclature most of us are expecting a tiny screen.
Nothing deceptive about them at all. The poster I was replying to had gone from an iPhone 6 to an 8 Plus for 'more typing space'. The Mini screen is narrower than the 6,7,8 as can be seen by my 'deceptive' photo, hence my response to him. If you think that an even narrower screen will be fine for him, I don't know where you're coming from. The only 'deceptive' thing in all of this is how the screens are measured on the diagonal giving people the impression that the 12 Mini is almost the same as the 8 Plus.
And once again you are ignoring the fact that the poster I replied to had gone from a 6 to an 8 Plus for more typing space. A smaller cramped keyboard doesn't work as well for some, it may for you.
You made the right choice. This forum is about to be filled to the brim with people complaining about the weight of the Max.
Yes I’m waiting for the comments about it feeling cheap or that it feels like a toy because of it being smaller/lighter.
I've gone with the exact same combination. After seeing the iPhone 12 at local EE store before lockdown last week, as I was tempted with Black, but Blue and Saddle brown just worked for me.
Perfect! It should make it easier to glide type than on a wider screen.
